LAKE GARDA - ITALIAN DREAM on the shores of LAKE GARDA - the amazing VILLA CALICANTUS!
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- เผยแพร่เมื่อ 1 ต.ค. 2024
- Today’s vlog is a story of following your passion and your dreams.
A few years ago Daniele Delaini was working in a bank. But he gave up finance to lead a different type of life. With his wife Chiara he went back to his ancestral home and vineyard which was in a rundown state. Times were tough at the beginning but step by step they are creating their dream and building up an outstanding organic and biodynamic winery in the heart of Bardolino. This is not a typical vineyard - together they are creating a slice of Italian heaven. Our visit was like stepping into a classic Italian film - with great wine, great food, great conversation and a celebration of being alive.
To experience the wonderful Villa Calicantus or see their shop go to
www.villacalic...
And follow them on Instagram @villacalicantus
I was moved to tears literally when he shared the 2011 vintage wine with you and his passionate discussion of what it means to him moved me in such a way that I cannot fully describe in words.
The story about how he brought the family home/ winery back to life and his descriptions of how the vines are grown, the description on the paper with the bottles was educational to me too.
This man exudes character, life, passion, and he followed his heart and dream to give up a banking job for a far better life in this beautiful part of Italy.
Thank you Stephanie and Oliver for taking us with you to this magnificent winery. It was a joy to listen to this man talk with much passion and joy. Breathtaking!!!
That was a joy to watch, the amount of love and passion that goes into his wine is wonderful and to share a bottle from his harvest in 2011 show you the type of man he is, a true gentleman. Lovely this channel. X
Very well said !
Thank you very much for your words✨🙏😊
LOVE LOVE LOVE THE SERIES...YOU and OLLIE are a great team...love your choices so far...thank you
I love to see the emotion in the Winemaker on his face when he tasted the wine from his first vintage, so much has happened to all of us since then, how glorious to literally have those memories bottled.
What an absolute joy this was. Thank you, Stephanie and Olly. X
When I get to wander around Italy with you I am so grateful for my Italian heritage. My soul grows each time. Thank you especially for this one.🤗❤️🌈🕊️☀️🍇🍋🍐🍅🌶️
When I think of Italian people the first that comes to mind are the words 'sharing' and hospitality. Daniele Delaini is the perfect example of those words.
What a wonderful episode. Thank you, Stephanie and Oliver for yet another amazing visit and for sharing the joy of it with all your followers. 🎉❤
Congratulations to Daniele and his wife Chiara for having the courage to go after his dream of creating special wines on his family's property. Not only is he realizing his dreams but honoring the land by restoring it to a vital working vineyard that his family once worked. I wish he and his wife continued success in all their business endeavors. I hope that I can visit this place one day when I tour Italy. Thanks for sharing this beautiful place with us Ollie and Stephanie.
I lived in Verona some time ago and this brought back wonderful memories of my excursions to Lago di Garda. Loved learning about winemaking. Thank you for sharing!!! Blessings from Texas!!!
Stephanie & Ollie ~ A Million Thanks For Sharing Your Friendship ~ Through Your Travels ~ It’s The Million Little Things ~ That Create A Delightful Experience ~ Through Your Adventures 💝 Thank You 💞
Thank you Olly and Stephanie for taking us on your trip to Lake Garda what a beautiful place to visit very nice indeed.see you both for the next trip .💕🌼🤗
What a superb, interesting, educational, enviable, fun journey I’ve just been on with you both. Many thanks 😊
Thank you for allowing us to share the wonder of traveling ❤
Thank you Ollie and Steph for another beautiful and interesting video. One of my dearest friends recently came back froma holiday to Lake Garda and she was smitten. I love everything about Italy especially the people, the food and the culture. My late dad would have been in his element just doing what you did in this video, talking about wine and tasting it. He would of loved. X
My daughter is just back from Lake Garda and she fell in love with the place ❤
What a fascinating and wonderful man. I am so loving these vlogs. You are both so watchable and Ollie you are so funny . Thankyou 🤗
What a wonderful man he was . I am in love x old enough to be his grandmother xx
Absolutely loved this episode- Daniele is a gem of a man! What passion and knowledge, so admirable ❤❤
I have a huge crush on Daniele! His huge charm & passion! 🍇 Thanks to you all 😊xxxx
My idea of the perfect man!
I love Italy, Italians and Italian language … this was delicious ❤ thank you for sharing this precious experience with us … grazie mille ❤
I agree with Oliver I love Italy ❤
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that was so kind of him to share his most personal choice wine 🍷 from his first vintage.
what a wonderful place to visit while vacationing in Italy 🇮🇹
thanks for sharing!
