International Rome Film Festival
Auditorium Parco della Musica
October 28 - November 5
www.romacinemafest.itThe annual Rome film festival, now in its fifth year, is a great chance to preview major international releases in the original language with Italian subtitles. The Parco della Musica turns into a movie village for the duration. All of the concert halls become screening rooms and huge tents on the grounds are set up as additional theaters. There are booths selling souvenirs, foods, and more, and a restaurant or two are added to keep everybody happy. Additional screenings are held at the Metropolitan cinema in Via del Corso, the Villa Medici and the Casa del Cinema. Visit us at www.InRomeNow.com for weekly reviews, gossip and trailers as the program is announced. "Rabbit Hole", starring Nicole Kidman, Aaron Eckhart and Dianne Wiest opens the festival. Tickets officially go on sale, October 12.
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 CLASSICAL MUSIC | 
At the Parco della Musica tel 892 982 www.listicket.it
Le Cercle de l'Harmonie: Choeur Les Eléments
The baroque ensemble, conducted by Jérémie Rhorer, with soloists soprano Nathalie Manfrino Lodoïska and tenors Sébastien Guèze Floreski and Phillippe Do TizikanSala Sinopoli, Friday, October 15, 8:30 pm Orchestra and Chorus of the Accademia Nazionale di Santa CeciliaThe opening concert of the season, conducted by Antonio Pappano with soloists baritone Gerald Finley, tenor John Osborn Arnold and soprano Malin Byström
Sala Santa Cecilia, Saturday, October 16, 6 pm; Monday, October 18, 9 pm;
Tuesday, October 20, 7:30 pmRossini: William Tell, the opera in concert formOrchestra Giovanile Italiana and the Hilliard Ensemble
A special concert under the umbrella of the RomaEuropa festival. Conducted by Vladimir Jurowski
Sala Santa Cecilia, Sunday, October 17, 6 pmStravinski: Monumentum pro GesualdoD'Amico: Fuga da BisanzioMahler: Symphony n. 1 "Titan"Concerto ItalianoOne of the best early music ensembles, directed by Rinaldo Alessandrini
Sala Sinopoli, Friday, October 22, 8:30 pm Pergolesi: Stabat MaterBach: Cantata "Tilge, Höchster, meine Sünden" BWV 1083Orchestra dell'Accademia Nazionale di Santa CeciliaAntonio Pappano conducting, with piano soloist, the international star Lang LangSala Santa Cecilia, Saturday, October 23, 6 pm; Sunday, October 24, 6 pm;
Monday, October 25, 9 pmRossini: Semiramide: ouvertureChopin: Piano Concerto n.1Berlioz: Symphonie fantastique
At the Auditorium Conciliazione
Via della Conciliazione (near the Vatican)
tel 899 500 055 www.greenticket.it
Orchestra Sinfonica di Roma
Opening concert, conducted by Francesco La Vecchia, honors the 150th anniversary of the birth of Gustav Mahler.
Sunday, October 24, 5:30 pm - Monday, October 25, 8:30 pm
Mahler: Ruckert Lieder for voice and orchestra
Mahler: Symphony n. 1 "Titan"
Orchestra Sinfonica di Roma
Conducted by Francesco La Vecchia
Sunday, October 31, 5:30 pm - Monday, November 1, 8:30 pm
Rossini: Overture to e "Il Barbiere di Siviglia"
Rossini: Overture to "Cenerentola"
Busoni: Divertimento for flute and orchestra
Busoni: Concerto for clavier and small orchestra
Busoni: Canto della Ronda degli Spiriti
At the Aula MagnaPiazzale Aldo Moro (at the Università La Sapienza, San Lorenzo) tel 06 49 91 www.greenticket.it Le Concert des NationsAn ensemble of period instruments, conducted by Jordi Savalli, who has been one of the major figures in the field of early music since the 1970s.Sunday, October 17, 5:30 pm Bach: Brandenburg Concerti The Israel Camerata Jerusalem Avner Biron, conducting with piano soloist Roman Rabinovich Music by Haydn, Mozart, Shostakovitch, Sheriff Tuesday, October 19, 8:30 pm Pietro De Maria pianoWinner of the Critics' Prize at the 1990 Tchaikovsky Competition in Moscow, De Maria has been a soloist with major European orchestras. Tuesday, October 26, 8:30 pm An all-Chopin program Il Giardino ArmonicoThe Grammy award-winning ensemble plays period music on 17th and 18th-century instruments.
