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.

Every Friday, from end of June to end of August 2009, are we heating up the grill for an real traditional Italian Barbecuing. You and your family are all invited.

Every Friday will be a unique evening. The menu will be changed depending on what is available at the marked. Maybe we will have a guest chef to come and cook for us, or the guest of the evening will be a winemaker, that will present his wines to us.

It will be an evening in a casual atmosphere, where you will be able to learn  about the Italian way of Barbequing together with some good Italian wines. The dinner starts at 19.30.

The price for the dinner is 40 Euro per person, for children under the age of 16 the price is 20 Euro.

The price includes all food, wine, water/soda and a sample of recipes.

For further information please CLICK HERE or send an e-mail to Piemonte Wine Tours

Our personel recommandations are the Langhe Golf Club in Monforte and the Golf Club Cherasco.

The Langhe Golf Club in Monforte offers a 9-hole double departure course that was designed by Graham Cooke. It is a true jewel of a course set in amongst the vineyards and surrounded by enchanting landscapes.

The course is 3884 meters and par is 62. The season is from March to November.

Further information at www.gagliassi.com

Below the ancient town of Cherasco, where the river Tanaro meets the river Stura, you will find the Cherasco Golf Club. When you are playing this 18-hole course it is easy to get distracted by the beautiful scenery that surrounds you.

This 18-hole course was designed by Marco Croze, and is laid out over two altimetric plains, which give the course double aspect og both hills and plains. Several lakes and watercourses make the holes both more demanding and more scenic at the same time. When the course was created over 4000 trees were added to the ones that were already there. Those trees make the course even more demanding with several very long and well defended par 3 and par 4 holes.

The Golf Club Cherasco has a large Driving range with 6 covered positions and 9 open with artificial grass. You can also mit from natural grass, giving a total of 30 positions with two target greens.

Furthermore there is an excellent practice putting green, a separate chipping green and bunker.

The course is 6041 meters and par is 72.  For further information visit;  www.golfcherasco.com