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Cantine Aperte 2018

You are all invited
Sunday May 27th 2018
at Carussin

CHECK OUT THE PARTY SCHEDULE BELLOW:
– AT 10,30 CANTINE APERTE OPENING
– FROM 11,00 AM TO 5,00 PM “ASINONIDO” DAY CARE WITH MAFALDA LETO, AND BREAD TO FEED THE FARM DONKEYS
– AT 11,00 VISIT AT THE FARM
– AT 11,00 FOR WHO PLAYS THE 5 SENSES GAME, THERE WILL BE A “BUON SENSO” GOOD SENSE AWARD!!
– AT 11,00 ANCIENT TRACTORS SHOW
– CASCINA VICENTINI STAND, SALE AND INFO ABOUT ANCIENT ROSE BREEDS
– FROM NOON TO 7,00 PM FOOD STAND: €5 HAMBURGER FROM SAN DESIDERIO OR SALAMELLA SAUSAGE
5 “PAN E MNESTRA” SOUP IN THE BREAD

€5 SALAD
€5 SALAME AND BUTTER SANDWICHES
€3 FRICIULE
– DRINKS STAND: CARUSSIN WINE ON THE TAP €5 PER BOTTLE
CRAFT BEER AND WINE BOTTLES
– AT 4,00 PM DIDGERIDOO LAB WITH VITTORIO ROSSI AND MUSIC BY BASSO PROFILO
– FOR THE SECOND YEAR WE PRESENT OUR PROJECT WITH MASH UP BEER FIRM: FUSION BEER TOUR, MUSIC AND FUSION BEER, THE ITALIAN GRAPE ALE CRAFT BEER MADE WITH CARUSSIN’S MOSCATO JUICE!!
– BRUNO FROM BRAV’OM WILL PROMOTE CULTURAL COACHING DURING THE WHOLE AFTERNOON, HE’LL SING, PLAY THE ACCORDION AND RECITE PIEMONTESE POETRY!
We are looking forward to seeing you!!!

Giro del Nizza at Carussin

 

 

 

 

 

Giro del Nizza at Carussin

When you come to Carussin during the Giro del Nizza tour, you could taste our Barbera d’Asti wines and the “premieur” of our Barbera La Tranquilla (as fresh sample from the barril), besides the tasting of our white wine “Il Carica l’Asino” and our Moscato “Filari Corti”.

Proposed pairing is: with the dry wines, “friciule” with lard; with Filari Corti, jam desert “crostata”. The “friciule” are made with flour from Sa Defenza, in Sardegna, and the lard is from San Desiderio Farm.

Grappolo contro Luppolo’s World 1.5

Meet us at Grappolo contro Luppolo to taste the menu of Colombian chef José Luis Freitas Moròn

In a circuit of enogastronomic evenings organized by Matteo Garberoglio with young chefs hosted in San Marzano Oliveto (Asti), we host at «Grappolo contro Luppolo’s world» the Colombian chef José Luis Freitas Moròn For the next two weekends, from March 8th to March 10th, and from March 15th to March 17th, our guest chef will present a menu based on chicken: “The challenge this time – says Matteo – is to be able to create three dishes using all the parts of a hen. We wanted to concentrate on a main ingredient, with which José will use alternative cooking techniques. We purchase all ingredients in local markets or from farmers from Nizza Monferrato, Canelli and Asti”.

Menu includes onion and chicken parisienne (classic soup made with crunchy chicken breast and chicken heart), batter-fried chicken, coleslaw and corn bread; Arepas (Venezuelan tortillas) with pulled chicken, grilled pepperoni and valeriana salad; “bicolore al ciocolato” (cocoa brownie with solid tangerine sauce).

Grappolo contro Luppolo will open for these evenings at 7:30 pm: menu will be available at the blackboard, drink’s menu include exclusively wines fermented with its indigenous yeasts and dinner will be served until 11:00 pm.

Booking and info: 340 5012637 (Bruna); 340 5012631 (Matteo)

See you tonight!

The Bunet Festival

La Giornata del Bunet, “The Bunet Festival”

Mauro Musso is a wine and gastronomy passionate that loves to prepare his family’s traditional home recipe of Bunet in company of friends. While gathering with friends, he had the chance to try different recipes of this desert, which inspired him to have a Festival dedicated to this delicate desert, giving room to the many recipes and preparations there are on the regions where such dish is traditional. Depending on the region where it is prepared, ingredients and cooking styles might vary, making it so interesting and fascinating, with many possible aromas and textures.