Beautiful vista, promising Vinyard, returning family, new friends, passion, hope, purpose..what more could one ask? Thank you for taking us along.
What a glorious, relaxing and beautiful setting and - oh that lake view! No wonder the grapes are growing along happily, who wouldn’t be!😂 Daniele and Chiara certainly made the right decision to settle there and Daniele has definitely inherited his family passion for making fine wine. Thanks Ollie and Stephanie for taking us to another gorgeous travel stop! ❤️🙏🏻
The fun you have is infectious. I think it is how you and the host make us feel. No one watching will go away unchanged
Pobably the best of all vlogs so far! Such passoin, such feeling of Italy! And we learned a lot...thank you all.
Talk about your vineyard with a view! He did a very good job of explaining so many aspects of the viticulture and the actual winemaking, especially his explanation of the differences in wine production styles. Thanks for taking us along here! 🍇 🍷 🫒 🥖 La Dolce Vita!
Absolutely loving this channel, love Italy, actually I love Europe! I was smiling for 40 minutes.
It is so uplifting to see a great great grandson, restart a family dream, and yes, the passion runs through his heart and veins and mind. I loved this vlog. I wish him and his wife all the prosperity for their amazing vision, effort, and creation. It was a great history lesson as well. A friend of mine just bought a villa in Italy. I can understand why. It is so beautiful.
Thanks, Stephanie and Ollie, for taking us along.❤
Ciao Stephanie and Ollie, well Ollie I am Italian and very proud to be. What an enchanting place, the beautiful Villa, the vineyards, the stunning view of lake Garda. Italy is an amazing country, as we say, "la dolce vita" and the Delaini have found it, through their dream and hard work. Thank you for taking us along, I just love the friendship and chemistry between you two, as you " Mangia, Prega, Ama, your way through Italy. Thanks again.
That was a joy to watch, the amount of love and passion that goes into his wine is wonderful and to share a bottle from his harvest in 2011 show you the type of man he is, a true gentleman. Loving this channel. X
What a wonderful experience! Felt the elegance! Thank you!❤
Thank you Stephanie and Ollie for once again taking us on such a wonderful, magical episode to Northern Italy and the simply gorgeous Villa Calicantus on the shores of Lake Garda and introducing us to the owner Daniele Delani, who told us his very moving story of how he had given up working in a bank in France to return to his ancestral home and vineyard, and how, gradually he and his wife are re-establishing and re-creating an exceptional Organic and biodynamic winery in the heart of the Bardolino, Veneto, region. It was so interesting to learn from Daniele about the viniculture and terroir in his vineyards and about the different ages and fermentations in the French oak barrels as well as his explanation of the fermentation in the concrete tanks and steel tanks. In his presentation of the tasting of the Villa Calicantus Bardolino Superiore to Stephanie and Ollie his passion of his wines was tangible and you felt you were also participating! We also appreciate, like yourselves and many people, good wines, and I used to have a wine business called Top Cellars, exclusively marketing and importing Johann Kattus GmBH Hochreigl-Sekt from the only winery in Vienna which was the only one to have been appointed by royal warrant to the Court of Hapsburg. A family member had a winery and vineyard near Certaldo in Tuscany, with the renowned wine ‘Vernaccia di San Gimignano DOCG. So Viniculture is in my family history too! We therefore agree with you both that you should definitely start a ‘cave’ at LaLande with wine tastings of Daniele’s fabulous wines you purchased, which we feel sure would be a great success with your guests! We look forward to your next episodes and to you returning before long to Villa Calicantus. Love and best wishes Christina and Nick, Crediton, Devon, UK.🙂🍷🍷🥰
wow- this is incredible traveling!
What a fantastic wine experience !!
Yes Please go back to revisit this interesting winemaker! Curious to see what has been changed since then !
Cheers guys 🥂 la vita è bella
Time for current videos. Interesting but the mask is a dead giveaway.
I Love Italy 🇮🇹 My Grand parents was born in Italy they’re very friendly share with you the lovely people 💕👫
Stephanie and Oliver, this was a great vlog. I enjoyed it over dinner, and thoroughly enjoyed sharing your time with the very wise winemaker! Cheers!
My favourite wines are bio dynamic and natural. He explained his winery’s philosophy very well, now I’ll be on the look out for his wines. Fascinating episode, thank you!
