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Barbaresco around the Table

admin — Wed, 01 Apr 2009 10:46:01 +0000

This year sees the opening of the fifteenth edition of the Barbaresco around the Table event; a unique opportunity to taste and understand the new vintage 2006, and learn how to match it with food. Come and celebrate Barbaresco with us!

For three evenings during May ( 15th, 22th and 29th May) twelve restaurants within the Barbaresco production area are presenting the same list of Barbarescos to all fans of the wine. Each resturant would offer more than 20 different labels of Barbaresco per evening – a total of over 60 wines made by producers belonging to the Enoteca regionale del Barbaresco.

The restaurants will all be serving traditionel seasonal dishes to accompany their Barbaresco 2006, with plenty of choise for the customer. The prices for a dinner range from 40 € to 80 €. Several of the restaurants participationg has Michelin stars. Where else than in Piemonte can you have a dinner on Michelin restaurant for 80 € or less including wine?

At the beginning of September, vintage 2006 started with very healthy grapes and high sugar levels, thanks to the hot and dry summer. For the same reason, the ripening of colour and aromas proceeded very slowly. In September the weather was warm and summery with the exception of two heavy rainfalls. Therefore we let the grapes dry and started the harvest at the end of September under favourable climatic conditions.

2006 is a very good vintage for Barbaresco, with full-bodied wines, intense colour and good acidity; an excellent long living wine, in the wake of the previous 2004 and 2005 vintages.

The 695 hectares of wineyards yielded 4.190.767 of Barbaresco DOCG 2006.

Further information can be found on www.enotecadelbarbaresco.it.

Exhibition on the history of chocolate at Ferrero – Alba

admin — Fri, 02 Jan 2009 21:00:20 +0000

During 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.

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.

A dinner with witches in Piemonte

admin — Fri, 02 Jan 2009 13:37:48 +0000

What about a dinner with witches? Restuarant Tenuta Carretta in Piobesi d’Alba invites to a historical representation about the local witches and dinner.

The dinner starts at 20.00 hour and the price for the dinner is 40€. During the dinner would you have the possibility to learn more of an dark age in Piemonte.

If you want to participate in the dinner please call Turismo in Lange at +39 0173 364030 and ask for Beatrice. The e-mail is info@turismoinlanghe.it

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