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Offices Closing for the Holiday
Please be informed that our offices will be closed on December 24th and 31st 2015.
The management and staff of the Strada del Barolo wish a Merry Christmas and a Happy New Year to all members and wine-lovers, who come each year to taste our wines and to visit our beautiful hills!
On Tuesday, I’m preparing dinner
In November three cooking meetings between basic techniques and seasonal ingredients at the restaurant “Real Castello di Verduno”.
In November, for three Fridays in a row, the restaurant “Real Castello di Verduno” offers a cooking class with the chef Alessandra Buglioni di Monale.
The meetings will be held on November 10th, 17th and 24th, from 5.00pm onwards, and participants will have the opportunity to enrol in a single course, choosing from one of three evenings that will be organized, or to follow all three evenings.
PROGRAMME:
Tuesday, November 10th
Peppers au gratin
Tajarin, traditional Piedmontese spaghetti, with liver chicken
Roll of roasted gunea fowl
Bunet, traditional Piedmontese dessert
Tuesday, November 17th
Vegetable pie
Risotto prepared with wine
Pork fillet in a bread crust
Zabajone, traditional Italian dessert
Tuesday, November 24th
Onion prepared with salt and stuffed with Murazzano cheese
Ravioli, pasta envelope, stuffed with cabbage and potatoes
Stewed tripe
Pears poached in wine
Cost:
3 lessons with dinner and drinks: € 340
Single lesson with dinner and drinks: € 120
For info and booking:
Ph.: +39 0172 470125
E-mail: info@castellodiverduno.com
Wine Tasting Experience®: special events for the Truffle Fair
The guided tastings with Strada del Barolo come back in autumn with a series of special events: every weekend from Saturday October 10th to Sunday November 15th, in Alba.
Formed over the years into an appointment that cannot be missed for the hundreds of wine lovers who visit Langhe, the Wine Tasting Experiences®, original tasting format conceived by Strada del Barolo, will be included as usual in the official program of the International White Truffle Fair of Alba. Meetings will be held every Saturday (in English) and every Sunday (in Italian) from October 10th to November 15th in the “Cortile della Maddalena”.
The duration of the tasting is about one hour and the tickets can be purchased directly on the website www.winetastingexperience.it at € 23,00 per person (inclusive of teaching materials and entrance to the Truffle Market).
“The taste of the hills”, “The Crus of Barolo” and “The many faces of Nebbiolo” are the topics that will alternate. “The taste of the territory” is an introductory journey among the most distinguished productions of Piedmont and includes the tasting of 4 different wines among Arneis, Dolcetto, Barbera, Nebbiolo, Barolo and Moscato; “The Crus of the King” is a journey punctuated by the tasting of 3 different Barolo labels; while “The many faces of Nebbiolo”, the season’s novelty, will propose the comparison between Langhe Nebbiolo, Barolo and Barbaresco to explain the different expressions of Nebbiolo grape.
Saturday November 10th and 24th two special dates with Wine Tasting Experience® are scheduled at the Castle of Barolo, with some Piedmont wines combined with Parmigiano Reggiano and other products of excellence, presented by an expert from Parma. The tastings (€ 30.00 per person) will be held at 16.30.
Dates and times of Wine Tasting Experience®:
- Saturday October 10th – 5.30pm: The crus of Barolo (ENG), Journey among the Barolo Crus
- Sunday October 11th – 3.30pm: I cru del Barolo (IT), Journey among the Barolo Crus
- Saturday October 17th – 5.30pm: The taste of the hills (ENG), Introduction in the tasting of the wines of Langhe and Roero
- Sunday October 18th – 3.30pm: Il gusto del territorio (IT), Introduction in the tasting of the wines of Langhe and Roero
- Saturday October 24th – 5.30pm: The many faces of Nebbiolo (ENG), Comparison between Langhe Nebbiolo, Barolo and Barbaresco
- Sunday October 25th – 3.30pm: I volti del Nebbiolo (IT), Comparison between Langhe Nebbiolo, Barolo and Barbaresco
- Saturday October 31st – 5.30pm: The crus of Barolo (ENG), Journey among the Barolo Crus
- Sunday November 1st – 3.30pm: I cru del Barolo (IT), Journey among the Barolo Crus
- Saturday November 7th – 5.30pm: The taste of the hills (ENG), Introduction in the tasting of the wines of Langhe and Roero
- Sunday November 8th – 3.30pm: Il gusto del territorio (IT), Introduction in the tasting of the wines of Langhe and Roero
- Saturday November 14th – 5.30pm: The many faces of Nebbiolo (ENG), Comparison between Langhe Nebbiolo, Barolo and Barbaresco
- Sunday November 15th – 3.30pm: I volti del Nebbiolo (IT), Comparison between Langhe Nebbiolo, Barolo and Barbaresco
Special dates at the Castello di Barolo:
- Saturday October 24th – 4.30pm: The taste of the hills (IT e ENG), Tasting og Piedmontese wines combined with excellent products from Parma
A reservation is required and will be confirmed once payment occurred.
