The appointment with the review dedicated to Barbera in all its forms organized by Cantina dei Vini and the Municipality of Costigliole d'Asti in collaboration with the Consortium of Barbera d'Asti and Vini del Monferrato, AIS Asti and Wineat is back on time. Four days at the Cantina dei Vini of Costigliole d'Asti to taste, discover and deepen the vine that has always told the territory of these hills. A ritual event in the panorama of Barbera that is renewed to make Costigliole d'Asti the capital of the names linked to this beautiful red berry.

From 2 to 5 November 2018 everything is tinged with red Barbera; the Wine Cellar, the Castle, the city streets are dedicated to celebrate the versatility of a vine that knows how to tell hills. With the intention of underlining the link between the vine and the territory, in-depth analyzes and tastings will be organized with important contributions. The partnership between Barbera and Cucina will also be renewed thanks to the precious collaboration with ICIF and the Barbera & Barbere and Wineat Association. The aim of this edition is to further qualify the event by guaranteeing to the public and producers a high standard of quality in tastings and in-depth analyzes that will be proposed in collaboration with the Italian Sommelier Association. The tasting desks will be set up at the Cantina dei Vini di Costigliole he adquarters and managed to respect the territorial and productive peculiarities, thus allowing the participants to build a tasting itinerary that enhances the wine and the producing winery. As in previous editions, an important tool will be the Catalog of Wines and Companies present in the tasting: graphically reviewed and available online, along with all the details of the various initiatives.

Friday in the castle at 4.30 pm there will be the presentation of the Slow Food "Atlante dei formaggi", followed by a guided tasting of cheeses and Barbera in collaboration with ONAF, while at 6.00 pm the great tasting bar of "Barbera il Gusto del territorio "in the headquarters of the Cantina dei Vini of Costigliole d'Asti. At 6.30 pm in the rooms of the Castle the presentation of the project "Castello di Costigliole d'Asti: the story and the culture of the territory" as part of the competition "I luoghi della Cultura 2018" supported by the Compagnia di San Paolo di Torino. The evening of Friday, November 2 will begin with a welcome greeting to the producers participating in the event with "the aperitif at the castle" and will continue with the RossoBarbera dinner; a menu with red nuances designed in collaboration with ICIF, its educational restaurant La Barbera, the Barbere & Barbere Association and the Asti Ais. The evening will also be an opportunity to pay tribute to the companies that over the years have supported and contributed to the development of this and other events in the area.

The start Saturday, November 3 at the Palazzo Comunale, at 9.30 will be held the conference and screening of the film "The 68 peasant in Costigliole d'Asti" strongly desired by the City to remember the events and testimonies of the days of the Madonnina that fifty ' years ago they led to the conquest of the National Solidarity Fund for damage to the hail. At 10.00 am the opening of the great tasting bar with the Barbera expression of Barbera d'Asti, Barbera d'Asti Superiore, Nizza, Barbera d'Alba, Barbera d'Alba Superiore, Barbera del Monferrato, in the headquarters of the Cantina dei Wines where the official opening of the event will take place at 11.00. The tastings are enriched with moments of in-depth study and reservation. In the tasting room, the ICIF, in the cellars of the Castle, will be staged at 3 pm in collaboration with the Barbera Consortium, "The social tasting": we taste and tell the Barbere of the local wine cellars that with their qualitative growth reward result of the work of many farmers. Six wines, you are reality to which we will give a glass to tell each other.

Saturday evening November 3 at 21.00 at the Teatro Comunale of Costigliole d'Asti, the concert called him Jazz from Carosone to Sinatra, with Patrick Mittiga & The Swing Crew, in the context of Teatro in Terra Astesana 2018. A musical show that ranges from Carosone in Sinatra with unforgettable pieces and sometimes revisited in a modern way. Patrick and "his" (the Swing Crew Band) go beyond the music ferrying the public in a modern variety that develops between sketches, tales and performances to effect. Organized by Teatro degli Acerbi.

Sunday, November 4, 2018, still in the technical room inside the Castle, two other unmissable appointments: at 15.00 "Asti & Alba: Scarpa's Barbere meet the Sordo Barbere". Two cellars expressing two nearby but distinct territories, tasting dedicated to complexity, the richness of this extraordinary variety. At 17.00 we continue with "La verticale dell'Angelo" with Barbera produced by the famous Vigna dell'Angelo della Cascina La Barbatella from Nizza Monferrato. An exciting study of an agile and historical reality at the same time. For both tastings places are limited, bookings on www.aispiemonte.it. The day of Sunday, November 4 will also be dedicated to the annual appointment with the truffle, celebrated in the streets of the town and in the local restaurants. On Tuesday and the tasting tables that will be open from 2.00 to 6.00 pm at the Cantina dei Wines and in the Great Hall of the ICIF, in collaboration with the Barbera d'Asti Consortium, the Barbera & Barbere Association and the meeting will be organized for restaurateurs: "The Barbera d'Asti in the local cuisine" a seminar for employees works in which tradition and innovation will be compared to raise awareness and enhance the use of Barbera in the menus of local restaurants.

Info: eventi@cantinavinicostigliole.it  

Bookings tasting "Verticale dell'Angelo" and "Asti & Alba": www.aispiemonte.it

Facebook : Wine cellar of Costigliole, Instagram: cantina_vini_costigliole.