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Casa Cayega, a party for everyone!
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Sunday 29 September Tenuta Carretta was the stage of a great autumn festival dedicated to the experiences in the vineyard, tastings, visits to wine cellars and quality food. The star of the day is the symbolic label of the Piobesi d'Alba company, the Cayega Roero Arneis Docg, in all its bright shades. Many activities, colors, meetings. Many walks in the vineyard, hands in the vineyard to...
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Tenuta Carretta Experience: “Nebbiolando’s Fantastic 4”
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The color of autumn is red. Red like pomegranates, like the fleshy interior of late figs. Red like vine leaves, the ruby of musts. Red like the purple of wines that return to brighten the tables. Tenuta Carretta Experience, the Tenuta Carretta wine club, celebrates the "red autumn" with an event dedicated to the great red wines of Langhe and Roero. Scheduled for Wednesday 2 October at...
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A 95 point Barolo!
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The Barolo Docg Cannubi Riserva 2013 Collection Rag. Franco Miroglio gets 95 points from Daniele Cernilli, the famous "Doctor Wine" We are happy to announce that our Barolo Docg Cannubi dedicated to Ragionier Franco Miroglio has received an excellent score from the wine critic Daniele Cernilli, also known as "Doctor Wine". Cernilli recognized the profuse winemaking commitment in this long...
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Casa Cayega, 5+1 Things to not miss
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Casa Cayega is the celebration held by Tenuta Carretta in honor of their most “pop” and lively Roero Arneis: the Cayega. A day opened to everybody, young and old, with lots of activities, music, food and wine: see you on Sunday 29th of September in Piobesi d’Alba! Hands in the vineyard One of the most fun and interactive activities offered is “Winegrower for a day”! At 11am and...
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Tenuta Carretta’s “green” footprint
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With over 80 hectares of estate vineyards distributed amongst the most prestigious vine growing areas of the Langhe and Roero, Tenuta Carretta believes that the commitment to sustainability does not end with simply higher quality products, but instead represents a daily and important action of responsibility. The possibility of producing wines that are capable of expressing their terroir is...
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Casa Cayega is back at Tenuta Carretta
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Autumn is bustling at Tenuta Carretta! After last year’s hit, Casa Cayega, the event held at Tenuta Carretta in honor of the Cayega, the Roero Arneis with a “pop” and fun soul, is back on Sunday 29th of September. It is a day of celebration, and also to explore Tenuta Carretta’s universe and wines through its most refreshing and famous “white”: the Cayega Roero Arneis DOCG. It will...
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Roero, land of “finesse”
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What is Roero, where is it, and what kinds of wine do its green hills produce? To understand what Roero is, let us take a look at the map of southern Piedmont, and particularly the slice of land between the Ligurian Apennines and Turin. As the eye travels northwards up the map, we notice immediately that, when we come to Alba, the Tanaro River forms the only natural boundary in the area, which...
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Tenuta Carretta Experience invites you to “Roero: territory, vineyards, wines”
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Wednesday, July 24th, Tenuta Carretta Experience invites you to a new "narrated tasting": the protagonist is the Roero, an extraordinary land of vineyards and wines today in great form. Welcome to Roero, the left bank of the Tanaro river! It is a hilly area, its profile is sharp and angular, and among the woods and vineyards, ochre-yellow outcrops suddenly appear. These are the Rocche, a...
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“Brut ma bon:” Metodo Classico by Tenuta Carretta Experience
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Wednesday, July 3rd, from 18:30 to 20:30, Tenuta Carretta will be hosting “Brut ma bon,” an event to learn about and taste the sparkling wines from Tenuta Carretta, Malgrà and the Edoardo Miroglio Winery! The sun: white. The sea: bubbles. Holidays: white, fresh and sparkling. Summer has finally exploded and, with the heat, comes the desire to toast with fresh and lively wines, full...
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From Épernay to Canelli: A short story about Piedmont’s sparkling wine
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Near the end of last year, for the first time in its history, Tenuta Carretta made two sparkling wine labels. Both at Traditional Method (metodo classico) labels that fall under the “Alta Langa” appellation. But what is the Traditional Method? And when did the often-misunderstood heritage of sparkling wine in Piedmont begin? We try to answer those questions in this post. Like all the best...
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