Saturday, October 30, 5:30 pmMusic by Vivaldi, Händel, Geminaini
Uto Ughi Per Roma
The virtuoso violinist and conductor Uto Ughi, in an extraordinary act of generosity, gives a gift each year to his home town of Rome, with a series of free concerts. Tickets are free with a reservation, and can be picked up at the box office in Via della Conciliazine 4, near the Vatican, from Monday to Friday, from noon - 6 pm and Saturday from 11- 3 pm. Or through www.greenticket.it
Orchestra Giovanile Uto Ughi per Roma
Conducted by Bruno Aprea, with Susanne Bungaard, soprano
Aprea was the winner of the 1977 Koussevitsky award at the Tanglewood Festival. He has conducted the Deutsche Oper of Berlin, Teatro dell'Opera di Roma and the Teatro La Fenice Venice.
Basilica di Santa Sabina all'Aventino
(Piazza Pietro d'Illiria, in the hills above Circo Massimo)
Friday, October 1, 9 pm
Haydn: Symphony n. 49 "La Passione"
Beethoven: Aria for soprano and Orchestra, Op. 65 K 361
Beethoven: Symphony n. 7 in A major op. 92
The program will be repeated at the Teatro Traiano, Corso Centocelli 2
in Civitavecchia, Saturday, October 2, 8:30 pm
Young Violin Virtuosi
Riccrdo Bonaccini, Michelangelo Lentini, Roberto D'Auria, Silvia Mazzon, Giulio Menichelli with pianists Francesca Vidal and Bohyum Lim
Palazzo della Cancelleria, Via della Cancelleria (near Campo de' Fiori)
Sunday, October 3, 9 pm
Pablo de Sarasate: Zingaresca Op. 20
Antonio Bazzini: La ridda dei folletti Op. 25
Karol Maciej Szymanowski: Sonata for violin and piano in D minor, Op. 9
Pablo de Sarasate: Carmen Fantasy Op. 25
Pablo de Sarasate: Romanza Andalusa Op. 22
Pablo de Sarasate: Navarra for two violins Op. 33
Dmitri Shostakovich: Five piece for two violins
Mikhaïl Rudy, piano recital
Winner of the 1975 Marguerite Long competition, and more recently, the Grand Prix du Disque, the Prix de l'Académie Charles Cros and the Grand Prize Liszt, Rudy made his American debut with the Cleveland Orchestra under Lorin Maazel. He has performed under von Karajan, Tilson-Thomas, and other international conductors.
Teatro Olimpico, Piazza Gentile da Fabriano (Flaminio)
Wednesday, October 6, 9 pm
Chopin:
Sonata n. 2, op. 35
Marche Funèbre
Nocturne Op. 27 n. 2
Nocturne in C sharp minor (posthumous)
Nocturne in C minor Op. 48
Mussorgsky: Pictures at an Exhibition
Chamber Music
Uto Ughi and Maryse Regard, violins; Francesco Fiori, viola; Franco Maggio Ormezowski and Gianluca Giganti, cellos.
