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What do the words “bric” and “bricco” mean and where do they come from?
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Everyone familiar with Piedmontese wine has come across the Italian word bricco or bric in Piedmontese dialect. There are countless wines, many of them iconic, named bricco this or bricco that. The Tenuta Carretta alone makes two bricco wines, one called Bric Quercia (Barbera d'Alba Doc Superiore) the other Bric Paradiso (Roero Docg) Bric Paradiso Roero Docg Bric Quercia Barbera d'Alba...
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“Stories by Tenuta Carretta: Arneis”
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"Stories by Tenuta Carretta" is a digital space conceived to offer our friends an opportunity to discover "Carretta World": people, places, vines, grapes, and labels and so much more. The series will also include a focus on our appellation, Roero: The food, architecture, folklore, customs, and traditions of this marvelous land. Our journey begins with a story about one of the most widely...
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Barolo origins: a last look at one of the earliest mentions of Nebbiolo
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For those of you who have been following along here at the Tenuta Carretta blog, we hope you've enjoyed our series of posts in which we parsed a passage from fourteenth-century agricultural writer Pietro de' Crescenzi. It's a text that is widely considered one of the earliest mentions of Nebbiolo. And perhaps our greatest accomplishment was achieved by simply transcribing and translating it...
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Leading food and wine writer Marco Trabucco reviews Ristorante 21.9 for La Repubblica
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From La Repubblica, May 7, 2016 (translation by Tenuta Carretta)... It's not easy to find a great seafood restaurant in Piedmont. There are a few here and there and you're more likely to find them in Turin than outside the city: Trattorias with decent fresh fish where they serve country-style dishes. And obviously, you are always going to be able to find seafood dishes in top dining...
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Tenuta Carretta Arneis takes top prize at Decanter magazine tasting in Singapore
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In mid-April, Decanter, Britain's leading wine magazine and one of the most respected reviewers of fine wines in the world, held its first-ever Decanter Asia Wine Awards and tasting in Singapore. We are thrilled to report that the Tenuta Carretta Roero Arneis Cayega brought home the White Piedmont Regional Trophy, the top prize for Piedmont white wines. "Roero, north of Alba," wrote the...
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Barolo Origins: Nebbiolo “fears the shadows”
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Between the Easter holiday, the launch of Michelin-starred chef Flavio Costa's new 21.9 restaurant at Tenuta Carretta, and Vinitaly (the annual Italian wine trade fair in Verona), we've been side-tracked from our series of posts devoted to Barolo Origins and our examination of one of the earliest mentions of Nebbiolo in a fourteenth-century treatise on farming by Pietro de' Crescenzi...
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Private party and private dining options at Tenuta Carretta
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Tenuta Carretta and 21.9 Restaurant and Hotel are pleased to announce that we now have private party and private dining options available. Our private events space on the second floor of the estate looks out on to the hills of Roero and Piedmont wine country. As one reviewer recently put it, "there's no spot more beautiful on the left bank of the Tanaro river!" The private events...
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Flavio Costa’s 21.9 at Tenuta Carretta: The Seafood Tasting Menu (highlights)
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In the days leading up to the wine trade fairs, the Tenuta Carretta English-language blogger (that would be me, Jeremy Parzen) and a group of American wine professionals enjoyed an extraordinary dinner at 21.9, the new restaurant by Michelin-starred chef Flavio Costa at Tenuta Carretta. Flavio's deft hand in the kitchen is rivaled only by his lithe touch in combining sea- and landfood...
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Taste the 2010 Barolo Cannubi with us at Vinitaly (Hall 10, Stand R4)
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"Without a doubt," wrote Wine Advocate Italian wine reviewer Monica Larner in 2014, the 2010 vintage in Barolo "will be recorded as one of the great vintages of the past decades." The 2010 Barolo Cannubi Riserva 2010 is one of Tenuta Carretta's most prized wines, an impressive bottling that was aged for five years, including 36 months in cask and 24 months in bottle. Enchanting and elegant,...
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When is the last time you tasted Arneis out of a 12-liter bottle? See you at #Vinitaly…
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Over the years, it's become one of the most anticipated dates on the calendar, a fantastic opportunity for winemakers and consumers to come together, and an occasion for sharing the everyday pleasures of wine: Vinitaly, the annual Italian wine trade fair held in Verona, now in its 50th year. Just like every year, the three brands in the Terre Miroglio Group — Tenuta Carretta, Malgrà, and EM...
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