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The storm passed by overnight with the odd rumble of thunder and rain.  Thankfully there was no high winds so we could leave our awning up.  There was a little bit of dampness around the back door but nothing like the cascade waterfall I had endured during my early morning wake up the other day.

It continued to rain until lunchtime so we stayed put in the van watching Star Trek to pass the time.  We went for a small walk before we headed up to the Vineyard for dinner and the sun started to come out and dry everything off.  The holiday makers got back into their watersports and sun bathing.

We didn’t do a long walk as yesterday’s one took it out of us plus we still needed to have the energy to walk up the hill to the vineyard. We stopped of at the hotel bar and had a cold beer which was nice.

Back to the van and we got changed for the evening.  This was going to be the highlight of the stay in Domaso as this is the third time we have been to this vineyard.  Even during lock down and Covid, we ordered wine and had it shipped so we could still have the pleasure of drinking the wonderful wine.

A bit about the vineyard. In 1997 the vineyard was started by the Travi family.  They aren’t novices as it is well known since the late eighteenth century the family had dedicated their life to oenology. They started off small with one hectare and over the years it has grown. They even built a new wine cellar within the mountain side they lived and this was all done by hand and took over 3 years.  Initially they made only 10,000 bottles of wine but now produce over 50,000 bottles a year which the whole process is done by the family within their home.

After the long walk up to the vineyard, we were greeted by Silvia, the daughter who I’ve remained in contact with over the years. The evening consists of one sitting of a four course dinner which is prepared on site and each course has a different wine to complement the dish.

Just as we remembered it and still as wonderful as we experienced before. Silvia would after the dinner courses were given and the wines poured, would give the diners an intro to the wine and some history of how it was produced.  At one point she even mentioned that they have an endorsement of a celebrity and George Clooney regularly buys his wine from them and even had their wine shipped for his wedding to Amal.

Once dinner was finished, we ordered our wine to take home which we would collect in the morning as we left Como.  Thankfully we had the sense to bring head torches as we had to navigate back down the cobble path to the shoreline. After several glasses of wine you can imagine it was an interesting walk :-).

We got back to the van in one piece and soon put the lights out as it was an early start to leave Como and head towards Germany and our next stop…..