Basilica di Santa Maria in Ara Coeli (Piazza Venezia at the Campidoglio)
Friday, October 8, 8:30 pm
Haydn: The Seven Last Words of Christ on the Cross, Op. 51
Beethoven: Quartet Op. 18 n. 4 in C minor
Piano Music of Chopin
Gloria Campaner and Alessandro Taverna, pianos
Palazzo della Cancelleria, Aula Magna
Piazza della Cancelleria 1 (near Campo de' Fiori)
Sunday, October 10, 9 pm
Orchestra Sinfonica di Roma, Uto Ughi soloist
Francesco La Vecchia, conducting
Benefit Concert for the People of Haiti, in cooperation with the Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations
Auditorium della Conciliazione, Via della Conciliazione
October 15, 8:30 pm
Tchaikovsky: Symphony n. 6 in D minor Op. 74 "Pathetique"
Beethoven: Concerto in D major for Violin and Orchestra Op. 61
POPULAR MUSIC, JAZZ, WORLD
Steve Winwood
Winwood's career spans more than 40 years, and genres from soul music (blue-eyed soul), R&B, rock, blues-rock and pop-rock to jazz. A new studio album, "Nine Lives", released in 2008 on the Columbia Records label, opened at #12 on the Billboard 200 album chart, Winwood's highest US debut ever.
Auditorium Parco della Musica, Sala Santa Cecilia
Sunday, October 3, 9 pm
Zero is the only Italian artist to have reached number one the singles charts in four different decades (70s, 80s, 90s and 2000s).
Piazza Siena (on the grounds of the Villa Borghese)
Saturday-Sunday, October 2-3; Tuesday-Wednesday, October 5-6;
Friday-Saturday, October 8-9.
€149-48 www.seatwave.com
Steve Coleman & Five Elements
Astronomical/Astrological Music Project
The American sax player, composer and band leader, is one of the leading exponents of contemporary jazz. The project explores the relationship between music and the stars, since the vibration of the universe is part of the entire spectrum of energy, which includes musical vibrations.
Auditorium Parco della Musica, Sala Petrassi
Friday, October 8, 9 pm €20 www.listicket.it
Dialogue: Antonio Figura and Cleveland Watkis
Watkiss uses his voice as an instrument in the manner of Bobby McFerrin. Here he is joined by the Italian pianist Figura.
Auditorium Parco della Musica, Teatro Studio
Friday, October 8, 9 pm €15 www.listicket.it
Bungaro: "Arte"
The Italian singer-songwriter presents music from his latest release, recorded in Rio de Janiero and Rome
Auditorium Parco della Musica, Sala Petrassi
Saturday, October 9, 9 pm €15 www.listicket.it
Way to Blue: The Songs of Nick Drake
Presented by Joe Boyd, with an ensemble and vocalists directed by Kate St. John. A tribute to the influential English singer-songwriter, who died at the age of 26. Boyd was the producer of Drake's first album.
Auditorium Parco della Musica, Sala Sinopoli
Tuesday, October 12, 9 pm €30-€25 www.listicket.it
Trentemøller: "Into the Great Wide Yonder"
The Danish producer and poly-instrumentalist plays music from his latest album, exploring soul-electronic-indie sounds.
Auditorium Parco della Musica, Sala Sinopoli
Thursday, October 14, 9 pm www.listicket.it
Ana Moura
One of the youngest interpreters of Fado song, Her 2007 album "Para Além da Saudade" went double platinum.
Auditorium Parco della Musica, Sala Petrassi
Friday, October 15, 9 pm €20 www.listicket.it
Mafalda Arnauth "Flor de Fado"
The noted singer presents her latest album.
Auditorium Parco della Musica, Sala Petrassi
Saturday, October 16, 8 pm €20 www.listicket.it
V-Accordion Festival
The fourth edition of the digital accordion festival, attracts musicians from across the globe in competition. With special guests Linda, winner of the 2004 San
Remo Festival, and dancer-choreographer Alex La Rosa and the NewBallet.
Auditorium Parco della Musica, Sala Sinopli
Saturday, October 16, 9 pm www.listicket.it
Ambrogio Sparagna and his Orchestra Popolare Italiana: The third edition of this celebration of Italian music, dedicated to the era of the reunification of Italy, the "Risorgimento". Sparagna has dedicated his life's work to the dissemination and preservation of folk music of the Mediterranean region. Guests this year include, among others, the young singers and musicians of the Istituto Comprensivo di Corigliano d'Otranto (Lecce), who perform in the "Gricca" language, a local dialect that combines elements of ancient and modern Greek, Italian and Latin. Auditorium Parco della Musicsa, Sala Sinopoli
Sunday, October 17, 9 pm €15 www.listicket.it
Andrew Bird
The poly-instrumentalist from Chicago presents music from his latest folk-pop release "Noble Beast," on which he whistles, plays the violin and guitar and sings.
