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Silver medal for EM Chardonnay 2015 in the Chardonnay 2016 competition at Wine Fest Burgas
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Edoardo Miroglio winery took part in Wine Fest Burgas 2016 together with 30 Bulgarian wine cellars. Over 300 high quality wines were presented at this year's edition of the wine fest between 28 and 31st July in Flora exhibition center in Burgas sea garden. The festival was held for a third year in a row. The main theme was Chardonnay and there was a professional jury from the Bulgarian Vine and...
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Vineyard hikes and tours: A new way to visit Italian wine country
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Please note that Tenuta Carretta will closed from August 6 until August 21. It was just two years ago that UNESCO made the "vineyard landscape" of Piedmont a designated heritage site — for its historic and cultural significance and for its pure beauty. According to UNESCO's website: This landscape covers five distinct wine-growing areas with outstanding landscapes and the Castle of...
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A world-famous travel blogger visits our sister winery in Bulgaria
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Lesley Carter on her visit to the Edoardo Miroglio winery The Edoardo Miroglio winery is proud to announce that one of the most famous travel bloggers in the world – Ms. Lesley Carter from the U.S. — visited the estate in Elenovo during a 6-day visit to Bulgaria in mid-May as a part of a group sponsored by a tour operator from Sliven and the winery. The visit took place on the fifth...
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What does the word locanda mean? And the best view in Barolo.
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These days, most English-speakers know the Italian words osteria and trattoria. We could go into greater detail as the origins and minute differences between the two (including their regional usage). But basically they both mean restaurant. But there's another word that is often used to denote the casual dining experience of the osteria or trattoria. That word is locanda. It...
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Tenuta Carretta stories. From “Nebbiolo dei Roeri” to “Nebbiolo del Roero”: The Roero DOCG
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Until the 1970s in the provinces of Asti and Cuneo, Roero was not considered a distinct geographic region. During those years, Monferrato and Langhe were the only place names that people wrote or spoke of. Monferrato included all the land to the left of the Tanaro river while Langhe referred to the right. People working in wine did, however, use "Nebbiolo dei Roeri" or "Nebbiolo from Roero"...
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Red, white and Barolo? Happy Fourth of July to all of our friends in the U.S.A.!
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As I was throwing around ideas this morning for today's post, I Googled "red, white and Barbera" (in quotes) and found scores and scores of blogs and sites that used the expression around the Fourth of July. It's only natural that American wine lovers would reach for Barbera to pair with their Fourth of July grill-outs and barbecues: Barbera is arguably the world's most food-friendly red...
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Edoardo Miroglio’s Bulgarian Wines Impress Italian Journalists
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"Exhausted but extremely enthusiastic", said a group of Italian journalists who, from June 6-9, took part in a press tour devoted to one of the least known and most mysterious appellations in Eastern Europe: The Thracian Valley, a wine region located in the heart of Bulgaria. The writers spent four intense days among the endless sunflower fields and picturesque vineyards as they toured the...
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Chill Nebbiolo? No harm or shame in that. Just ask the Piedmontese…
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Piedmont winemaker Tenuta Carretta — producer of Arneis, Barbera, and Nebbiolo — is one of my clients. I write and translate for their English-language blog (but you probably already know that if you're reading this here). But I live in Houston, Texas, where it's already so hot (high of 95° F. today) and humid that your sunglasses fog up as soon as you walk out of the door in the early...
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“Stories by Tenuta Carretta: Arneis, part two”
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“Arneis, a traditional, native white grape of Roero.” – part 2 Roero's pristine and wild terrain has proved to be an ideal microclimate for Arneis over the last decades and plantings of the grape variety have expanded significantly. In 1989, this trend prompted Roero growers to ask Italian lawmakers to create a new provision whereby Roero Arneis would be recognized as a designation of...
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EM winery in Bulgaria with great awards from Concours Mondial de Bruxelles 2016
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The president of "Concours Mondial de Bruxelles" - Baudouin Havaux, specially arrived in Bulgaria to officially hand awards to the winners of 50 Bulgarian cellars of this year's biggest European competition for wines. Edoardo Miroglio winery received 3 gold medals for the wines: Soli Invicto 2011 Elenovo Cabernet Sauvignon 2011 EM Muscat Ottonel 2015 The 23-th edition of the...
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