Had a week on Lake Garda. Beautiful scenery, great food, wonderful people. Thank you for this vlog. Brought back lovely memories. X
For me too ❤ I spent a week in Bardolino before Covid and this video reminds me that I must go back soon 🇮🇹🥰
I love how you focus on small businesses. After the last few years, we need to build up family businesses and forget about the big chains.
That was amazing. I am about to go by lake Como in August. Can't wait!
Thank you Stephanie and Ollie, that was so interesting to learn about the grapes and wine making. The olive oil looked delicious on the bread too. The Villa has quite a lot of pitential, I do hope you will do a follow up soon. Being entertained and educated by lovely people, what more can we want. 💕 🇦🇺
Such a beautiful experience … so enjoy this channel
What a delight that man is. And aren't Italians welcoming?
I absolutely loved his passion and the food was exactly what I find joy in, like you said Stephanie it gets all of your senses going. Perfecto !
Biodynamic is stricter than organic and better for the soil and the end product
Loved this tour of the Lake Garda winery. Great wines come from great winemakers with creativity and passion, teamed with perseverance and hard work. Thank you for the tour Steph and Ollie and the introduction to this special man and his wine. 🥰🥰🍷🍷
Hi guys, I love, love, love your new channel! You guys are so lucky to live in Europe. You can get to all these beautiful places quickly. I live in Nashville, Tennessee. I hope someday to make it to anywhere in Europe! Thanks for sharing the sights! Have a super weekend and thanks again!
What a Great Idea this channel has been! A slow journey, deeply immersed in the experience! (Not a rush through, look at this now look at this!) So Glad I Subscribed as soon as you announced it's coming out!
Exquisite! I loved this! Thank you Stephanie and Ollie... Keep up the amazing videos! 😊❤️
That is truly my favourite part of Europe!!
🥰 Lovely! Thank You Both!
+We stayed in Garda 40+ years ago and our morning walk was to Bardalino to replenish our pottery jug with wine for the day - idyllic x x
That a wonderful story. Such generosity and love. One of the best vlogs ever. Congratulations to all involved.
This was so interesting. There was so much I didn’t know about wine, I wanted to taste it myself.
Very informative! This gentleman has a very good command of English.
This was so special - I hope you do go back there.
Lovely trip 🥰🥰
Wow what an experience!
This house looks like mine. Our property belonged to the Conte Panza, my granddad bought it 50 years ago.
Stephanie and Oliver, what an extraordinary glimpse into the heart and soul of an Italian vintner!! Thank you very much for bringing us along!! The sensibility of Northern Italians is quite a contrast to the south, which are my roots. Fortunately, my appreciation extends to both. Finally, I have fond memories of a 1973 day trip from Milano to visit Lago di Garda and the Grottoes of Catullus.
Chuck in Northern New England
Thank you for the video! Beautiful place! (I avoid dinner party 'is it ready' stress by only serving dishes which can be fully cooked the day before and stored in the fridge overnight! Some dishes don't suffer from overnight storage and will even improve by being left until the next day!)
Yes Oliver you need to be Italian! Nothing better! Love the look when you took your sip of wine!
What a great guy. That looked so much fun and super interesting! 👌
Thank you Stephanie and Oliver - is not enough to describe the pure joy, love and inspiration this vlog represents. I truly appreciate your genuine love and respect for all things authentic and your host is so enigmatic. Didn't think you could top the last vlog -but my goodness you have. Can't wait for the next enchanting journey. Love to you and your families and god bless
I'm so happy to see you Stephanie and Holly visiting and enjoin my country, please come back soon! 💐💐💐💐💐💐💐💐
Beautiful country. I bet it was a privilege and honor to share the moments with him and his company. The vino looked spectacular in color and I bet in taste to9. Thanks for sharing. Julie f
Gorgeous! everything about it. Sandi x
Loved this! Thanks so much. I wish I was there savouring some of the food and wine and of course the wonderful atmosphere!
Lovely to watch your experience at Lake Garda and the winery!
Thank you for such an informative vlog, Ollie and Stephanie you make it such fun 💛
Love this man and his courage to go after his dream. Lovely dress Stephanie, the style is good on you. I enjoyed the simple yet informative conversation between old and new friends.
Delightful and informative
What a place! Such beauty, culture, and purpose! Such happiness when three people of equal conviviality, education, and appreciation come together with a certain immediate understanding of life that melts all barriers. This does not happen often, and is a joy to see when it does, allowing everyone else to be a part of the story being conveyed. Thank you for including us, and allowing us to learn something, and travel with you. Happy friends!
This was just a lovely experience. Thank you!
what a wonderful place wish i were there with you - ah the italian life - how lovely! i love that guy!
