For those who want something more than just a snack, "Dinner or Lunch with the Winemaker" is a perfect opportunity to satisfy the most demanding wine lovers and gourmets. Delicious food, traditional menus and specialities paired with excellent wines produced in the region will be the protagonists of the many dinners organised on Saturday 28 May (the dinners) or Sunday 29 May (the lunches) in many restaurants, farm restaurants and wineries throughout Friuli Venezia Giulia.
All the dinners (reservation required) will be presented by the winemakers who will chat with guests about their wines and how they paired them with food.
Click on the name of the winery and check out the programme
PROVINCE OF PORDENONE
BULFON _ at Antica trattoria in Vigna, surrounded by the countryside, loc. Vigna di Castelnovo del Friuli (PN).
Saturday 28 May _ Dinner with the Winemaker, at 7.00 pm
Reservation required by 22 May by phone +39 0427 90182 or +39 338 2039200
"Bulfon native wines and local food" menu
- Corn leave with goat cheese mousse and sweet and sour red onion compote – Sciaglin spumante Brut Millesimato 2020
- Crunchy local frico with a side of julienne courgette and speck – Sciaglin IGP, white native wine
- Gnocchi with Val Cosa salty cheese, pears, walnuts and Castelnovo honey – Sciaglin IGP, white native wine
- Grilled pork escalope with wild berries and corn flour – Piculìt-Neri IGP, red native wine
- Almond-flavoured pastry – Ucelut IGP vigna Sottocolli di Castelnovo, white native sweet wine
Fee: € 40,00 per person
PROVINCE OF UDINE
BORGO FORNASIR _ Cervignano del Friuli
Saturday 28 May _ Dinner with the Winemaker, at 7.30 pm
Sunday 29 May _ Lunch with the Winemaker, at 1.00 pm
Reservation by Wednesday 25 May by phone +39 327 6119581, including WhatsApp (Vittoria Fornasir)
- Asparagus with cold cuts – Riesling and Duca Bianco
- Asparagus-flavoured lasagna – Sauvignon
- Homemade dessert – Reginaldo (sweet) / Je suis (sweet sparking rosé)
Fee: € 20,00
CA' TULLIO _ Aquileia
Saturday 28 May _ Dinner with the Winemaker at 12.30 am
Reservation required at least 3 days before
- Welcome aperitif with fried shrimp – Ribolla Spumantizzata Brut
- Asparagus flan with raw prawn – Sauvignon
- Harlequin-style risotto with creamy basil – Ribolla Gialla
- Raviolo stuffed with seabass with butter cream and strawberries – Traminer Aromatico
- Chardonnay-flavoured beef cheeks – Refosco dal Peduncolo Rosso
- Two desserts: Blueberry tart and kiwi cheesecake – Prosecco Rosè Brut Millesimato
Fee: € 35,00 per person
CANTINA BALLAMINUT _ Terzo d'Aquileia
Saturday 28 May _ Dinner with the Winemaker, at 7.30 pm
Reservation required at least one week before the event by phone 328 5369133. When you make the reservation, please indicate any food allergy or intolerance
- Crepes with asparagus sauce (own production) – Uvaggio Bianco San Martino
- Cabernet-flavoured braised meat with a side of potatoes “in tecja” – Cabernet Franc
- Homemade dessert – Ribolla Gialla spumantizzata
Fee: € 25,00 wine included (1 glass for each course); wine bottles, further wine glasses, water, coffee and grappa not included
DE CLARICINI _ Moimacco, fraz. Bottenicco
Sunday 29 May _ Lunch with the Winemaker, at 1.00 pm
Reservation required by Thursaday 26 May by phone +39 0432 733234
- Menu available soon
Fee: € 48,00
FERRIN _ Camino al Tagliamento
