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Three special nights to discover the wines made from Nebbiolo of Langhe compared to those produced in different areas. It will be an occasion to understand all the nuances and peculiarities that soil, weather, exposure, altitude and other factors give to the wine.

Strada del Barolo proposes a new initiative, scheduled for Autumn, addressed to the many wine lovers and enthusiasts who are curious to discover, understand and appreciate the differences that wines produced from the same vine variety can assume if the are cultivated in specific areas, are grown in different ways and then processed with different methods.
Like brothers descending from the same lineage, each wine will assume its own “character”.
From Langhe to the North of Piedmont, from Roero to Valtellina, from Aosta Valley to Sicily, Nebbiolo is one of the noblest vines in the world and expresses extraordinary characteristics in the different areas of Italy.

Three will be the appointments at the restaurant “Casa Ciabotto” of Verduno:

8 November 2018 at 8.00 pm

Castle of Verduno – Verduno (CN): Langhe Nebbiolo DOC 2017 and Barbaresco DOCG 2015

Travaglini – Gattinara (VC): Gattinara DOCG 2014 and Gattinara DOCG Tre Vigne 2012

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Crostino con salsiccia di Verduno e cime di rapa
Vitello tonnato
Friciule con lardo

Risotto con pere e gorgonzola

22 November 2018 at 8.00 pm

Olivero Mario – Roddi (CN): Langhe DOC Nebbiolo and Barolo DOCG 2014

Caves Cooperatives de Donnas – Donnas (AO): Valle d’Aosta DOC Donnas Napoleon 2015 and Valle d’Aosta DOC Nebbiolo Picotendro 2016

7 Dicember 2018 at 8.00 pm

Le Strette – Novello (CN): Langhe DOC Nebbiolo 2015 and Barolo DOCG Bergera Pezzole 2013

Nino Negri – Chiuro (SO): wines to be defined

A journey to discover the vine variety and its characteristics, the best producing areas and the related terroir, the different refining techniques and tasting profiles.

A comparative analysis of the different areas and expressions that the vine provides within the many Nebbiolo-based Designations of Origins.

The producers in person will guide the tastings in a compelling dialogue of comparison to discover the wines of some of the most famous wine producing companies of Northern Italy.

For each of the three appointments, the restaurant “Casa Ciabotto” will propose a small menu of traditional dishes prepared with seasonal ingredients.

The cost of the evening will be 30 € per person. Online booking is required.

For info: staff@stradadelbarolo.it or +39 338 2578422

The spotlight on the International White Truffle Fair of Alba goes off and Strada del Barolo is proud of the wide success obtained with the Wine Tasting Experiences®!

The usual autumn appointment with the tastings organized by Strada del Barolo has gathered, this year, more than 600 wine lovers in the former Sala dei Mondi, at the Maddalena Courtyard in Alba. 18 appointments between October and November, in English every Saturday and in Italian every Sunday have attracted a diverse and enthusiastic audience who have had the opportunity to enjoy the wines of more than 20 of the best producers of Langhe. Visitors coming from all over the world: Switerland, Austria, France, United Kingdom, Germany, North Europe, Poland, Russia, Canada, United States of America, Japan, Singapore and Hong Kong.

“The taste of the hills”, “The Crus of Barolo” and “The many faces of Nebbiolo” were the topics of the Wine Tasting Experiences® that alternated throughout all the duration of the Fair. “The taste of the hills” is an introductory path among the most peculiar production of Piedmont, with the tasting of four different wines such as Arneis, Dolcetto, Barbera, Nebbiolo, Barolo and Moscato; “The Crus of Barolo” is a virtual journey through the different geographical designations of Barolo, marked by the tasting of three different labels; on the contrary, “The many faces of Nebbiolo” proposes the comparison between Barolo, Barbaresco and Roero explaining the different expressions of the Nebbiolo vine variety.

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Strada del Barolo returns to Torino to propose two new events for dinner with the producers.

After the great success of the Spring meetings, Strada del Barolo e grandi vini di Langa is orgaizing two exclusive evenings with the wines of the producers members of the consortium paired with traditional dishes prepared by two of the most renowned restaurants in Torino.