For information and booking:
tasting@stradadelbarolo.it
www.winetastingexperience.it
Tel: +39 0173 220943
Like the French Ecole Du Vin, the appointments will go beyond the traditional tastings that take place in one cellar. Here the wine lovers will have the opportunity to compare different labels of different producers during the same session.
Added value for the wine lovers will be given in the form of experts of the territory who will be present and able to reveal every secret of the wines and will be ready to satisfy any curiosity: the “teachers” are, in fact, producers, oenologists or sommeliers with great experience, each one with a personal point of view. They will discuss the value of the perfumes in a stem of wine, the pairings between wine and food as well as the characteristics of the wines in relation to the municipality where the vineyards are grown.
Questions from the public, in-depth moments and curiosities, suggestions for tasting, wines of producers that are always different and, not last, the prestigious locations where the tastings will take place: all these elements make the Wine Tasting Experiences® a new way to approach the discovery of wine, and they also represent a unique occasion to discover, in detail, the production of the Langhe and Roero region.
With special attention to the increasingly numerous foreign wine tourists, the Wine Tasting Experiences® are also held in English, the best way to satisfy the needs of the wine lovers from all over the world to discover every aspect of the wine growing and making of the area.
In order to make the Wine Tasting Experiences® more experiential and directly involve the participants, the teachers will use a supporting video, rich in infographics and interactive maps, which the participants will have the opportunity to use on their mobile phones and tablets during the tastings. Moreover, access to the content will also be available the day after the Wine Tasting Experience®.
In addition to the scheduled appointments, it is always possible to organize a tailored Wine Tasting Experience® exclusively for groups of at least six people, who will be able to decide, together with the organizers, the date, time location, languages (besides Italian, English, French and German are also available) and of course the choice of the selection of wines to taste!
tɛrra, the International Cooking School of White Truffle is opening in the Roddi Castle
Friday, October 30th, inaugural toast with the wines of Strada del Barolo. Saturday, October 31st and Sunday, November 1st, two open days with free tours.
Its name will be tɛrra and will be opened on Friday, October 30th: it’s the International School of Alba White Truffle, which has found its home in the Roddi Castle. The name recalls the deep bond with the territory and focuses on three key ingredients: authenticity, locality and excellence of raw materials.
The Barolo & Castles Foundation, to which the Municipality of Roddi has given the custody of the castle kitchens, entrusted the Academy FoodLab of Turin – school of excellence in the culinary Piedmontese scenario, deeply rooted in the region capital – to provide a soul to a project that started out a few months ago, taking care of content and educational organization.
The International School of Alba White Truffle
tɛrra will host amateur and professional courses in Italian, English and French, in order to spread the enormous richness of the local cuisine and that of the Alba White Truffle. Some 600 square meters of total area and a modern kitchen with teaching stations equipped for 14 people, each with LCD monitor to better understand the chef’s teaching. But also wide spaces to create settings for business events, a classroom to organize tasting courses with local wines, which will soon become home to the Wine Tasting Experience®, a professional kitchen and a hall that in the future might become a dining room.
tɛrra will propose totally practical lessons, tutoring in Italian, English and French, traditional dishes of Piedmont and the Langhe territory, with particular attention to the use of truffles in all its forms. Furthermore, tasting of the precious Tuber Magnatum Pico, the use of white truffles and black truffles in the kitchen, cooking lessons lasting from two hours to half a day, in the morning and the afternoon. Finally, tailored lessons for lunch and dinner and, on request, every day of the year, culinary events and tastings, workshops and cooking team building.