Another beautiful place and what can top wine and food.
Love the wine makers passion❤ thanks to you both❤
Absolutely lovely vlog! Thank you for taking us along with you both. Hugs, Bren
What a great vlog, loved it, so informative about the growing wine making process there, & such a wonderful villa … I could just imagine ourselves sitting there enjoying a delicious wine tasting🍷
Stephanie, on your FaceBook page, did you say you & Ollie filmed there 5 years ago & that you’d only just finished edited it? Did you & Ollie go back, or is that still to come? I can’t wait to see more👏🏻👏🏻👏🏻❤️
What a lovley man...!
This was amazing and inspirational. He is living his dream and he had the courage to go after the dream. He is truly inspirational. Thank you for sharing!
Inspiring. Well done.
I sent this video, I even found on Google where they are and I sent it to my kids and my husband and told them if they are wondering where I am that’s where I will be. I think I should sit at one of those tables and drink wine for the rest of my days, it sounds heavenly.
🌟❤️ To Friendship !✨✨✨✨✨
Divine! What a treat! Mega thanks for a delightful episode. ❤
Some additional bits to fill in about the ‘biodynamic’ agriculture is that this type of farming was an inspiration of Rudolf Steiner in his quest to come to the true essence of every experience of the 12 senses whether it be in growing foods according to the soil, stars, position of the moon, what the soil needs to help with the ripening of the foods, grapes, ie. The harvest. True food preservation is an art without the artificial ingredients. Steiner made his mark on every aspect of life: architecture, education (Waldorf Schools all around the world), healthy Anthroposophical remedies (like homeopathic remedies), movement and dance, drawing and study of color/art (utilizing lazuring technique for applying color to plastered walls), speech, singing, playing instruments, creating handworks, creating of and use of hand tools, the flow of water (flowforms which cleanse the water without additions)…endless areas. The masterpieces of his works held in Dornach, if you ever care to visit that amazing place, the home of Anthroposophy (the study of man).
What an interesting and informative visit.
Watching this made me wish I was there tasting the wine with you and Ollie. I could almost taste the wine by the way you were describing it. Also felt such a sense of love of Italy from you, Stephanie, and it made me want to visit.
I don’t know if that wine is available here in Canada but I will look it up. I think it’s probably ordered online only directly from them. Keep these great videos coming I loved every minute of it.💝💕🌈🇨🇦
How beautiful! Made my day!
Love love this series - thank you!
Such passion in his continuation of wine making as well as renovating his family home.
I really like the natural way is the best way to grow the grapes, treat the land and produce what are obviously exquisite wines. I doubt anyone would want to return to the cheaper mass produced types, which I find cause me to wheeze, they’re not particularly pleasant and even when drinking only a small glass I always feel slightly ‘poisoned’ later.
I’ve screen shot the name of these wines and wonder if they’re available in the U.K.?
The colour of the building in the sun was dreamy and sets for a slower more relaxed life. This certainly isn’t just a job! I love your videos so much!! Thanks guys 👍🏻🥰🙅♀️🙅♀️
BRILLIANT XXX
What a lovely adventure in Lake Garda, thank you for sharing! This foodie is drooling over the wine and olive oil 😂 and really appreciate the determination of the winemaker and his dedication to his family history.
I want these videos to go on forever and ever
Lovely comments Oliver in recognition of Daniele’s hard work & making quality wine!
So loved the "special bottle" at the end....this man was sooo proud to serve it and I just wanted to hug him...Love your Travels channel...thank you!
This is one of my favorite channels ❤Thank you for taking us all along ✌🏻
Most interesting. Thanks to all involved.
We have a few grape vines and do get grapes in the Fall of year in the Noth east, but I put the grape in my mouth and "Pop it" after putting it in my mouth, Cannot explain just what I mean, but 'pop it' open, inside my month. I think it is more delicious and I can tell, more about if it is ready or not. I am not sure if anyone else does this or not? Have no idea where that idea came from me, but I just feel it helps alot. My grandfather came from Italy and did have grapevines, he had them in Italy and over here. I live in same area as grandpa and grandma did. But to "Pop" it in your mouth, was not taught by grandpa. But I do it anyway, perhaps others do? It really does make it taste so sweet, I feel and if not, it is not ready or too much ready, you can tell.
Very interesting and did learn so much more!! So wonderful to be able to live in same home as your ancestors! Such a great feeling it is to have a home like the one you do and knowing your family was born in the home and grew up there as well.
Oliver and Staphanie are so much fun! Enjoyed this very much! Thank you!