Auditorium Parco della Musica, Sala Petrassi
Tuesday, October 19, 9 pm €18 www.listicket.it
Emeralds plus Oneohtrix Point Never
Part of the Dissonanze Network concert series, an American trio using synthesizer, guitar.
Auditorium Parco della Musica, Teatro Studio
Wednesday, October 20, 9 pm €12www.listicket.it
Noa
The popular Israeli singer, in a concert benefitting Adei-Wizo, a project aiding women and children without family who live at risk.
Auditorium Parco della Musica, Sala Sinopoli
Thursday, October 21, 9 pm €30-25 www.listicket.it
Cardio Tour 2010 - Miguael Bosé
Palalottomatica, Piazzale dello Sport (Eur) Thursday, October 21, 9 pm | | | OPERA, DANCE & THEATER
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At the Teatro dell'Opera di Roma
Piazza Beniamino Gigli (Esquilino)
tel 06 48 16 02 55www.charta.it
Roberto Devereux
Donizetti's tragic opera, loosely based on the life of Robert Devereux, second Earl of Essex, is rarely performed. In recent decades, it has been revived as a vehicle for Beverly Sills, Monserrat Caballe and Edita Gruberova, who relished the challenge to show off bel canto fireworks in the final mad scene. Here the principal singers are Carmela Remigio in the leading soprano role of Queen Elizabeth I, along side the outstanding internatinal star, mezzo-soprano Sonia Ganassi and Massimiliano Pisapia. Both Remigio and Paisapia have performed at the Teatro alla Scala Milan.
Carmela Remigio (1, 3, 6) / Virna Sforza (2, 5)
Alberto Gazale (1, 3, 5, 6) / Devid Cecconi (2)
Sonia Ganassi (1, 3, 5, 6) / Cristina Melis (2)
Massimiliano Pisapia (1, 3) / Gianluca Terranova (2, 5, 6)
Friday, October 1, 8:30 pm; Saturday, October 2, 6 pm; Sunday, October 3, 5 pm; Tuesday, October 5, 8:30 pm; Wednesday, October 6, 6 pm.
€148,72 - €49,20
Sylvie
One of the classics of the ballet repertory, with music by Leo Delibes. The choreography of Frederic Ashton has been re-realized for these performances, a co-production with the Berlin Staatsoper. Polina Semionova, principal dancer of the Berlin Staatsoper alteranates in the title role with the Rome Opera etoile Gaia Straccamore. The male lead is danced by David Hallberg of the American Ballet Theater, alternating with Robert Tewsley, formerly of the National Ballet of Canada.
Friday, October 15, 8:30 pm; Saturday, October 16, 6 pm;
Tuesday-Thursdsay, October 19-21, 8:30 pm.
€57,20-€12,59
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Eleonora Abbagnato
The prima ballerina of the Opéra di Paris, has recently stepped into the realm of popular culture, appearing at the San Remo festival, on television with Ballando con le stelle (the Italian "Dancing with the Stars") and in the film "Il 7 e l'8".
Auditorium della Conciliazione, via della Conciliazione (near the Vatican
October 22-23 8:30 pm
€60-€20 www.greenticket.it
Napoletango
Four generations of a Neapolitan family, experts in the art of the intricate Argentine dance, perform in train stations, cafés, singing songs of the earth, patriotic songs and love songs. In this production, life is a great tango, which takes place from morning to night. Created by Gaincarlo Sepe, with twenty performers, comprising singers, dancers and instrumentaists.
Teatro Eliso, Via Nazionale 183 (Esquilino)
€32-€11 www.geticket.it
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RomaEuropa Festival
A festival of cutting-edge dance, theater and art at venues throughout the city.
infoline: 06 4555 3050 www.romaeuropa.net
Inferno-Purgatorio-Paradiso
A new take on Dante, a film by Don Kent, with La Compagnie des Indes, Socìetas Raffaello Sanzio.