Inside the Roddi Castle, thanks to a donation by his family, it will be opened, at the same time, the museum dedicated to Giacomo Morra, historic hotelier and restaurateur of the hotel “Savona” of Alba, who was rightly crowned King of Truffles already in 1933 by the “Times” of London and who was a pioneer in the international tourist promotion of Langhe through the Tuber Magnatum Pico.
And there will also be initiatives dedicated to wine with Strada del Barolo, which will offer, inside the Truffle Kitchen, food tastings as well as the renowned Wine Tasting Experiences®.
OPENING PROGRAMME
– Friday, October 30th, 6.00pm: ribbon-cutting ceremony of tɛrra, the International School of Alba White Truffle, and the Giacomo Morra museum inside the Roddi Municipal Castle, with inaugural toast offered by Strada del Barolo and grandi vini di Langa.
– Saturday, October 31st and Sunday, November 1st from 11.00am to 6.00pm: open day. The school will be open to all, free of charge, to be visited and get information.
– Saturday, October 31st, 6.00pm: at the International Fair of the White Truffle, in the Beppe Fenoglio hall, in Alba, show cooking of the chef Giovanni Naviglia from the FoodLab Academy.
– Every weekend in November – Saturday and Sunday – two cooking sessions with practical lessons lasting about two hours, from 11.00 am to 1.00pm and from 6.00pm to 8pm.
It will be a new challenge for the Roddi Castle, but also for the whole territory of Langhe and Roero, which will have, in the Truffle Cooking School a new tourist attraction and a precious service for the operators.
«It’s an important day for Roddi, because finally we can finish a project that has gone on for years and, at the same time, lay the foundations for the future of the castle. The new activity of the International Truffle Cooking School represents the contribution that our municipality can give to the local tourism, with a modern approach that respects tradition, in a unique and enchanting location. A good start to begin drawing attention to our castle and think quickly to its total recovery and restoration.» Roberto Giacosa, mayor of Roddi.
«The Barolo & Castles Foundation is working for the development and networking of the most significant castles of Langhe and Roero. After more than five years of activities of the Wine Museum in Barolo and the management of the Castle of Serralunga d’Alba, thanks to the synergy with the museum centre of the Piedmont Region, we are adding to Roddi, with the International School of Alba White Truffle, a fundamental element for the promotion and tourist accommodation of the whole territory. Thanks to the expertise and professionalism of Turin FoodLab Academy and followed, during this journey, by a professional as the chef Luciano Tona, Roddi will soon become a landmark for the entire area and beyond.» Tino Cornaglia, chairman of the Barolo & Castles Foundation.
«We really believe in the project tɛrra, because it allows us to share the experience gained in ten years of teaching, relationships and professionalism. We are enthusiastic about the idea of building the contents of a new reality in the area of Langhe, treasure for the Italian cuisine, with a huge potential as pioneer and a rooted tradition with great possibilities of evolution. In tɛrra, we see the possibility of doing business involving professionals with whom we have been working for a long time and with whom we want to continue to grow ideas and visions.» Chef John Naviglia and Alessandra Pollifroni, FoodLab Torino.
For info:
tɛrra
Ph. +39 011 3118125
Mob. +39 393 9522887, Alessandra Pollifroni, FoodLab managing director and coordinator
info@terra.academy – www.terra.academy
Barolo & Castles Foundation
Ph. +39 0173 386697 – www.barolofoundation.it
Roddi Municipal Castle
www.castellodiroddi.it
Rendez-vous on the “Strada del Barolo”
Saturday 24th and Sunday 25th October 2015, a whole weekend dedicated to all wine lovers and Langhe enthusiasts!
This will be a unique opportunity to discover all the autumn charm of the hills that make up this UNESCO World Heritage site: two days completely dedicated to wine lovers and those who are fond of Langhe. On offer are several itineraries to discover wine cellars and producers, wine shops and castles, boutique hotels and farm holidays where one can indulge in the good life.
