After the Dona Paterna Alvarinho chocolates, the Melgaço wine brand surprises again at the Festa do Alvarinho e do Fumeiro(Alvarinho and Tobaco Festival), which takes place in the last weekend of April, in Melgaço: it presents the Dona Paterna 100% Alvarinho sparkling wine ice cream, in a partnership with the artisan gelateria DOPPO, from Coimbra.
«A fresh ice cream, excellent for very hot days, it can also be served in compound desserts, associated with other sweets, constituting a counterpoint element, making the dessert balanced from the point of view of sweetness.”, says Fernando Castelo Branco, author of this artisanal ice cream and chef of the DOPPO ice cream shop, launched in June 2022 (located in Praça do Comércio, Coimbra), assuring that “care was taken not to interfere with the essence of sparkling brut produced by Dona Paterna and to ensure a good creaminess”.
Innovating and betting on new segments is already a particularity of the Dona Paterna wine brand. « Our brand has “risked” to establish partnerships with different brand, in order to provide consumers with new experiences, but we also want to show, and even challenge, the character of our products. Their versatility,” says Dona Paterna’s producer Carlos Codesso, stressing that “so far the experiences have been a sucess. We have managed to create experiences without the authenticity of the Alvarinho flavor being lost, as is now the case with the raw 100% Alvarinho sparkling wine Dona Paterna.
Remember that from the synergies established by Dona Paterna different products have already appeared: the chocolate eggs with Alvarinho brandy, the chocolates with Dona Paterna 100% Alvarinho – of different flavors, the Alvarinho wine brandy ice cream (the Dona Paterna XO) created by the Neveiros ice cream shop in Porto and also a purple onion tatin refreshed with raw 100% Alvarinho Dona Paterna sparkling wine, made by Chef Ana Luísa Eira Velha (Tasquinha da Portela).
The sparkling wine 100% raw Alvarinho Dona Paterna will be in evidence on April 29 and 30, at the premises of the Festa do Alvarinho e do Fumeiro to Melgaço, at the following times:
- Saturday: between 13h30-15h30
- Sunday: between 12h e as 14h00
AND FURTHER:
Dona Paterna’s 100% Alvarinho raw sparkling wine ice cream will also be served, this event weekend, at the Tasquinha da Portela restaurant (Melgaço), where there will also be the opportunity to taste another ice cream, made with Dona Paterna rosé sparkling wine. “We want to take advantage of this event, which calls so many people to our territory, to provide them with the best. We believe that flavours and experiences are, above all, the main reason to return to a palce where we were happy and well received”, says Carlos Codesso.
THE “FESTA DO ALVARINHO E DO FUMEIRO DE MELGAÇO”
Organized by the Municipality of Melgaço, the “Festa do Alvarinho e do Fumeiro” takes place on 28, 29 and April 30, at the Largo do Mercado Municipal in Melgaço. For three days it will bring together 27 producers of traditional products, four of Smoke and cheese, four of sweets and four restaurants.
Program available at www.cm-melgaco.pt.
