Wine

Barolo primer

Barbera primer

Wine events:

Fritto Misto: The Last Sunday of February
Restaurants in the Province of Asti.

Il Bollito: The Last Sunday of March
Restaurants in the Province of Asti.

Giornate della Barbera (Barbera wine days): The Last weekend of April
Agliano.

" L cuntrà dij piasì" (The land of pleasures): Food and Wine Route
Asti.

Nizza è Barbera (Nizza is Barbera): The Second weekend of May
Nizza Monferrato

Festa del Pane (Bread Festival): The Last weekend of May
Montemagno

Cantine Aperte ("Open Wineries"): The Last Sunday of May
In the whole area.

Festa del Grignolino (Grignolino wine Festival): The Last Sunday of May
Portacomaro

Vinifera il Gusto del Barbera (Barbera wine Fair): The First weekend of June
Moncalvo

Di Grignolino in Grignolino (From Grignolino to Grignolino): The Second Sunday of June - Tasting Grignolino and local dishes in more than 20 wine growers’concerns - Moncalvo, Vignale and Casale.

Festa delle Cucine Monferrine (Monferrato Cuisine Festival): The third Sunday of June - Moncalvo

Sagra dell'Agnolotto d'Asino (Donkey meat Ravioli Festival): The Last weekend of June - Calliano

Sagra della Robiola (Robiola cheese Festival): The First Saturday of July
Vesime (Vallebormida).

Quelli che il Freisa (Freisa wine Festival): The first Saturday of July
Tasting Piedmontese Freisa wines
Roatto

Calici di Stelle ("Goblets of Stars"): The 10th of August
Tasting Wines and observing the stars - Several Villages in the Province of Asti.

Cocco Wine: The First weekend of September
Tasting local Wines
Cocconato

Douja d 'Or ("Golden Mug"): September
Wine Fair, Wine-making Competition, Wine tasting and cultural and food-and-wine events
Palazzo del Collegio - Asti.

Festival delle Sagre (The Festival of Festivals): The Second Sunday of September - Tasting local dishes by the Local Turist Offices and Re-evocation of the Old Trades
Piazza Campo del Palio - Asti.

Cucina e Cantina (Cuisine and Wineries): The third weekend of November - Gastronomy and Local Products
Old Town Centre in Asti.

" L cuntrà dij piasì" ("The Land of Pleasures"): The last Sunday of November
Food-and-wine Routes
Asti.

Fiera del Bue Grasso ("The Fat Ox Fair"): The Second week of  December
Exhibition and price-giving Ceremony of the best Specimens of Fat Oxen;  lunches and dinners based on boiled fat ox meat
Moncalvo.

Giornata dell'Olio Piemontese (Day of the Piedmontese Oil): The 8th of December
Tasting Piedmontese Oils
Moncalvo - Wine Shop
 

Wineries that belong to our friends:

• Castello Razzano: http://www.castellodirazzano.it/
• Isabella: http://www.isabellavini.it/
• I Mandorli: http://www.imandorli.it/ (olive oil too)
• Ca del Prete: http://www.cadelprete.it/

Local Wine Shops
Tasting and Selling of Local Wines with Registered Designation of Origin

Moncalvo: Wine Shop
Piazza Antico Castello (c/o Town hall) – Tel. 0141/917505 – Mobile ph. 335/8373770
Opening days: Saturday, Sunday and holidays 10 a.m. – 1 p.m., 3 p.m. – 7.30 p.m.

Portacomaro: Grignolino’s Shop
Piazza Marconi 16 – Tel. 0141/202666
Exhibition and Selling of local wines with D.O.C. (Registered Designation of Origin) and D.O.C.G. (Registered and Certified Designation of Origin)
Opening from 10 a.m. to 2 p.m. and from 6 p.m. to 10 p.m. – Closing time: Sunday evening and Monday.

San Damiano d’Asti: “Le Antiche Cantine” Wine Shop
Piazza Libertà 1 L – Tel./Fax 0141/975696
Tasting and Selling of local products
Opening from 10 a.m. to 3 p.m. and from 7.30 p.m. to 1 a.m. – All-day opening on Sunday

Costigliole d’Asti: Local Winery in Costigliole d’Asti
Via Roma 9 – (c/o Municipio) – Tel. 0141/961661
Tours, Tasting and Selling of local D.O.C. and D.O.C.G. wines
A vast range of grappa and local products
Opening days: Tuesday-Friday 10 a.m.-12 p.m., Saturday and Sunday 10 a.m.-12 p.m. and 4 p.m.-7 p.m. (summer); 10 a.m.-12 p.m. and 3 p.m.-6 p.m. (October-April)

Nizza Monferrato: La Signora in Rosso (The Lady in Red)
Via Crova 2 – Tel. 0141/793350 – Fax 0141/724683
Exhibition and Selling of 350 wines from the main concerns of Nizza Monferrato and neighbouring villages, 200 of which are different kinds of Barbera.
A vast range of grappa and local products. Local dishes.
Opening days: Wednesday-Sunday 11 a.m.- 1p.m., 5 p.m.-1 a.m.

Wine routes:

Monferrato Astigiano:
Sede Operativa presso Conf. Cooperative Asti
Tel. 0141.357111 - 357124 - Fax 0141.357150
E-mail:r.cantamessa@confcooperative.asti.it

Astesana:
Sede Operativa Agliano Terme
Tel. 0141.964038 - 954286 - Fax 0141.964038
E-mail:info@astesana-stradadelvino.it

Links:

www.milioni.com
More on Italian wines and vineyards

www.albeisa.org
Great site about wines and vineyards