The lovers of Barolo and the other great wines of Langhe will have the opportunity to visit the cellars where the famous King of Wines is produced and personally meet the producers and taste their wines. For all foodies, the restaurants of Strada del Barolo will prepare specific menus, with Langhe traditional dishes prepared with the most natural products. Museums and castles will be open for guided tours and, only on these days, accommodation facilities will offer special packages and discounts!
So, don’t miss this opportunity! Treat yourself to a journey to the heart and spirit of this enchanting territory where the wine is the unquestioned protagonist and the backdrop is a great heritage of culture and emotion.
Here our members’ offer:
WINERIES TO VISIT, FREE TASTING AND OTHER ACTIVITIES:
AGRICOLA GIAN PIERO MARRONE
Fraz. Annunziata 13, La Morra (CN)
T. +39 0173509288
degusta@agricolamarrone.com
www.agricolamarrone.com
Facebook: www.facebook.com/gianpiero.agricolamarrone
Saturday, October 24th: free tasting of one wine.
Wine tasting with traditional dishes by reservation. For further details: www.agricolamarrone.com/getcontent.aspx?nID=39&l=it
BORGOGNO FRANCESCO
Via Crosia 29, Barolo (CN)
T. +39 0173 56178
info@cantinaborgogno.it
www.cantinaborgogno.it
Visit and free tasting by reservation. Opening times: from 10am to 12pm and from 2pm to 6pm
BROCCARDO
Località Manzoni 22, Monforte d’Alba (CN)
T. +39 017378180
broccardowines@broccardo.it
www.broccardo.it
Facebook: www.facebook.com/Broccardo-304948779634906
Visit and free tasting by reservation. Opening times: from 11am to 6pm
CANTINA COMUNALE DI CASTIGLIONE FALLETTO
Via Cavour 24, Castiglione Falletto (CN)
T. +39 0173 62938
info@cantinacastiglionefalletto.it
www.cantinacastiglionefalletto.it
Visit and free tasting by reservation. Opening times: from 11am to 7pm
CANTINA COMUNALE “I SÖRÌ” DI DIANO
Via Umberto I 11, Diano d’Alba (CN)
T. +39 0173 468022
info@soridiano.it
www.soridiano.it
Facebook: www.facebook.com/Cantina-comunale-I-Sor%C3%AC-di-Diano-dAlba-299689283482276
Saturday, October 24th: visit and free tasting of three Dolcetto di Diano d’Alba
JOSETTA SAFFIRIO
Loc. Castelletto 39, 12065 Monforte d’Alba
T. +39 0173 787278 / + 393351328474
info@josettasaffirio.com
www.josettasaffirio.com
Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/josettasaffirio
Visit and free tasting by reservation. Opening times: from 10am to 12pm and from 2pm to 6pm
10% discount on all the wines this weekend
LA TORRICELLA
Località S. Anna 98, 12065 Monforte d’Alba (CN)
T. +39 0173 78327 / +39 340 3174336
info@latorricella.eu
www.latorricella.eu
Facebook: www.facebook.com/agriturismo.latorricella.5
Visit and free tasting from 10am to 12pm and from 4pm to 8pm
A bottle for free with the purchase of minimum 6 bottles of wine
MONCHIERO F.LLI
Via Alba Monforte 49, Castiglione Falletto (CN)
T. +39 0173 62820
monchierovini@monchierovini.it
www.monchierovini.it
Facebook: www.facebook.com/Monchiero-Vini-329692467159198
Visit and free tasting by reservation. Opening times: from 11am to 5pm
Every six bottles one corkscrew as a present
OLIVERO MARIO in cooperation with LA CUCINA DI PINA
Via Fontanassa 18, Roddi (CN)
T. +39 0173 615256/ +39 3332389773
info@oliveromario.com
lacucinadipina@coopalice.net
francescagiacosafg@gmail.com
www.oliveromario.com
www.cucinadipina.com
Visit and free tasting by reservation. Opening times: from 9.30 am to 6.30 pm
During this weekend Olivero Mario winery, in cooperation with La Cucina di Pina, will organize a free tasting in pairing with their products (wines and hand made jams). Furthermore, visitors will be asked to solve a “wine” riddle, that will test their sensorial perception and memory, by trying some really special vintages (from 2004)