Saturday 28 May _ Dinner with the Winemaker at the Ferrin Paolo winery, food prepared by Diana and Andrea from Osteria Friul in Casarsa della Delizia _ Reservation required by phone +39 0432 919106 or +39 338 7563367 (WhatsApp) or by email to This email address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it.. At 8.00 pm
Guests will also have the chance to visit our winery and taste other wines
- Grilled bread with fois gras – Ribolla Gialla Spumante Brut
- Lamb ham with sour asparagus – Pinot Grigio 2021
- Crepes with San Daniele ham and hops – Friulano 2021
- Soup with asparagus and spelt – Sauvignon 2021
- Stuffed guinea fowl and polenta – Cabernet Sauvignon 2020 and Ermes 1692 Rosso 2018 aged in oak tonneau
- Strawberry parfait with limoncello sauce – Verduzzo 2020
Fee: € 38,00 per person
LE DUE TORRI _ Corno di Rosazzo
Saturday 28 May _ Dinner with the Winemaker
Only upon reservation by Wednesday 25 May by phone +39 348 8730016, including WhatsApp. The dinner will be held outside in the winery courtyard or, in case of bad weather, in the tasting room on the first floor
- Polenta nibbles with crunchy bacon – Spumante metodo integrale Stargate rosè
- Gnocchi with gorgonzola and rocket – Friulano superiore
- Grilled pork and beef, with polenta and onions – Refosco dal Peduncolo Rosso
- Surprise dessert
- Coffee and bitter
Fee: € 35,00 all included
PROVINCE OF GORIZIA
CASTELLO DI RUBBIA _ Savogna d’Isonzo, fraz. San Michele del Carso
Saturday 28 May _ Dinner with the Winemaker
Sunday 29 May _ Lunch with the Winemaker
COLMELLO DI GROTTA _ Farra d'Isonzo
Saturday 28 May _ Dinner with the Winemaker at Locanda Osteria Borgo Colmello _ Only upon reservation
- Welcome wine glass with Colmello di Grotta Blanc de Blancs DOP Isonzo del Friuli 2016
- Flan with asparagus from Farra d’Isonzo with Montasio DOP stravecchio cheese fondue and asparagus carpaccio – Sauvignon DOP Collio 2018
- Small Pezzata Rossa Friulana beef tartare on a sauce of mushrooms from Farra d’Isonzo – Pinot Grigio Ramato DOP Collio 2019
- Spring lasagna with wild herbs – Sanfilip DOP Isonzo del Friuli 2016
- Homemade rolled rabbit with Rondon reduction – Rondon DOP Isonzo del Friuli 2016
- Millefeuille with strawberries from Farra d’Isonzo
- Coffee
- Grappa from Ribolla Gialla Colmello di Grotta
Max 35 persons
Fee: € 50,00 wines included
GRAUNAR _ at Trattoria Al Ponte del Calvario _ Via Vallone delle Acque, 3 – Gorizia, fraz. Groina Piedimonte
Sunday 29 May _ Lunch with the Winemaker
MARCUZZI VITICOLA _ San Floriano del Collio
Saturday 28 May _ Dinner with the Winemaker at the restaurant Krainer in Gorizia, via Rastello 43 prepared by the chef Drago Viler. At 7.20 pm
Only upon reservation by Wednesday 25 May
- Welcome glass with Spumante Metodo Classico Extra Brut
- Green asparagus on a bed of fresh salad with pork rinds and egg sauce – Chardonnay 2019 Doc Collio
- Creamed barley with fresh sclopit – Pinot Grigio 2019 Doc Collio
- Stuffed gnocco with nettle, ricotta and raisins – Sauvignon 2019 Doc Collio
- Herb-flavoured guinea fowl in lard with a fresh summer side – Ribolla Gialla 2019 Doc Collio
- Homemade jam tart – Cabernet Franc 2018
Fee: € 65,00 per person
VILLA VASI _ Gorizia
Saturday 28 May _ Dinner with the Winemaker at 7.00 pm. Only upon reservation
Aperitif in the garden before continuing with dinner
- Frico lollipops
- Spoon of Liptauer
- Mozzarella tagliatella with cuttlefish and confit tomatoes
- Tortelloni stuffed with asparagus with egg cream and Osvaldo bacon
- Polenta knows tradition with Subida di Fossa
- Fruit and Montasio with Annapi honey
Fee: € 45,00