The theme country for the Vancouver International Wine Festival 2024 is Italy. If you have not yet checked out the website to see the participating wineries, I can tell you that Monte del Frá will be pouring their wines for you from the area bordering the south and east of Lake Garda and west of Verona. The red grapes from the Veneto region are also used in this area (think Valpolicella). I have two wines to tell you about that you can taste at VanWineFest’s International Festival Tasting room. They will be bringing in other wines as well, I think. The two wines I have to review are Monte del Frá Ca del Magro Custoza DOC Superiore 2020 and Bardolino DOC 2021.
Monks? Monte del Frá monk on label
Have you noticed the drawings of monks on the labels of these two wines? There is a relationship. According to the winery, “The estate was founded as a monastery by friars from Santa Maria Della Scala, who grew their own food to live off-the land in perpetuity. But they also made wine, which is how their legacy keeps living on today. Almost two centuries later, in 1958, Massimo Bonomo rented two rooms and the adjacent fields. His family opened a Frasca, a typical Venetian bulk wine shop. They made wine and grew peaches, strawberries, and wheat…Then, on August 8, 1988, the big turnaround: Massimo Bonomo’s sons, Eligio and Claudio, decided to turn their father’s business around. They converted all family lands
This Article was originally published on My Wine Pal
