Culture and flavors at CinemaDivino FVG

Art & Culture

2 July 2018

Art & Culture

Culture and flavors at CinemaDivino FVG

The Cinemadivino initiative has already taken place in Italy for some years now, with the slogan “Great movies can be enjoyed in the cellar”; in practice it is an food, wine and visionary tour along the roads and in the wine cellars of the country. In the province of Pordenone, this event takes place as Cinemadivino FVG and is organised by Cinemazero in collaboration with the Donne del Vino Friuli Venezia Giulia association.

This year I was present again at one of the various scheduled events, in the beautiful cellars chosen and I want to tell you about my experience at the Azienda Agricola Vistorta in Sacile (which is also part of the Wine and Flavours Route of Friuli Venezia Giulia). The evening begins with a guided visit to the park of the beautiful villa which, with its more than seven hectares, hosts innumerable plants, some very rare, partly planted by the English landscape artist Russell Page who was commissioned in 1965 by Count Brando to redesign the park.

Here we also find numerous lakes, a rose garden and a special reed bed that personally impressed me. The orchids greenhouse is also very interesting; an extraordinary private collection that is visited by appointment every year by numerous guests and especially fans. Before the screening of the film there was a tasting of three excellent wines: a 2016 Friuli Grave Traminer Aromatico DOC, a Friuli Grave DOCG Sauvignon 2026 DOC and finally, in my humble opinion, the most interesting, a Treanni Rosso IGT Venezia Giulia which is an organically grown grape.

Along with these excellent wines we could taste a soup of legumes and barley with tasty croutons. And fresh from the garden, served with mozzarella, a salad of cold spelt with vegetables and the ever-present bread and salami, strictly from Friuli. Also during the dinner there was a great tasting of Latteria di Aviano cheese with Vistorta honey.

As soon as night falls, the screening of the film begins, which in this case was the brilliant French comedy “C'est la vie” by Toledano and Nakache, set in a beautiful garden during a wedding banquet. From the pair of directors of the film Quasi amici, this is a fun choral and explosive comedy, with a conventional subject, but from an absolutely original point of view. I do not want to tell you anything more, but invite you to see it because it’s really carefree and fun, but above all well done. In evenings like these, all the senses are stimulated; starting from the splendid visit to the park and the farm, then continuing with delicious food accompanied by excellent wines and finally concluding with an enthralling film. If you missed Cinemadivino FVG this year, mark the next appointment on the agenda and you will not be disappointed.