The Bunet has been part of the tradition of the cuisine of south Piedmont, it became with time the most seen ending to an important supper of traditional regional cuisine at many regions around the provinces of Cuneo, Asti, Alessandria and Torino. There are a few theories around its origin: in Piemontese dialect, the word “Bonet”, for instance, is the name of a particular round shaped hat, similar to the mold where the Bunet is cooked (from the dictionary of Piemontese dialect: “Vocabolario Piemontese/ Italiano”, by Vittorio di Sant’Albino, published in 1859). It is important to consider another saying of local Langa tradition, that suggests another origin of the name Bunet: in the previous centuries the most appreciated deserts where heavy on sugar, while the Bunet was never so sweet and a bit bitter due to the cocoa and amaretti biscuits on its recipe, so many would say it was not “so good” (“tant bun”), but just “a little good” (“bunat”). In Piemontese dialect, diminutive has always had a negative or even pejorative meaning. The first registers confirming its existence are from the 13th century.

On April 2nd, we are presenting The Bunet Festival, a cultural event organized by Carussin, Grappolo contro Luppolo and Mauro Musso. We are going to guide you on a visit at Carussin winery and Clan!Destino brewery, then you could enjoy lunch at one of the stands we’ll have in the farm’s courtyard, where you could follow the performance of the Piemontese “cultural coach” Bruno from I Bravòm group! He will sing, play, recite poetry and teach us the old Piemontese songs. In the afternoon, we will all enjoy a tasting of Bunet of different recipes, from the many different regions where it is made, recipes that tell us a piece of the history, habitudes and secrets of so many families around Monferrato and Langhe.

Save the date! On April 2nd book your participation in The Bunet Festival!

Info and Booking: vinicarussin@gmail.com or +39 3889981851 (Marina)

Grappolo contro Luppolo’s World

Grappolo contro Luppolo’s World, February 22-23-24

 

People from Norway, Japan, Colombia, Brazil, Italy, USA, Australia, France, Spain, Israel, Iran, etc., have tasted at Grappolo contro Luppolo products grown and produced by Farmers that follow themselves, with the help of their families all their production process. It is time to go beyond those frontiers…

Now Grappolo contro Luppolo changes tune, and invites Chefs that have developed menus with these same products of our Terroir to present dishes from all over the world!!!

 

We’ll present 6 evenings per month, first evenings will be February 22nd, 23rd and 24th, with the following menu:

Selection of Cold Cuts
Selection of Cheeses
Ovolento
Animal+Vegetal Kingdoms’ Salad
Southern Wings
Panna ricotta
PRICES FROM 4.50€ to 8.50€

See you soon!!!

Booking and info: +39 3405012631 (Matteo) and 3405012637 (Bruna)

Panettone and Moscato pairing at Grappolo contro Luppolo

Panettone and Moscato pairing at Grappolo contro Luppolo

Saturday, December 2nd at 5:30, at our monthly tasting in San Marzano Oliveto (Asti)

Panettone and Moscato: we are prepared for Christmas at the fifth edition of our monthly guided tastings at Grappolo contro Luppolo, in San Marzano Oliveto (Asti). Our tasting evenings are dedicated to wines made with low anthropic impact. Next tasting is booked for this Saturday, December 2nd at 5:30: Panettone from La Bottega delle Delizie from Bra, paired with Carussin Moscato d’ASti Filari Corti 2016 and Ezio Cerruti Passito Sol, as a sample of 2017 vintage of Moscato from the tank.

We’ll propose a game to the participants: there will be served three black glasses with each of the three wines, then each participant should propose the best pairing with: San Marzano Oliveto’s apple “Divina”; Pan d’Oro; apricot, chocolate or traditional Panettone. The participant who makes the best pairing wins it!

Tasting and menu 15 euro. Max 15 seats.

For bookings: +39 3889981851 (Marina).

Grappolo contro Luppolo changes tune!!!

Big news!! From October 29th on, Grappolo contro Luppolo changes tune… We won’t be an Agribar anymore, but a spot for events!! Events of this season are: 
October 29th: We’ll serve our sandwiches made of excellent Monferrato specialities at Torino Beve Bene wine fair (http://www.vinisenzatrucco.it/torinobevebene/)
November 4th: We’re having at Grappolo contro Luppolo a tasting evening dedicated to Dolcetto wines called “Dolcetti e Scherzetti” (http://carussin.it/en/news/dolcetti-scherzetti-our-version-of-trick-or-treat-has-wine-as-treat/)
November 26th: We’re serving at lunch “Bagna Cauda” as we joined the Bagna Cauda Day 2017 (http://www.bagnacaudaday.it/produzione/)

December 9th: We’re having at Grappolo contro Luppolo a tasting evening called “Dolci Delizie”, on which we will all taste Moscato d’Asti and other desert wines, paired with panettoni.


You could book with us you birthday party, prom cocktail, bachelorette or bacherol party, wedding, anniversary… or any nice gathering a group of friends could come up with!!! Info: 388 9981851

“Dolcetti e Scherzetti”, our version of “Trick-or-Treat” has wine as a treat!

“Dolcetti e Scherzetti” is Grappolo contro Luppolo’s version of “Trick-or-Treat” that has Dolcetto wine as a treat! It is the fourth edition of tastings organized with products grown under low anthropic impact.

