Piemonte Wine Tours » chocolate http://www.piemonte-wine-tours.com Piemonte Wine Tours offers guided wine tours in Piemonte. As a part of our service do we also offer winetastings. Sat, 21 Nov 2009 11:17:45 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.8.6 en hourly 1 Exhibition on the history of chocolate at Ferrero – Alba http://www.piemonte-wine-tours.com/2009/01/02/exhibition-on-the-history-of-chocolate-at-ferrero-alba/ http://www.piemonte-wine-tours.com/2009/01/02/exhibition-on-the-history-of-chocolate-at-ferrero-alba/#comments Fri, 02 Jan 2009 21:00:20 +0000 admin http://www.piemonte-wine-tours.com/?p=190 cocoa-beanDuring the period of 19. october 2008 – 18. january 2009, the world-famous chocolate-producer Ferrero placed in Piemonte have arranged an exhibition on the history of chocolate – Il Cioccolato dai Maya al XX Secolo.

The exhibition describes the history of the chocolate, from the birth in the deep jungle of Equador through the preparations of the columbians, illustrated by pictures, videos and text of the industriel work and the consumption of chocolate.

The europeans got to know chocolate in the 15.-17. century, where it arrived through Spain and fast became a fashionable beverage reserved for the high society. Fine porcellain were made, masterly decorated cups so that the this new beverage could be drunk under the best conditions.

In the following century during the innovation of technology, the chocolate developed from being a fashionable beverage to become available to everyone in eatable pieces.

The exhibition at Ferrero displays amongst others historical equipment used in the production, and several paintings showing the earlier consumption of this new fashion-symbol.cioccollato

Address:
Fondazione Ferrero
Strada di Mezzo, 44 – Alba(Cuneo)

Opening hours: tuesday-friday 15.00 – 19.00 pm, saturday and sunday 10.00 – 19-00 pm, monday closed.

Free admittance.

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