Overlooked Italy

The Mezzacorona vineyards and HQ are in....Mezzocorona.

Do you like wine? Biking? Italian food? Not being around hoards of tourists? You should check out any of the little towns in the Trentino/ Alto-Adige region of Italy. These towns are a part of the Adige River valley and in a section of the Alps called Sudtirol, known for having a German/Austrian influence.

There's so much wine! Something for everyone: red, white, and rose is grown  made here. And it is so inexpensive.

Hidden castle.

In the winter, it's ski resort central. In the summer, you can go walking through vineyards or go for a hike up in the mountains. For more adventurous people there is alpine climbing and something called via ferrate. I have no idea what it is, but it sounds hard core. I'll stick with the wine.

Grape delivery.

 What was cool about being in Mezzocorona in October was seeing tractors rumbling up and down the streets, towing wagons overflowing with harvested grapes. They drive to the winery where they are weighed and unloaded before heading back to load up again. 

Just a nice view as I walked to the laundromat.

Bike paths (35 km) and walking trails line Torrente Noce. On Sundays, it seems like most families can be found strolling here in the afternoon.

The miraculous Virgin at the end of the Camino de grotte di Lourdes.

Atop the Monte di Mezzocorona. A cable car takes you up the face of a cliff to get there. Plenty of hikes leave from here.