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Typical Week At The 2009 Wine School of Southern Italy.

Arrival in Lecce as students see fit. Reservations and arrival are your own to make, but we will give a list of suggestions. (Most choose Patria Palace, arriving on Saturday afternoon).

Sunday
5:00 Meet at Porta Napoli for trip to Spongano. Maps will be provided in arrival info.
6:00 arrival in Spongano, free time to get settled in.
9:00 Official welcome dinner with five wines, producers, staff and friends (staff prepared meal)

Monday
9:00 Pasta making (optional for whoever would like)
10:00 Yapping on and on: Building your wine Vocabulary in an imperfect world.
11:00 Discussion: What Wine is, Past, Present, Future.
12:00 What is the South? Slideshow.
1:00 Communal lunch production.
2:00 Tasting at table. Falaghina
2:30 Lunch (with 3 wines)
4:30 Free time.
6:00 History, culture and place.
7:00 Primitivo discussion.
8:00 Primitivo tasting
9:00 Communal dinner production
10:00 Tasting at table
10:30 Dinner (with five wines)

Tuesday.
9:00 Tour of winery with tasting.
12:00 Discussion on Cirò
1:00 Communal lunch production.
2:00 Tasting at table.
2:30 Lunch (with 3 wines)4:30 Free time.
6:00 History, culture and place.
7:00 Negro amaro discussion.
8:00 Negro amaro tasting
9:00 Communal dinner production
10:00 Tasting at table
10:30 Dinner (with five wines)

"Specialising in small, intimate hands-on classes based on personalised instruction and individual attention."
'The Awaiting Table Italian Cooking School offers cookery courses in Lecce, Italy.
Learn about our Italian cooking holidays which include market, winery and cultural visits as well as small group cooking classes in Italy'.

•How to reserve a place
•Intro to Puglia and Lecce
•Locals you’ll meet
•Overview of Awaiting Table
cooking classes in Italy
•Housing for our Italian cooking classes
•Frequently Asked Questions
•Instructor Biographies
•Comments from previous students
•Discount flights from London
and other helpful travel info
•Photo gallery

Wednesday
9:00 Pasta making (optional)
10:00 How Grissom drinks: What’s to be learned while still outside the bottle.
11:00 As Good As It Gets: Problem Solving in Modern Wine Making.
1:00 Communal lunch production.
2:00 Verdeca tasting at table.
2:30 Lunch (with 3 wines)
4:30 Free time.
6:00 History, Culture and Place.
7:00 Nero d’Avola discussion.
8:00 Nero d’Avola tasting
9:00 Communal dinner production
10:00 Tasting at table
10:30 Dinner (with five wines)

Thursday - Lecce day.
9:00 Pasta making (optional)
10:00. ‘It’s got what in it?’: when the autochthonous meets international grapes in S. Italy.
11:00 To be announced.
12:00 Tasting at table.
12:30 Lunch (with 3 wines)
3:30 Trip to Lecce
4:00 Guided tour of city.
6:00 ‘Terrior’ discussion, held at The Awaiting Table Cookery School.
7:00 Walking tour of Lecce’s wine shops.
8:00 Tasting at Michele’s wine bar.
10:00 Dinner at il Picton. (One of Southern Italy’s most prestigious ristorante)
1:00 Return to Spongano.

Friday
9:00 Pasta making (optional)
10:00 Making Wine for Fun and Profit: Wine makers talk the business side of things.
11:00 Red makes pink and white: New international techniques in wine-making and marketing.
12:00 Aglianico di vulture.
1:00 Communal lunch production.
2:00 Tasting at table.
2:30 Lunch (with 3 wines)
4:30 Free time and final exams.
9:00 Communal dinner production
10:30 Dinner (with five wines, hopefully all from 3 and 5-litre bottles)
Diploma disbursement during meal.

Saturday departure
Make up exams for those that failed to pass on Friday.
10:30 trip to Lecce train station.
11:15 weeping.
12:12 train departs for Roma.
Lunch will be provided. (High-quality picnic lunch as prepared by the staff: passing students take a bottle of their favourite wine from the week for the departing trip.)

* The South for our purposes is Sicilia, Calabria, Basilicata Puglia, and Campania but not Abruzzo, Lazio, Molise or Sardegna.

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The Awaiting Table Italian Cooking School offers cookery courses in Lecce, Italy. In our Italian cooking classes, learn regional pasta, wine, and savory and succulent dishes. Come be a local: holidays include visits to vineyards and wineries, markets and olive groves in season. The perfect vacation for people who want to be immersed in Italian culture and food.
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