The wines of the producers of Strada del Barolo will be matched with the cheeses of “I Pascoli di Amaltea”, an organic farm in Alta Langa that breeds the ancient “sheep of Langhe” and produces cheeses with raw milk.

The evenings will be hosted by Erika Mantovan, sommelier, marketing and communication consultant and the producers will personally attend the event to tell “live” about their wines.

Here the details for the appointments:

Thursday, 15 November 2018
Quadre, via Perugia 41, Torino
with the wines of the wine producing company Olivero Mario, Roddi (CN)
info@quadrefood.it – Tel. +39 011 7650373

Thursday, 22 November 2018
Rossorubino, via Madama Cristina 21, Torino
with the wines of the wine producing copany Franco Conterno, Monforte d’Alba (CN)
info@rossorubino.net, Tel. -39 011.65.02.183

*BOOKING REQUIRED!

Saturday 27 and Sunday 28 October, the weekend dedicated to wine and Langhe lovers returns with several original proposals by Strada del Barolo!

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, restaurants and farm holidays where one can indulge in the good life.

Sunday, 28 October 2018, Strada del Barolo organizes a new appointment named “The Barolo vineyards: tour of the crus with tasting”.

Tested for the first time in Spring of 2018, this event includes a tour with minivan through the main Barolo production areas, with the guidance of Davide Pasquero, expert sommelier and wine communicator, to understand and “touch” the factors that determine the traits and many facets that Barolo can take: altitude, soil composition, exposition, etc.

The tour will start at 15.00 from Piazza Generale Vassallo, in Castiglione Falletto to reach Serralunga d’Alba, in the so called area of the Helvetian Barolo. Here, where there is the first cru of the day to visit, the chalky-clayish soil leads to a well structured and alcoholic Barolo that lends itself to a long aging. The group will then move to La Morra to visit the second cru in the Tortonian Barolo area, a geologically younger region high in marl, with sandy soils which results into refined and elegant wines.

The third stop will be in Barolo, an area that gathers the traits of the previous ones, with soils unbelievably rich in microelements. The tour will then return to Castiglione Falletto where, at Cantina Comunale, the Municipal Wine Cellar the group will have the opportunity to taste the wines produced in the crus visited, paired with mixed cheeses and cold cuts.

Our offices will be closed for holidays from August 10th to 20th. We’ll be back on Tuesday, August 21st.

We take this opportunity to wish you all the best holidays!

In the first six months of the year, the association Strada del Barolo e grandi vini di Langa has proposed many different events for wine lovers and tourists from all over the world… and for next Autumn a program full of activities is already on schedule!

The strengthening of the wine tourism offer in the Langhe area remains the main guideline for Strada del Barolo. In 2018, the consortium has launched several new projects to promote the territory, aiming at attracting an increasingly greater and more qualifying number of tourists and wine lovers to help them discover the beautiful hills now declared a World Heritage Site.

Since the first months of the year, the activity has grown a lot, both for what concerns the organization of new initiatives such as dinners with the participation and involvement of the wine producers, and at the promotion level with the production of new identifying plates for its members, new tourist maps with the list of the members and a new video to promote the territory and the activities of Strada del Barolo.

Alongside the news, there are also many confirmations including the flagship events of the association such as: the Treasure Hunt in the Langa of Barolo® and Io, Barolo, which is re-proposed with a completely renewed structure that has already received an unprecedented appreciation.

Local events and entertainment

Among the main novelties proposed in 2018, there is a set of dinners organized in the months of March and April with the wines of some producers of Strada del Barolo, paired with the cheeses P.D.O. Bra, P.D.O. Raschera and the P.D.O. Raw Ham of Cuneo. This event, entitled “Langhe on the Table”, will be an exclusive food event organized in Torino in the restaurants members of the network “Wineat” and at the MorganteCocktail&Soul of Milano. The same event was already proposed in five restaurants of Langhe members of Strada del Barolo with the name “Dinner with the Winemakers”. During each appointment, a wine producer was involved in order to take actively part in the evening, personally presenting and serving his labels, while an expert was explaining the top quality food products to pair with each wine.

