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Wine Tasting Experience®
The best local experts will be describing the great wines of the Langhe together with their producers.
The Wine Tasting Experience ® is an original tasting event that Strada del Barolo and Consorzio di tutela Barolo Barbaresco organize both for wine-lovers who choose Langhe for their holidays, and wine enthusiasts from all around Europe, who will have the opportunity to attend special events organized in the main capital cities.
Four ways to experience wine
The Wine Tasting Experiences are available all year round, set to four different “formats”: in Italy and abroad, in prearranged dates or completely tailored. The aim is to meet the different needs of the wine lovers.
The first format, the more “traditional”, is the seasonal double calendar with appointments in spring andautumn in some of the most prestigious venues of Langhe: from WiMu to MODA, including wineries and wine shops of the area.
The second option allows tailored tastings for groups of at least six people, who can decide together with the organizers, dates, time, locations and languages (besides Italian: English, French and German) and of course the types of wine to taste.
A third possibility is offered during the great events organized in the Langhe territory: both for Vinum (in May) and the International White Truffle Fair of Alba (October and November) several special appointments are scheduled and included in the event’s calendars.
The fourth format is connected with events for the promotion of Piedmontese wines or during nights dedicated to the regional food and wine products in the main European capitals: already confirmed are the appointments in Brussels and Copenhagen. Also scheduled, in 2013, are Stockholm, Geneva, Zurich, St. Gallen and others – including an event in China.
The Wine Tasting Experiences in Europe are often followed by friendly gatherings and dinners in the capitals’ restaurants. These offer the perfect occasion to talk about Piedmont which, through Barolo and other great wines, reveals everything it can offer: food, wines, tourist destinations and cultural programmes. The result is a promotional initiative of great effect.
Beyond the traditional tasting
Following the example of the French Ecoles du Vin, the experiences will go beyond the traditional tasting in the winery, a classic activity for every wine tourist, most importantly because they will offer the chance totaste bottles from different winemakers at the same time.
The experiences will be led by winemakers, oenologists or experienced sommeliers, each with their own personal point of view, offering insights into the bouquet of a specific glass, pairings between food and wine and the wine’s characteristics in relation to where the vines were grown.
Information and bookings
The website www.winetastingexperience.it contains further details about the initiative and the different themes. It includes an up-to-date calendar and tastings can be booked directly via the website. For more information call +39 0173 220943 or write to tasting@stradadelbarolo.it
Contacts
Web: www.winetastingexperience.it
E-mail: tasting@stradadelbarolo.it
Tel: +39 0173 220943
Wine Tasting Experience®: the 2013 calendar
The original tasting solution comes back in Spring: buy your tickets online.
The Wine Tasting Experience®, which along with the traditional tasting also includes a real lesson held by local experts and sommeliers, returns in Spring with a calendar that starts from the 30th March 2013and goes on until the first days of June. On the website www.winetastingexperience.it it is possible to book your event and buy the tickets.
“The crus of the King” and “The taste of the hills” are the two topics that will alternate in the two prestigious locations: WiMu, Wine Museum in Barolo and MODA, Palazzo Martinengo Venue of Monforte d’Alba.
“The crus of the King” is a journey marked by the tasting of five different Barolo labels, through different areas of production of the “king” of all wines, while “The taste of the hills” is a moment which introduces the most traditional of all Piedmontese productions, with the tasting of six different wines such as Arneis, Dolcetto, Barbera, Nebbiolo, Barolo and Moscato.
Dates and times of the wine tasting sessions in english:
- Saturday 30th March – 3:00pm
WIMU Museo del Vino, Castello Comunale Falletti, Barolo
The crus of the king, A Journey among the Barolo crus
Price: 30 €
- Saturday 13th April – 3:00pm
MODA, Palazzo Martinengo Venue, Monforte d’Alba
The taste of the hills, Introduction to the tasting of the wines of Langhe and Roero
Price: 25 €
- Saturday 11th May – 3:00pm
Venue to be defined
The crus of the king, A Journey among the Barolo crus
Price: 30 €
- Saturday 18th May – 3:00pm
MODA, Palazzo Martinengo Venue, Monforte d’Alba
The taste of the hills, Introduction to the tasting of the wines of Langhe and Roero
Price: 25 €
- Saturday 1st June – 3:00pm
WIMU Museo del Vino, Castello Comunale Falletti, Barolo
The crus of the king, A Journey among the Barolo crus
Price: 30 €
All the scheduled appointments are confirmed. Booking required.
During Vinum, thanks to the cooperation with the Organizing Board of the Alba International White Truffle Fair , the calendar is enriched with several special events (only in Italian) at Palazzo Mostre e Congressi of Alba:
- Saturday 27th April
11:30am Il gusto del territorio (The taste of the hills)
4:00pm I Cru del Barolo (The Barolo crus)
- Sunday 28th April
4:00pm I Cru del Barolo (The Barolo crus)
- Monday 29th April
4:00pm I Cru del Barolo (The Barolo crus)
- Wednesday 1st May
4:00pm I Cru del Barolo (The Barolo crus)
Every tasting lasts approximately one hour. The cost is 20 € per person and includes the entrance to Vinum and passes for 6 tastings. Booking required.
Side activities
Together with the appointments of the Wine Tasting Experience®, side activities will be organized in the two locations that will be hosting the events. In order to attract more parents to the tastings, WiMu is thinking about how to involve children. The solution includes:
Saturday 30th March
“A date with Uvetta“: Princess Uvetta will guide the little ones inside the WiMu, discovering the Wine Museum through games and tales. For children aged 4-6, with a snack included at the end of the path.
Saturday 1st June
“The Grate Game of Giacomino“: discovering how to make wine by playing a huge game of Snakes and Ladders, on the ground. For children aged 6-12, with a snack included at the end of the activity.
The activity is totally free for all children who arrive accompanied by parents who are taking part in a Wine Tasting Experience®.
On the contrary, MODA gives the opportunity to have an evening dinner with a complete menu at a cost of 40 € (wine not included).
In order to meet the winelovers’ needs, besides the scheduled events, during the entire year it is always possible to organize a completely tailored Wine Tasting Experience®: learn more…
Info and booking:
tasting@stradadelbarolo.it
www.winetastingexperience.it
Tel: +39 0173 220943
The Wine colours the Landscape
Here the winners of the last session of the photographic competition
“Strada del Barolo e grandi vini di Langa”, thanks to the cooperation of the jury panel, selected thewinners of the competion announced with the aim of promoting cultural and natural heritage of Langhe and Roero.
The award-winning works:
1° “Geometrie d’estate” (Summer geometry) by Enzo Massa
2° “I tratti del vino” (Wine features) by Gisella Divino
3° “Crocevia tra i filari” (Crossroads beetwen rows) by Corrado Olocco
Summer geometry by Enzo Massa – 1st Award
Wine features by Gisella Divino – 2nd Award
Crossroads beetwen rows by Corrado Olocco – 3rd Award
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