Talk about a one-of-a-kind rafting trip. We don't offer this culinary odyssey every year because it is so special...and we want to keep it that way. This adults-only culinary adventure combines rafting on Oregon's beautiful Rogue River with rustic Italian food, classic wines, and riverside lodging accommodations.
Our good friend and Italian-stallion, chef Matt Morse, is what this trip is all about. He grew up under the tutelage of Italian women who knew how to cook. These women were natural epicures--coaxing the most out of their superb, fresh ingredients for the meals they would present to their families.
Matt recalls, "I learned from the bottom of my grandmother and mother's aprons. Everything that I cook today I pattern from growing up with the memories of their incredible Italian rustic meals. The dishes I will cook for WWW's gourmet wine & food trip are modeled after the Piedmont style of Italian cooking. I'll serve traditional dishes like an impressive antipasti to start the dinners and follow that with agnolotti (meat-filled ravioli). There will be other foodie surprises too but I don't want to give all my secrets away!"
Matt will be pulling select Italian wines from his personal cellar to serve to our guests. Barolo and Barbaresco--some of the finest red wines in all of Italy--will accompany this Rogue Italian feast.
Factoids: This trip is a 3-day, 2-night lodge trip that begins on July 6 and ends on July 8, 2008. Cost is $990 per adult and is an adults-only trip. You can check out additional information on this trip by clicking here--Rogue River Italian Trip--or click on the link to the right of this page. You will see a sample menu with complementary wine selections on this link.