This evening will be dedicated to Dolcetto: Red Wine Dolcetto “L’Equilibrio” by Alessandro Squillari, Colli Tortonesi DOC Dolcetto “Diogene” by Valli Unite, Dolcetto di Dogliani DOC “Valdibà” by San Fereolo and a tasting of a sample of Carussin’s Dolcetto. At the end with the dessert, Moscato D’Asti Filari Corti by Carussin. The trick we’ll see in the end of the tasting, when we will serve one of the wines of the evening on a Black Glass and guests will have to guess which wine is that!!!


On the Menu: Cabbage, red pepper and anchovies salad with Bellafiore Rosario olive oil paired with Red Wine Dolcetto “l’Equilibrio” by Alessandro Squillari. Second wine is Colli Tortonesi DOC Dolcetto “Diogene” by Valli Unite, served with a board of “prosciutto crudo” by San Desiderio Farm.  

Third dish is a selection of salami by Caldera Farm and aged goat cheeses by Cascina Aris paired with the third wine of the tasting, Dolcetto di Dogliani “Valdibà” by San Fereolo. At the end, a tasting of a sample from the tank of Carussin’s Dolcetto: spectacular vintage 2017. Tasting closes with a fruit “crostata” paired with Moscato D’Asti Filari Corti by Carussin.
Vi aspettiamo!!!

Menu and tasting €18. Max 15 seats.
Booking and info: 388 9981851 (Marina)

Barbera, Barolo and Barbaresco: wine tasting, October 7th with “3 Bar Atmosfera”

And here we go again with our tastings focused only on wines with low anthropic impact: the third evening of tastings is named “3 Bar atmosfera!” (“3 Bar atmosphere”) and it is scheduled for Saturday, October 7th, at 5:30 PM at our “agribirrificio” Grappolo contro Luppolo, in San Marzano Oliveto (Asti). The tasting includes three great red wines, Barbera, Barbaresco and Barolo, the “3 Bar”: Barbera del Monferrato Superiore Reitemp 2013, Rocco di Carpeneto (Alessandria); Barbaresco Montestefano 2012, Azienda Agricola Rivella Serafino, Barbaresco; Barolo Brunate 2011, Giuseppe Rinaldi, Barolo. The “atmosphere” will be made by Mattia Muscatello, who will be reading poems from his book, written with Gabriele Sanzo: “Biografia di un’ombra”.

On the menu of the evening you could find: bruschette and salami boards of “salame cotto Monferrino” from San Desiderio Farm, boards of “prosciutto crudo” from San Desiderio Farm and a salad made of vegetables from Duipuvrun Farm, an organic green garden led by Stefano Scvino in Costigliole d’Asti. At the end, boards of wild bore salami from Caldera Farm and cured goat cheeses from Cascina Aris; homemade “crostata” paired with Moscato d’Asti Filari Corti, Carussin.

At the end, each participant will be invited to play the game of the black glass: we will pour on a black glass one of the wines tasted during the evening, and you will be asked to guess which wine it is…

Tasting and menu are 20€ per person. Maximum of 15 seats, to book it, please call: +39 3889981851 (Marina)

 

WINE TASTING: ALL DIFFERENT EXPRESSIONS OF “TREBBIANO”

ALL DIFFERENT EXPRESSIONS OF “TREBBIANO”: WINE TASTING IN SAN MARZANO OLIVETO (AT)

SATURDAY, SEPTEMBER 2ND, AT 5PM: GATHERING AT CARUSSIN WINE ESTATE AND GRAPPOLO CONTRO LUPPOLO AGRIBAR

The monthly meetings at Carussin Wine Estate and Grappolo Contro Luppolo Agribar, in San Marzano Oliveto (Asti),  which propose a teaching and tasting experience follows under the event “Assaggiamo? Assaggiamoli? Assaggia questo!”. They consist of evenings dedicated to guided tasting of wines produced under low anthropic impact. Our next gathering will be on Saturday, September 2nd, from 5:30 PM to 8:30 PM: on this evening we will be tasting Trebbiano wines from Abruzzo and Emilia. Wines served on the tasting will be “Vino Bianco Vivave IGT Colline Pescaresi di Rabasco”, 2016 vintage; “Trebbiano dell’Emilia IGT Trebianc azienda agricola Biologica Cinque Campi”, 2016 vintage; Emilia IGT Camillo Donati, 2016 harvest and at last the spontaneously fermented Oude Geuze beer, by Brouwerij 3 Fonteinen.

At the cellar, the Ferro-Garberoglio family is helped by Marina Maciel Santos Andrade. Wines will be paired with products of sustainable farming, the real food. Menu: red and yellow pepper salad with celery, lemon and anchovies; white lard, smoked lard and hazelnut lard board; La Masca and Cascina Aris cheese board; hazelnut cake with honey.

At the end guests will be invited for a game: one of the wines tasted will be served on a black glass and guests have to guess which one is it.

Menu and tasting, 16€. Event seats, max 15.

Booking and info: 388 9981851