ALCE | Accademia Lingue e Culture Europee

Italian Food & Wine Culture Course

Italian cuisine is an extraordinary laboratory of cultural biodiversity. Its distinctive element is the plurality of experiences: products, knowledge recipes, tastes change at every turn of the corner.
Every city, large or small, every countryside, every territory has its own. What gave us all this, was the magical intertwining of geography and history.

On the one hand the landscape, differentiated like no other in the world: a scenario that changes in very small spaces, between plains and hills, seas and mountains; an elongated shape that quickly takes you from the center of Europe to the heart of the Mediterranean.

On the other hand, history, complex events, sometimes even dramatic, which in this territory have seen different people and cultures meet, attitudes and habits that have overlapped and mixed, in a conflictual but, in the long run, fruitful and creative way.

Food and wine culture is an integral part of the more widely understood one.
Food and wine are expressions of a territory, of the people who live there and of their traditions and are, at the same time. elements of identification and differentiation compared to others.

We want to offer you a search for authentic and local experiences, conveying these values: respect for culture and its traditions, authenticity, sustainability, psycho-physical well-being. With these objectives, a unique course was born:

Italian food and wine immersion culture course

The cost of the course includes classes, cooking and wine tasting workshops, train tickets and travel expenses, afternoon visits and full day excursions, final farewell gourmet dinner.

We are also happy to make reservations with great host families, hotels, B&B, or private independent flats.

What is included?
2 weeks sample programme:

  • 20 hours of Italian classes in group in the morning (according to different levels) 3-4 to 7-8 persons per class.
  • Starting dates: twice per year in Spring and Autumn (see price list for details)
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  • 1 session cooking introduction theory and preparation of leavened dough.
  • 3 practical cooking classes (3.5/4 hours each) with complete 3 courses menu.
  • Final tasting of the meals with wine
  • 2 wine tasting sessions with professional certified Sommelier ASI
  • 1 afternoon visit to a cellar and vineyard with final wine testing
  • 1 Full day educational trip including a visit to DAIRY and visit to PARMA HAM FACTORY
  • 1 visit to an OIL MILL and Olio Extra Vergine tasting or
  • 1 afternoon visit to ACETAIA in Modena with Balsamico Tradizionale tasting.
  • Final dinner with food paired with selection of wines in a TOP RESTAURANT.

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