Villa Medici, Trintà dei Monti (top of the Spanish Steps)
Friday-Sunday, October 8-10.
Cinquanta urlanti, Quaranta reggenti, Sessanta stridenti
Dewey Dell, the Italian dance and theater company, presents a work evoking the world of the sailor, whose work is his destiny.
Teatro Palladium, via B. Romano 8 (Garbatella)
Tuesday-Wednesday, October 12 - 13, 8:30 pm
The Best of: Babilonia Teatri
A young and inventive Italian theater company presents three short works linked by a lack of storyline, forming a path through Italian society.
Teatro Palladium Via B. Romano 8 (Garbatella)
October 19 -21, 8:30 pm
Je Danse e Je Vous en Donne à Bouffer
The sensuality of dance and the body meets the sensuality of food and it's preparation in this work created and performed by Radhouane El Meddeb, who prepares couscous for himself as he dances, mixing sound, movement and aroma.
Villa Medici, Trinità dei Monti (top of the Spanish Steps)
October 21, October 23-24, 8:30 pm
Un sogno nella notte dell estate
Massimiliano Civica created this show, in which he modifies Shakespeare's text, including a slight play on the title, "A Midsummer Night's Dream." Elements of the set design are created through technical illusions and ventriliquism, which Civica feels is not far from the minimalism of the Elizabethan age in theater.
Teatro Vascello, Via G. Carini 72 (Monteverde Vecchio)
October 26-31, 8:30 pm | | | | | | ART 1861
This exhibition celebrates painters and the period known as the Risorgimento, l'Unità d'Italia, the period in which the Italian peninsula, ruled by the Austrians in the north and the Bourbons in the south, became united as a country. The works on display form a thematic survey of Italian painting styles and events that occurred between 1859 and 1861.
Scuderie al Quirinale, Via XXIV Maggio 16
(atop the Quirinale hill)
Sunday - Thursday 10 am 8 pm;
Friday - Saturday 10 am - 10:30 pm;
October 6 through January 16 tel 06 39967500
Van Gogh
The first comprehensive exhibiton in more than 20 years of the works of the Dutch painter. The exhibition presents a thematic survey of Van Gogh's countryside and urban landscapes.
Complesso del Vittoriano,
Via San Pietro in Carcere (Piazza Venezia)
Tuesday - Sunday, 9:30 am - 7:30 pm;
October 8 through January 22 tel 06 6780664
I Grandi Veneti da Pisanello a Tiziano,
da Tintoretto a Tiepolo
More than 80 works trace regional artistic trends in painting styles, and the development of the greatest Italian painters from the Renaissance to the Baroque.
Chiostro Bramante, Piazza della Pace
(near Piazza Navona)
Tuesday - Sunday 10 am - 8 pm October 14 through January 30
tel 06 68809036 La pittura napoletana dell'Ottocento
- tra innovazione e internazionalità
(Neapolitan painting of the 19th century)
A selection of 30 paintings reveal the pivotal role Neapolitan artists played in the development of contemporary Italian art.
Palazzo Venezia, Via Del Plebiscito 118
(Piazza Venezia)
Tuesday - Saturday 10 am - 1 pm and 3-7 pm; through October 10 tel 06 699 942
Sante Monachesi - 1910-1991
A retrospective, featuring more than 100 works in painting and sculpture, honors Monachesi for his role as one of the leading exponents of Marchigiano Futurism.
Museo Fondazione Roma, Via Del Corso 320 (near Piazza Venezia)
Tuesday - Sunday, 9 am - 7 pm;
through October 24 tel 06 678-6209 Mikel Gjokaj - Terre e cielo
The first retrospective in Italy dedicated to Kosovan artist Mikel Gjokaj. The exhibition, comprised of works executed over the past 30 years, includes drawings, oils in mixed media, water-colors and etchings.
