Fancy A Wine Ski Safari With Kristian Ghedina?

Two wine tour partipants (probably)

Many ski region are also wine regions and some make the extra effort to ring these two activities together.
One such is Italy's Alta Badia which on the 20th of March, will be taking the very best of their wines up to 2000m for a tasting, accompanied by local bread and cheese, all carrying the trademark 'Quality Südtirol' in an event organised by the tourist board
"A favourable climate, fertile soil and the passion of the wine growers themselves are what give South Tyrolean wines their excellent quality." said a spokesperson for the area.
Four mountain huts will each be assigned a wine-producing area: Isarco Valley, Merano-Adige Valley-Val Venosta, Bolzano, and Bassa Atesina-Oltradige.
Former members of the Italian national Alpine Ski team, Kristian Ghedina, Much Mair, Kurt Ladstätter and Werner Perathoner, all sponsored by BMW, will accompany skiers from one hut to another, and they will also be sampling the excellent South Tyrolean wines.
Tickets for the wine tasting are €15.00 each and may be obtained from the four participating huts.
If you take part, "Be careful when skiing." warned the spokesperson.

Well, yes actually, I'm certain it would be lots of fun 8)



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I much prefer to share a glass of red with some of the Gals :wink:

I did one of these in a bar in Val Thorens about 12 years ago. The owner wanted to promote the local wines and cheeses.

:shock: Sadly, there was quite a mix, ranging from stuff I would not use to clean my toilet right through to some very nice wine.

The lovely ladies were not there either :( just the owners wife, and I am polite enough not to comment on that one.

It was worth doing, as I did enjoy some wines I probably never would have tried otherwise.