Wine Tasting, Seafood & Grottammare Coast!

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Last night we had our last “field” trip as an entire group of UNH students and it definitely was a bittersweet moment. As a group we took a trip to Grottammare where we got to experience an authentic wine tasting at an actual Italian Vineyard. We took a tour of a vineyard called Le Caniette and got to see and learn about how they make all their different types of wine and where they store it. The man who owned the vineyard was very passionate about how he makes his wine and his philosophy is that the quality of the wine is based upon how the grapes are not grown and the time spent tending to their health rather than the time spent in the lab fermenting the grapes and adding flavor. The trademark wine of the vineyard is called Mellone, which is a red wine specifically from this region of Italy. The owner says that this wine is most special to his vineyard and is their specialty. And one of you lucky souls (if you’re even reading this) has a bottle waiting for you for when I get home ;) 

Wine Cellar

Wine Cellar

Wine Tasting

Le Caniette Vineyard

Garlande, Kate, Christine, Erica, Kristina, Emily, Rachel, Me

Me at the Wine Vineyard

After the wine tasting, we headed down to the coast of Grottammare where we were treated to a fabulous seafood dinner on the water. But first, naturally we took some cliché pictures on the beach as a group!

Me at the Grottammare Coast

Katharine, Me

(Top): Katharine, Rachel (Middle): Garlande, Emily, Kristina (Bottom): Kate, Erica, Christine, Me

Emily, Kristina, Erica, Garlande, Rachel, Me, Kate, Christine

At dinner we were treated to a 5-course meal of all fresh local seafood. We tasted foods such as squid, octopus, shrimp, clams, and mussels for the first three courses. Then for the fourth course we had all of the same seafood, but fried! Now if any of you know me, you know that I am the pickiest eater in the world and I am the girl who usually ops out of the Clam Bakes at the Cape to eat a bowl of spaghetti instead. Well, you all better start making room for one more at the dinner table because you have a new seafood eater on your hands! (Well, sort of) I’m happy to say I tried the clams and the mussels and loved both of them! The squid …. Not so much. And the octopus .. couldn’t get over the tentacles. But, needless to say the dinner was a success and I can add two new foods to my repertoire!

Squid, Octopus, and Shrimp

Kristina's Reaction to the Octopus!

Fried Seafood!