RIZIERI
Via S. Calocero 7, Diano d’Alba (CN)
T. +39 0173 69183
info@rizieri.com
www.rizieri.com
Facebook: www.facebook.com/Rizieri-Azienda-Vitivinicola-1480816268874873
Free tasting of two wines: Dolcetto di Diano d’Alba Docg “Sorì del Ricchino” 2014 and Barbera d’Alba Doc Superiore 2012. Opening times: Saturday, October 24th from 11am to 5.30pm and Sunday, October 25th from 10.30am to 2.30pm
5% discount for a minimum order of six bottles among Barolo Docg, Nebbiolo d’Alba Doc, Barbera d’Alba Doc Superiore, Dolcetto di Diano d’Alba and Arvià Langhe Doc Arneis
TENUTA L’ILLUMINATA
Località Sant’Anna 20, La Morra (CN)
T. +39 030 2279601
info@lilluminata.it
www.lilluminata.it
Facebook: www.facebook.com/philarmonicadistribuzione?fref=ts
Sunday, October 25th: visit and free tasting. Opening times: from 9am to 5pm
TASTING OF TYPICAL PRODUCTS:
LA CUCINA DI PINA
Corso Michele Coppino 48 C-B, Alba (CN)
T. +39 334 6245572 / +39 345 0237452
lacucinadipina@coopalice.net
www.cucinadipina.com
Facebook: www.facebook.com/La-Cucina-di-Pina-176609269195878
Tasting of “bruschetta” and jam in pairing with cheese and wine from Olivero Mario, Via Fontanassa 18, Roddi (CN)
MUSEI, ASSOCIAZIONI ED ENTI TURISTICI:
LA MORRA EVENTI&TURISMO
Piazza Martiri 1, La Morra (CN)
T. +39 0173 500344
info@lamorraturismo.it
www.lamorraturismo.it
Facebook: www.facebook.com/lamorraturismo
Municipal Cellar: tasting of Barolo on Saturday 24th with 10 wine producers and 40 Barolo bottles, 10 €
Visit to the “Mulino Sobrino”, that produces bio flour. By reservation Tel +39 0173 509192
Truffle search with Marco Varaldo. By reservation: Tel +39 335 5800143
TURISMO IN LANGA
Via Cavour 16, Alba (CN)
T. +39 0173 364030 / +39 342 6019355
info@turismoinlanga.it
www.turismoinlanga.it
Facebook: www.facebook.com/AssociazioneTurismoinLanga
Sunday, October 25th: “Narrar castelli e vini”, visit with actors and tourist guides at Serralunga Castle. Opening times: 10am -1pm and 2pm-6pm Free for children under 10 years old, 8 Euros for adults
WIMU – WINE MUSEUM IN BAROLO
Piazza Falletti, Barolo
T. +39 0173 386697
info@wimubarolo.it
www.wimubarolo.it
Facebook: www.facebook.com/wimu.castellodibarolo
Sunday, October 25th: visit “Giulia, Marchesa di Barolo” from 11.30am, 3 Euros for adults and 2 for kids, in addition of the normal ticket Compulsory reservation
RESTAURANTS – SPECIAL MENUS “RENDEZ-VOUS ON THE “STRADA DEL BAROLO”:
ANTICO BORGO MONCHIERO
Località Monchiero Alto 3, Monchiero (CN)
T. +39 0173792190
info@anticoborgomonchiero.it
www.anticoborgomonchiero.it
Facebook: www.facebook.it/anticoborgomonchiero
Saturday 24th for dinner and Sunday 25th for lunch and dinner: tasting menu with typical food, 4 dishes and one Barolo glass, 50 Euros
LA TORRICELLA
Località S. Anna 98, 12065 Monforte d’Alba (CN)
T. +39 0173 78327 / +39 340 3174336
info@latorricella.eu
www.latorricella.eu
Facebook: www.facebook.com/agriturismo.latorricella.5
Saturday 24th for lunch and dinner; Sunday 25th for dinner: traditional menu with wine tasting, 50 Euros per person
OVERNIGHT STAYS – “RENDEZ-VOUS ON THE “STRADA DEL BAROLO”:
ANTICO BORGO MONCHIERO
Località Monchiero Alto 3, Monchiero (CN)
T. +39 0173792190
info@anticoborgomonchiero.it
www.anticoborgomonchiero.it
Facebook: www.facebook.it/anticoborgomonchiero
Double room “Classic”: Euro 160,00 a night. Compulsory reservation
With the support of 
Wine Tasting Experience® with the best delicacies from Parma and Piacenza
Saturday October 24th, 4.30pm, Barolo Castle: an exclusive Piedmontese wine tasting paired with top quality food from the Parma and Piacenza area.