Complesso Vittoriano, Via Di San Pietro in Carcere (Piazza Venezia)
Tuesday - Sunday, 9:30 am - 7:30 pm;
through October 19
Armando Spadini - Musica al Pincio
This exhibition of the 19th century artist's paintings is centered around Spadini's recently restored masterpiece, "Musica al Pincio". Museo di Roma - Palazzo Braschi,
Via Di San Pantaleo (near Piazza Navona)
Tuesday - Sunday, 9 am - 7 pm;
through November 7 tel 06 820 77304
India India - I voti del sacro
More than 506 works of Indian art comprised of bronze, metal objects, miniature design, and illustrated manuscripts dating from the 15th to the 20th centuries.
Museo Nazionale D'Arte Orientale
Palazzo Brancaccio
Via Merulana 248
(near San Giovanni-Santa Maria Maggiore)
Tuesday, Wednesday and Friday, 9 am- 2 pm; Thursday and Saturday, 9 am - 7:30 pm; through October 10 tel 06 4487 4415
Philippe Gronon - L'altro lato
Photographer Gronon takes commonly-used objects and transforms them into icons of collective memory, suspending the age of each object by preserving visual traces of its use, yet depriving it of its original function.
Villa Medici - Accademia Di Francia,
Viale Della Trinità dei Monti
(top of the Spanish Steps)
Tuesday - Sunday, 11 am - 5 pm; through October 3 tel 06 676 1291
Filippo Marignoli - Vertigo
A retrospective dedicated to the Umbrian, considered one of the great interpreters of the Italian art developed during the 1950s.
Museo Carlo Bilotti
Aranciera Di Villa Borghese
Viale Fiorello La Guardia 4 (Villa Borghese)
Tuesday - Sunday, 9 am - 7 pm;
through November 21
MAXXI -
Museo Delle Arti Del XXI Secolo
Via Guido Reni 6 (Flaminio)
Tuesday - Wednesday,
Friday -Sunday, 11 am - 7 pm;
Thursday, 11 am - 10 pm; tel 06 321 0181
Gino De Dominicis l'Immortale
The first comprehensive retrospective dedicated to the artist. De Dominicis, a key figure in Italian contemporary art, has been a point of reference for a new generation.
Luigi Moretti Architetto:
From Rationalism to Informalism
A major contributor to 20th century architecture, Moretti's work echoes one of the focal points of MAXXI's architectural mission.
Kutlug Ataman - Mesopotamian Dramaturgies
Ataman, who was born in Istanbul, is among the most compelling contemporary artists working today.
Spazio
The stimulus for this exhibition was the dense texture of superimposed spaces in Hadid's architecture. More than 80 pieces comprised of painting, sculpture, drawing and site-specific installations from the museum's permanent collection are on view, including works by Alighiero Boetti, Anish Kapoor, William Kentridge, Sol Lewitt, Giuseppe Penone, Grazia Toderi and
Francesco Vezzoli.
through January 23, 2011
MACRO -
Museo D'Arte Contemporanea
di Roma
Via Reggio Emilia 54 ( Piazza Fiume)
Tuesday - Sunday, 9 am - 7 pm;
tel 06 671 070400
MACROwall: Eighties are Back! #2 -
The second installation of "return to the eighties" presents work by Luigi Carboni. The project is comprised of a series 10 exhibitions revisiting artists and trends that framed Italian art throughout the 1980s.
through October 17
FotoGrafia Roma 2010 - Futurespectives
The eighth edition of Fotografia Roma, an important international photo festival.
MACRO Testaccio, Piazza Orazio Giustiniani 4
Tuesday - Sunday, 4 pm - 12 am;
through October 24 tel 06 671 070 400
Related exhibitions:
A question of time
The culmination of a two-year project American Academy in Rome,
Via Angelo Masina 5
(Janiculum hill, Trastevere)
Monday - Friday 9:30 am - 12:30 pm;
through October 15 tel 06 58461
Il Risorgimento dei Romani.
Fotografie dal 1848 al 1870
Commemorating 140 years since the unification of Italy, more than 100 years of photographs, including original prints from 1849 through 1870, document the Risorgimento from the perspective of Rome and its population.