Tuesday, 1 May 2018, there was the 9^th consecutive edition of the Treasure Hunt in the Langa of Barolo®, main single event of Spring, organized, as usual, in cooperation with Turismo in Langa, the city of Alba and other involved municipalities. More than a thousand participants, divided in 240 crews by car or motorcycle, explored the different itineraries which, starting from the booths of “Vinum” in the centre of Alba, developed along the hilly territory of Langhe in order to find the hints and reach the final treasure. It was a unique occasion to visit ancient hamlets, wine cellars and tourist facilities members of Strada del Barolo.

Saturday May 26^th 2018, it was the turn of Io, Barolo 2018, the most important event of the year for Strada del Barolo. The event, organized for its 6^th consecutive year in the historical centre of Roddi, welcomed more than one thousand wine enthusiasts from Piedmont, Lombardy, Liguria, Emilia Romagna and other Italian regions, as well as groups coming from other countries. The programme, completely renewed, had the Barolo wine as its unique protagonist. Barolo was presented in all its many facets by more than thirty producers who proposed a tasting of different crus and vintages: a real “journey” to discover the “King of Wines” along the narrow streets and squares of the medieval concentric centre of Roddi.

Alongside the main event, there were also some side initiatives to deepen the knowledge of Barolo and the great wines of Langa with the guide of an expert. In fact, with the Food&Wine Experiences it was possible to try gourmet pairings between a selection of Piemdontese wines and some top quality food products, while in the Wine Tasting Experience® 4.0 the public was guided in the wine discovery using their sensorial perceptions. For the entire evening, the cooking school Terra Academy served a selection of traditional dishes with the products of the members of Strada del Barolo.

Sunday May 27^th 2018, the day after Io, Barolo, another brand new activity was “The Barolo vineyards: Tour of the “crus” with tasting”: a tour through some of the main Barolo producing areas for a group of some 25 people, with the guidance of a wine expert and a naturalist to understand, in a very simple and “experiential” way, the factors that determine the traits and many facets that Barolo can have. The tour followed a circular route, with stops in three “crus” in the municipalities of Serralunga d’Alba, La Morra and Barolo, and ended with a tasting in the wonderful panoramic terrace of Castiglione Falletto.

Saturday 27^th and Sunday 28^th October 2018, another appreciated event will be the “Rendez-vous on the Barolo trail”, an entire weekend dedicated to all the wine and Langhe lovers who will have the opportunity to visit the wine producing companies, meeting the producers and tasting their wines. The restaurants members of Strada del Barolo will propose specific menus with traditional local dishes, museums and castles will be open with guided tours and, just for these two days, tourist accommodation facilities will propose special packages and discounts!

Wine Tasting Experience®

Having become, over the years, an event not to be missed for hundreds of wine lovers who are visiting Langhe, the Wine Tasting Experiences®, original tasting event conceived by Strada del Barolo, will continue also in 2018. In Autumn, the calendar of meetings will be scheduled during the International Fair of the White Truffle of Alba. In all likelihood, the Food & Wine Experiences will be confirmed, allowing the visitors to pair the tasting of the great wines of Langa with a selection of top quality food products.

Following the example of the French Ecole Du Vin, these appointments go beyond the traditional tasting in a wine cellar especially for the opportunity to compare labels from different producers at one appointment. Added value for the wine lovers is that the tastings are guided by territory experts capable of explaining the secrets of the wines and ready to satisfy any curiosity: the “teachers” are, in fact, producers, oenologists or skilled sommeliers.

Talking about wine: on-line and off-line

The website www.stradadelbarolo.it is a showcase of excellence for the territory and for all members who have access to a page with geo-location on an interactive map, photo gallery, service details and a detailed description of their activities. The site also features in-depth sections on territory, wines and gastronomic products, as well as tours and tourist packages. The mobile version makes all these contents easily accessible also via smartphones and tablets, thus widely improving the website accessibility.

