CategoryWines
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Arneis is looking good: Growth cycle progressing nicely in Roero
Just feast your eyes on those beauties! The shots above and below were taken in Tenuta Carretta's estate-owned Arneis vineyards just this week. The weather in Roero where our estate lies has been warm and dry over the last few weeks, not excessively hot and with a nearly consistent cool breeze — the ideal conditions for this period in the vegetative or growing cycle. The best news is...
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Best wine pairing for raw oysters? It might just be Arneis…
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We know, we know! We've been on something of a wine-pairing kick for the last few weeks. But since our American blogger happens to be visiting Piedmont this week, we couldn't resist taking him to one of our favorite pizzeria/restaurants in Vezza d'Alba, Io Pizza (not far from the Tenuta Carretta estate). The host of the restaurant, a lovely Neapolitan gentleman, insisted that we start out...
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Best hot dog pairing? The answer could be Roero Arneis…
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Above: A classic Chicago-style "char-dog" with "cheese sauce." The sauce is optional but the rest of the toppings are canonical. For as long as anyone can remember, our friends in America have been obsessed with hot dogs. Not one, not two, not three, but four generations in the U.S. have grown up eating hot dogs for summer holidays. Some would say that the tradition reach back even farther, in...
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Father’s Day wines: What better way to say “Happy Father’s Day” than Barolo?
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Sunday, June 18 is Father's Day in America. And across the great expanse of the United States, children — young and old — will be giving their fathers Father's Day gifts. Ties, cufflinks, power tools, and tool kits… and maybe even a new grill to be christened on the day of the holiday. These are all classic Father's Day presents and there's no doubt that most of America friends will...
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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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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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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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You say Cannubi, I say Canubbi: What is the correct spelling of the vineyard name?
Above: An photograph taken between Tenuta Carretta's rows in the famed Cannubi vineyard in Barolo. A few weeks ago, I published a post about the origins of the vineyard name Cannubi. It didn't take long for one of my colleagues here at the Tenuta Carretta blog to point out that the toponym is often spelled Canubbi as opposed to Cannubi. There are at least two historic producers of Barolo...
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