Museo Di Roma in Trastevere, Piazza di Sant'Egidio 1b
Tuesday - Sunday, 9:30 am - 7:30 pm;
through January 9 | | | | | |
 Getaways: The Vendemmia
Tasting Wine at its Source
The grapes have been harvested and wine producers in the countryside surrounding Rome open their doors to the public. It's a great way to spend a weekend afternoon, driving through the roads flanked by vineyards, stopping to taste wine, nibble local products such as cheeses and cured meats, and perhaps, to take home a few bottles, bought at a great price, directly from the source. We've listed a few of the local wineries below, along with the best of the new local vintages. But first a bit of history:
We only need to look at ancient mosaics, ceramics, sculpture and frescoes and atefacts to understand the importance of wine (l'uva) in ancient Mediterranean cultures. The wine timeline goes as far back as 6000 B.C. , tracing its origins to corresponding areas of modern day Iran and (of all places), Georgia (former Soviet Union). But as civilization spread and empires fell, Greece, like the central point of a see-saw, became the most important point in the development of wine.
The serpentine pattern of grapevines and harvest scenes embellished ancient vases and drinking objects, and were used on frescoed walls and ceilings.
In Greek society, the production of good quality wine was considered a sign of culture. A person who drank wine was civililzed and one who did not was considered a "barbarian".
About 1000 B.C., Greeks introduced wine producing methods to colonized territories of Northern Africa, Andalusia, Provence, Southern Italy and Sicily. In the 5th century, Sophocles called Italy "Bacchus' darling country" while other ancient writers attributed a different name to the lands inhabited by Illyrian populations settled along the Mediterranean sea regions of Calabria, Lucania, and Campana.
So widespread and entrenched was Greek wine production that even today it is expected that especially in Italy, people grow grapes of probable Greek origins.
Archaeological finds in Mediterranean countries and the Middle-East give testimony to the importance of wine as a valuable product within the economy as a precious exchange good. Their contribution to viticulture and oenology, the art of wine production and cultivation of grape and earth have been indispensable to the booming wine industry of today.
Wineries open for Visits
The following wineries, all within a short drive of Rome, are open to the public:
Cantina del Tufaio
Via di Colle Cancellata di Mezzo,32, Zagarolo
A1 south to 45 cut off
tel. 06 9524502 Cell. 339 - 6380419
www.cantinadeltufaio.it
Casale Marchese
Via di Vermicino, 68, Frascati
Take the A1 south to SP77B
tel. 06 940 8932
www.casalemarchese.it
Azienda Agricola Donnardea
Via Fosso di Valle Caia 7, Ardea
località Santapalomba
From Grande Raccordo Anulare - Exit 25 Via Ardeatina. Drive out of Rome, down Via Ardeatina. Continue straight passing Santa Palomba and reach km 23.300. At the roundabout take the first road on the right - Via di Valle Caia. After about 900 meters take the first road on the left
Open Monday-Sunday, 9 am- 1 pm and 3- 6:30 pm
www.donnardea.it
Casale Cento Corvi
Via Aurelia a Cerveteri
A12 to Roma Civitavecchio exit Cerveteri- Ladispoli
direction Aurelia-Civitavecchia, turn right after 1 km.
The winery is on Via Aurelia about 6 km from the fork.
tel. 06 9903902
www.casalecentocorvi.it
Cantina Villafranca
Via Villafranca 14, Cecchina di Albano
A short drive south of Rome
tel 06 9344277
www.cantinavillafranca.com
Tenuta di Pietra Porzia
Via Pietra Porzia 60, Frascati
A1 Rome-Naples, e first exit Monte Porzio Catone.
Keep right, following the signs to Frascati. After about 4 km, turn right onto Via di Pietra Porzia.
tel 06 9464392
www.tenutadipietraporzia.it
Terre del Veio,
La Storta, (Cassia vecchia)
Via Formellese, 173/d loc. La Storta 20 km from Rome on the Cassia Bis road
tel 06 30888470
www.terredelveio.it
Cantina Sant'Andrea
via del Renibbio Podere 1720, Circeo
Take SS 148 Pontina or SS 7 Appia
tel. 0773 - 755028
www.cantinasantandrea.it.
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