On Saturday and Sunday, October 28th and 29th, we hosted the autumn edition of the Wefood Festival “A Weekend in the Factories of Taste” at our farm , the festival promoted by Italy Post in collaboration with the Italian Touring Club and dedicated to Italy's food and wine excellence.
Two intense days of learning about the ancient vinegar factories where the Malpighi family 's Traditional Balsamic Vinegar of Modena DOP rests . Traditional Balsamic Vinegar of Modena is a haute cuisine product protected by the DOP (Protected Designation of Origin) label, a designation registered with the European Community to indicate a high-quality, typical Italian product. Its area of origin and the traditions still used to create it make it so unique that it must be protected from counterfeiting.
Visitors strolled through our farm, including the vineyards where we grow grapes for the production of must , the sole ingredient of our precious Black Gold. They then toured the ancient vinegar factories where the magic happens: the cooked must undergoes fermentation, maturation, and aging in sets of barrels made from the oldest woods (chestnut, cherry, juniper, mulberry, oak, and acacia) found in the vinegar factories. Ermes Malpighi , fourth generation of Acetaia Malpighi , took guests on a sensory journey to discover the flavors and aromas of Traditional Balsamic Vinegar of Modena DOP and Balsamic Vinegar of Modena IGP, explaining their production methods. At the end of the educational tour, he led a guided tasting of all the products in the Collection. The tour concluded with a cooking demonstration by chef Stefano Corghi.
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