October will witness two important appointments for CorteBianca in the city of the Duomo. The first is the Milanese dates of the Franciacorta Festival, from the 8th to the 14th of October. The wines from our terroir will host tasting events and happy hours in differet wine shops and restaurants of Milan. Among them our organic CorteBianca Satén, Rosè and Extrabrut. The "gran finale" will take place at the Chiostri of the National Science Museum "Leonardo da Vinci", with a seminar on the Franciacorta wines conducted by Nicola Bonera, the Best Italian Sommelier of 2012, in collaboration with AIS Milano.

And in the weekend of the 20th and 21st of October, CorteBianca will be again on stage in the new event created by Davide Paolini, aka the "Gastronaut": Milano Golosa, a cheerful happening where it will be possible to meet and talk with the great wine and food experts. Th eobjective is to grow the consumers' awareness about quality, and that is especially relevant when it comes to brands that are envirnonmentally conscious, such as our organic CorteBianca wines.

It was a success for the whole of Franciacorta. In the last two days of September thousands of visitors crowded the canteens, wineries and farmhouses of our region, discovering our wines and our culture. More than 11 thousands bottles of Extra Brut, Satèn and Rosé wines were opened.  A journey into our traditions and our culture, "read" through the discovery of the places were our wines are born, and the encounter with the real people behind their production.

At CorteBianca too it has been a very nice weekend. More than 100 people took part in our to our tasting experiences, and visited our home. As the "newbies" of the Festival we really didn't expected so many visitors. All our wines have been all highly appreciated, and actually thre has been no winner among the three types (Extra Brut, Rosé and Satèn). Preferences and choices have been equally distributed among the different ones.

As happened in our recent and past events, the food that we served with the wines has been highly appreciated: the Chevre cheeses of "Frise" by Gualberto Martini, the knife-hand sliced Iseo Salami by Stan Sal, and the mountain "formaggella" (soft cheese) from Valcamonica. Tastes that marry perfectly with the flavour and intensity of our Franciacorta wines.

We received many compliments too for our home. Many told us that they came at CorteBianca after having seen the images of the place on the website. And in the time spent together with our guests – in front of the fireplace on a fully autumn saturday – we learned onec again that wine is above all an occasion to meet people and spend time together. A meeting that opened to many people the doors of CorteBianca.

With many thanks and a "see you soon" to all the friend that visited us.

Marina e Mauro