Luxurious private food and wine tours through “The New Wine Country.” I’m Piero Pagliardini, a native of Sant’Angelo in Vado, Marche and I will be your guide on these incomparable cultural vacations. I am also a certified sommelier, and the creator and coordinator of these events. I proudly represented high quality wine in Dallas, TX since 2010. During my time here, I’ve noticed that when people a
sk me where I’m from no one knows Le Marche (pronounced lay markay), yet everyone knows Tuscany. After a few months of trying to explain where Le Marche was, I finally resorted to introducing myself as “the guy from east Tuscany.”
Tuscany is beautiful and merits its international fame. If you go to Italy, it’s a must-see, but it’s not the ONLY thing to see. I created these tours to show you the best of Italy – known and unknown. Part of the journey is to show you the depths, culture and secret treasures of my home, Le Marche. For example, most people associate Italy’s number one delicacy – the precious white truffle— with the northern city of Alba. Not many know about two small towns just a few kilometers apart in Le Marche, Aqualagna and Sant’Angelo in Vado, which have the unique and lucky combination of soil and climate, to produce a large part of the country’s truffles. During the fall, the rich perfume of truffles wafts through the streets of these small villages as they gather and celebrate the harvest. Some master sommeliers might know Le Marche for the amazing white wine Verdicchio, but only a few will know of the 2,000 person village of Apecchio, nicknamed, “Apecchio Beer City.” Home to two breweries that sell around the globe, Apecchio’s brewery is winning gold medals at international competitions such as The World Beer Champions in Chicago. Even fewer people still will know there is a unique sweet wine, whose recipe dates back to the renaissance (which I’m proud to represent in Texas). Vino di Viscole is a sweet wine made from a particularly sour cherry called “visciola” and is produced only in certain areas of Le Marche. I could continue for hours telling you interesting stories of this under-explored region of Italy, and I will…on the tour… but for reasons of space and time, follow us here on Facebook for our latest news and adventures!!!!
