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Best summertime red wine? When grilling, Barbera delivers the goods and more…
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It's Memorial Day in the United States this weekend, the quintessential three-day American holiday when wine and food lovers welcome the arrival of summer by grilling outdoors. And with the onset of summer, it's also a time for shifting from "big" tannic red wines to wines that are a little more lithe in the glass. In Piedmont, the end of spring marks the time when people start reaching...
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Divine Trails: May 29 vineyard hike with the Italian Association “Donne del Vino”
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As part of its ongoing celebration of the 550th anniversary of its founding, Tenuta Carretta is leading a hike through its vineyards on Monday, May 29. The itinerary is part of the Italian Association of Donne del Vino's pilot program, Percorsi Divini (Divine Trails), which aims to promote awareness of wine culture through the beauty of its landscapes as told, lived, and traveled by foot or...
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What does Arneis taste and smell like?
Yesterday, while visiting with a friend and colleague at my favorite wine bar in Houston, the wine director (who's also a good friend and a colleague I admire greatly) insisted that I taste a bottle of Arneis made from grapes grown in California. I was happy to oblige, of course, as I am always up for any ampelographic adventure. But I'm sorry to report that the wine didn't resemble or...
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A favorite American wine blogger reviews 2010 Bric Paradiso
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We really do live in a golden age of wine and wine appreciation. Even though so many have predicted the twilight of so-called "citizen" wine blogging, there is a growing number of wine bloggers who throw their hats into the wine writing ring every day in the United States. Today, nearly ten years after the advent of wine blogging as a popular category of social media (give or take a few...
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Post-frost outlook not as bad as it may seem, says Tenuta Carretta CEO Giovanni Minetti
Last week, late spring freezing temperatures damaged vineyards across northern Italy. Piedmont was not spared, writes Tenuta Carretta CEO Giovanni Minetti, a former president of the Barolo and Barbaresco Consortium and Langhe native. But dire predictions for this year's harvest are premature and market panic is uncalled for and best avoided, he notes. I wanted to share my thoughts about the...
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Vinum festival this weekend: Spots still available for Vinum in Cantina with Chef Flavio Costa tomorrow
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Tenuta Carretta and Chef Flavio Costa, owner of 21.9 (which is located on the grounds of our estate), will be participating this weekend in the Vinum food and wine festival celebrating food and wine tourism in Langhe, Roero, and Monferrato. And there are still tickets available for those who would like to take part in VINUMINCANTINA (Vinum in the Wine Cellar): Tomorrow night, April 22, Chef...
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Ham or lamb for Easter? In Piedmont we eat lamb. Happy Easter, everyone!
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We just loved this New York Times article by veteran food writer Kim Severson, "Ham or Lamb? The Easter Choice May Be Changing." "For Easter cooks," she writes, "there is one fundamental question: Is yours a lamb family or a ham family?" Even after decades of culinary re-awakening and the gastronomic renaissance that began in the U.S. back in the 1970s in the Bay Area with restaurants like...
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Two months of Cooking Shows at Milano’s Malpensa Airport, with dishes by Ristorante 21.9 and wines from Tenuta Carretta
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We are thrilled to announce that we've launched a new series of events as part of our celebration of 550 years of Tenuta Carretta: An ongoing cooking show in the most unlikely of places and the first gatherings of many in coming months that will feature the estate. We have a number of different activities lined up to re-enact the history of Tenuta Carretta, which stretches back for hundreds of...
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See you at Vinitaly, the annual Italian wine trade fair held in Verona
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Please visit our stand at Vinitaly, April 9-12: Hall 10, Stand R4. Every year, the Italian wine world gathers in Verona in the weeks that lead up to Easter at Vinitaly: The Italian wine industry's largest wine trade fair and tasting and, according to some trade observers, "the largest wine show in the world" (see the Wikipedia entry here for some background on the fair and its importance on...
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New from Tenuta Carretta: The Cayega family continues to grow and Podio is multiplied by 3!
We are thrilled to present these new 2017 offerings from Tenuta Carretta. They are the fruit of our winery's dynamic and creative character and an example of how we are constantly and actively working to meet our clients and friends' needs. Following the impressive success last year for the magnum and Balthazar (12 liters) formats, our line of Roero Arneis DOCG Cayega continues to grow as...
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