One of several Michelin-starred chefs cooking on the slopes: Alessandro Dal Degan at the Gourmet Skisafari, Alta Badia. Photo Credit: Manuel Glira
At 2,010 meters above sea level, the first thing that changes is your breathing. The second is your appetite. By the time you are standing outside a mountain hut with a glass of Blauburgunder in hand, something else has shifted too. The wine tastes different up here. In December, I went to Alta Badia, a small, jagged pocket of Südtirol-Alto Adige, with skis, a notebook, and a question. Nestled among the villages of San Cassiano, La Villa, Corvara, and the Campolongo Pass, the region is defined by its verticality, snow, and fine cuisine. Every year, as the ski season starts,…
Małgorzata Partyka began writing about wine in 2015. The scientific experience gained from her PhD in human molecular biology helped her write two articles that were published in the Jancis Robinson Wine Writing Competitions of 2017 and 2020. Today, she writes about wine and food for Polish online and print magazines. She lives in Warsaw with her partner and young son.
A tiny pilot project created by immigrants for immigrants is taking root in the small wineries of Alto Adige-Südtirol. V.I.T.E. — Viticulture Integration Training Empowerment — is an innovative partnership that grew out of shared need. A demographic shift in this Alpine corner of northern Italy is bringing with it a shortage of skilled vineyard workers. Where grandparents and cousins once pitched in, trained immigrants from around the world may begin to take up that role. According to organizers, the beauty of this public-private approach to addressing the gap between labor supply and demand is that it also fosters understanding…...
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