Parallel to the site, the online promotion activity continues through the “social channels” Facebook and Instagram, with a daily update of the profiles and through advertising campaigns that are able to attract a wide audience of users interested in wine and Langhe.

The promotion is not only through Internet. In fact, in 2018 the distribution of new identification plates to all the companies members of the association has been completed and the new folding tourist maps have been printed. The maps include a list of the members, their geo-location on the map to indicate their exact position: two useful tools for tourists and wine lovers to find and recognize wine companies, restaurants, accommodation facilities, food producers and museums members of Strada del Barolo.

Last Spring, also the new promotional video of Strada del Barolo was presented. The video, edited by Storie Doc, by Tiziano Gaia and Andrea Tomasetto, is a virtual stroll” to present the opportunities offered by a territory which has no equal in the world; an itinerary made by taste, excellence and tradition, going through all the seasons!

Educational tours with foreign journalists

Aiming at giving visibility, also outside Italy, to all the company members of our consortium, we go on with the educational tours addressed to foreign journalists, an activity started years ago by Strada del Barolo in cooperation with the consortium of promotion I Vini del Piemonte. The invitations are addressed to journalists of the sector coming from the main target countries, with the purpose to organize a good 10-15 press tours, which include tastings in wine companies, dinners and overnight stays in the facilities members of Strada del Barolo, sightseeing tours, visits to castles and museums etc.

Activities of Destination Management and partnership strengthening

With the purpose of attracting to the associated facilities an increasing number of tourists from all around the world, Strada del Barolo will make use, again in 2018, of a monthly newsletter sent to a database of 10, 000 wine lovers and journalists all around the world as well as the press office activity and tourism promotion carried out during the international events organized by the consortium of promotion I Vini del Piemonte in several European and non European countries. Also all the collaborations started over the years with boards and institutions will be confirmed and strengthened. Said institutions are connected with the wine, food and tourism sectors, including companies related to the food production of excellence as well as other wine areas and wine trails both in Italy and in Europe.

In July, Strada del Barolo will present the peach and will ask the restaurants members of the consortium to cook a dish with the tasty fruit that announces the summer.

Native to China, peach has been grown there for more than 5,000 years and it is a symbol of long life and immortality. In Italy, it is cultivate since the first century BC, when it was imported from Persia. For this reason, in the Piedmontese dialect, as in a few others, it is called pèrsi, to maintain the memory of its origins. According to the production area, the fruit ripens from mid-May to September.

The peach is a powerful refreshing, restorative, purifying and detoxing delicacy. Rich in water, it contains a lot of precious vitamins and nutrients which make it suitable for the hot summer days, as a snack or for the preparation of delicious dishes both sweets and savoury.

The idea for this event comes from the will to promote the seasoning of local food products. In the hands of the creative chefs of restaurants members of Strada del Barolo these produce will be transformed into exquisite courses holding the traditional perfumes and flavours of Langhe.

From July 16^th to 30^th 2018, in the restaurants taking part in the initiative, it will be possible to taste a dish created for the occasion where the strawberry will be the undisputed protagonist.

*The restaurant list with the dishes they will propose will be soon announced

In June Strada del Barolo e grandi vini di Langa will present the strawberry and will ask the restaurants member of the consortium to cook a dish with the tasty fruit that announces the summer.

Strawberry is a solar fruit: the winter season is only a memory and the long Spring days are now marking the awakening of the nature. In a concentration of beneficial properties, this fruit has an unmistakable perfume and, in the mouth provokes an explosion of taste. Eaten alone or paired with sweet or salty dishes, strawberries can also be transformed into delicious jam or aromatic liqueurs.

The idea for this event comes from the will to promote the seasoning of local food products. In the hands of the creative chefs of restaurants members of Strada del Barolo these produce will be transformed into exquisite courses holding the traditional perfumes and flavours of Langhe.

From June 15^th to 30^th 2018, in the restaurants taking part in the initiative, it will be possible to taste a dish created for the occasion where the strawberry will be the undisputed protagonist.

*The restaurant list with the dishes they will propose will be soon announced.