Guided by an oenologist and a food expert, participants will have the opportunity to taste a selection of wines produced by members of Strada del Barolo paired with some of the best delicacies provided by Parchi del Ducato, the Board that manages parks and biodiversity in western Emilia, by virtue of the twinning signed in Alba last spring. The “Temple of the Wine Tourist”, inside the Barolo Castle, will host the incredible selection of excellences that will gather together the best Piedmontese wines and refined specialties from Emilia, in order to offer the lucky participants a sensory experience out of the ordinary.
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The event is scheduled for Saturday, 24th October at 4.30 pm, with the following programme:
WINES TO TASTE: Roero Arneis “Sito dei Fossili” 2014 – Bric Cenciurio, Barolo (CN) FOOD PRODUCTS TO TASTE: Lardo di suino nero di Parma, lard obtained by the pigs’ back– Cà Mezzadri Az. Agr., Corniglio (PR) Book now your tasting: www.winetastingexperience.it/calendar/ |
Location:
Temple of the Wine Tourist
Municipal Castle of Falletti di Barolo
Piazza Falletti
12060 Barolo (CN)
In cooperation with:
The Harvest of the Gnomes
Saturday, October 3rd 2015, Cantina Josetta Saffirio of Monforte d’Alba opens its doors in the middle of the harvest season and offers an afternoon of activities dedicated to families with guided tours, wine tastings, the traditional “merenda sinoira”, and workshops for the little ones.
Adults can leave their children with our assistant (and gnomes!) and be guided to discover the secrets of the winery and wine barrel storage, where the wine quietly ages. Children between 5 and 10 years, starting from 3.30pm, will have the opportunity to take part in “The Harvest of the Gnomes”. Accompanied by a children’s entertainer, they will enjoy a fun experience in contact with nature, between rows of grapes immersed in the magical atmosphere of the grape harvest. But above all they will have the opportunity to discover the history of the gnomes: the tradition of this wine producing company says that these creatures of the forest help the farmers, taking care of the animals and checking the wine cellar, in return for some wine. Still today, the gnomes are one of the symbols of the company and have made the labels, illustrated by Josetta Saffirio, famous all over the world. The children’s activity will end at the Winery Tasting Room with tasty snacks, prepared with some of the company’s products.
To conclude, the adults will be delighted with a “merenda sinoira”, a traditional Langhe evening brunch, which will include a tasting of the company wines paired with bread, salami and cheese.
Cost: 10 euros per person (adults and children)
Children are required to wear rubber boots for the grape pressing and a change of clothes to change into at the end of the activity.
Booking compulsory by calling: +39 0173 787278 or +39 335 1328474 or sending an email to: info@josettasaffirio.com
Duration: 2.5 hours
Nascetta Story – national premiere
Friday October 2nd 2015, 8.45pm, Reception Hall of the Novello Castle, via G. Marconi 4, Novello (CN).
After two years in the making, the Stuffilm is pleased to present the national premiere of Nascetta Story, a documentary film that tells the story of Langa wine, created by Federico Moznich and Nemo Villeggia, sponsored by Strada del Barolo e grandi vini di Langa, the Municipality of Novello and the Union of Municipalities of the Hills of Langa and of the Barolo wine.
Nascetta Story is not only the journey of the rediscovery of a native vine but is above all the story of a world too often left on the margins. It is the story of the passion that wine producing farmers hold for their craft. It tells the story of a wine lover who, whilst traveling through the vineyards of Novello, in the Barolo Langa, discovers that to really understand the wine you have to know its history.
“One drinks, tastes, talks about wine but few are those who know what is behind a bottle of wine”
The 2nd October screening, with a national premiere, at the Reception Hall of the Novello Castle is free and open to the public. Refreshments will follow the screening.
From October 2nd, the DVD will be on sale at nascettastory.com and in bookstores.
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