THE SECOND WEEKEND OF MAY IN NIZZA MONFERRATO (ASTI) WILL BE BARBERA FORUM WITH 70 PRODUCERS AND 400 LABELS. SUNDAY PREVIEW OF THE NEW RISERVA DEL NIZZA DOCG. GUESTS THE GORGONZOLA DOP AND THE GASTRONOMIC PRODUCTS OF THE «T'AMO» SHORT CHAIN
On 13 and 14 May Nizza è Barbera returns, the event dedicated to Barbera d'Asti docg and Nizza docg . This is an important year because we will be tasting the first Riserva del Nizza docg from the six macro-areas of the production area. It will be premiered on Sunday at 5 pm, in the former church of the Holy Trinity. The tasting is led by the Nizza Producers Association, with the intervention of the president Stefano Chiarlo and the producers.
Nizza Monferrato is therefore transformed into a great capital of wine: 70 producers to meet with 400 labels of Barbera d'Asti docg and Nizza docg for tasting . Guests are the gastronomic products of the «T'Amo» short supply chain. Also this year the Barbera Forum, at the Foro Boario, is already open on Saturday mornings and visitors can only enter by time slots with three daily shifts (10-13; 14-17; 17.30-20.30). Reservations: http://www.nizzaebarbera.wine/
At Palazzo Crova, headquarters of the Regional Enoteca of Nizza, experiential and olfactory tastings on Barbera. Lunch and dinner with tasting counter of the wines of Nizza and Barbera producers at the Osteria Vineria La Signora in Rosso. Seminar with pairing of Gorgonzola, Barbera d'Asti docg and Nizza docg. White night with open shops and gastronomic proposals in the city centre, where three Wine Points will be set up - in piazza Garibaldi, in via Pio Corsi and in piazza XX Settembre - with a selection of Barbera d'Asti docg and Nizza docg labels for tasting. In Piazza Garibaldi, in Piazza XX Settembre and in the historic centre, the Nicesi Traders Association «Nizza con il cuore» organizes a local street food. Sunday by bike in the Nizza vineyards, Ferrari, Porsche and Lamborghini car rally, food market in the historic centre.
Nizza è Barbera is organized by the Municipality of Nizza Monferrato and the Regional Enoteca of Nizza with the support of the Barbera d'Asti and Monferrato Wines Consortium, the Nizza Producers Association and the Astesana Strada del Vino. The event has the patronage of the Piedmont Region, the Province of Asti and the Chamber of Commerce of Asti.
THE SATURDAY AND SUNDAY PROGRAM :
SATURDAY 13 MAY . It begins at 9.30 with the opening toast at the Foro Boario in Piazza Garibaldi. From 10 to 20.30 it will be Barbera Forum with admission in shifts: 70 producers present 400 labels of Nizza docg and Barbera d'Asti docg. You enter by time slots: 10am – 1pm / 2pm – 5pm / 5.30pm – 8.30pm. Tastings by the companies of the T'Amo short chain with their food and wine products. Entrance fee to the Barbera Forum: 25 euros. From 11 to 11.45 experiential and olfactory tastings at the Museo del Gusto to grasp the characteristics and olfactory differences between Barbera d'Asti docg and Nizza docg. Curated by Silvia Giordano, Smell Camp. Cost 30 euros. Booking required: 380 5220809, informa.revents@gmail.com. From 12 to 20, lunch and dinner at the La Signora in Rosso winery restaurant with Barbera d'Asti tasting counter: you can taste the labels present at the Barbera Forum in combination with the dishes offered by the winery. Booking required - limited places: 0141 793350 – 329 7137204. At 5 pm, in the former church of the Santissima Trinità, Gorgonzola Dop tasting seminar with Barbera d'Asti docg and Nizza docg, organized by the Barbera d'Asti Consortium and Vini del Monferrato, with the collaboration of Astesana Strade del Vino e del Cibo, the Consortium for the Protection of Gorgonzola Cheese and the Consortium for the Protection of the Hunchback Thistle of Nizza Monferrato. Free admission, limited seats, booking recommended: 335 77 82 217, i nfo@astesana - stadadelvino.it From 7pm in the streets and squares of the historic center of Nice, gastronomy, music and open shops. From 7 pm WinePoint in piazza Garibaldi and in via Pio Corsi: tasting of Barbera d'Asti docg and Nizz docg. In Piazza XX Settembre, you can have lunch and dinner with street food: street foods and cuisines and gastronomic proposals from the area of the Nicesi premises by the Nicesi Traders Association "Nizza con il Cuore".
SUNDAY 14 MAY . From 10 to 20.30 the Barbera Forum continues in the Foro Boario with entry in shifts: you enter in time slots: 10 -13 |14 -17 | 17.30 - 20.30. Departure from Piazza Garibaldi of "By bike in the vineyards of Nizza", a guided bicycle tour to discover the crus of Nizza docg organized by the Nizza Producers Association, in collaboration with Mon Bike Tour and Experience 4U. There are three tours: 10am-12.30pm, 1pm-3.30pm and 4pm-6.30pm. Info and reservations: cell.3357199927 email: info@ebiking.it. Cost: 10 euro excursion only 25 euro e-bike rental. From 11 the WinePoint continues. From 10 Taste Market in the historical centre. At 10.30 Barbera d'Asti meets Ferraris, Porsches and Lamborghinis, a car rally organized by the Red Passion Owner's of Nizza. From 11 to 11.45 experiential and olfactory tastings at the Museo del Gusto to grasp the characteristics and olfactory differences between Barbera d'Asti docg and Nizza docg. Curated by Silvia Giordano, Smell Camp. Cost 30 euros. Booking required: 380 5220809, informa.revents@gmail.com. You have lunch and dinner at the Vineria La Signora in Rosso with the Barbera tasting counter. Reservations required - limited places: 0141 793350 – 329 7137204. From 11 to 20, lunch and dinner also in the historic center and in Piazza XX Settembre with street food organized by the Nicesi Traders Association "Nizza con il Cuore". At 5 pm in the former Santissima Trinità church, there will be the Premiere of the Nizza Docg Reserve: the producers present their first Riserva from six macro-areas of the Nizza Docg production area, organized by the Nizza Producers Association, with the intervention of the president Stefano Chiarlo and of the producers. Reservation required - 25 euros - limited places. Hours: from 17 to 19. Info: 320.1414335 mail. info@enotecanizza.it
