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Winery Wednesday

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Aurelio Settimo

During my visit to Piemonte this time around I decided to visit a few new wineries. Aurelio Settimo was one of them. The winery started making their own wine in the 1950’s, after having been farmers for decades.

Today, the winery is run by Tiziana, the daugther of Aurelio, and the philosophy of the winery is to focus on quality while keeping with tradition.

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Aurelio Settimo only produces red wine and among those is the Rocche dell’Annunziata.

The winemaking follows the traditional method with big botti and no toast. The majority of the grapes are nebbiolo, 5.7 hectares and the rest is dolcetto, about 1 hectars.

Aurelio Settimo

During my visit I tasted 6 wines, a wonderful lineup. First up the dolcetto, one of my favorite grapes! Then Langhe Nebbiolo followed by 4 Barolo’s. I was lucky enough to taste their Rocche Riserva 2009 and Rocche 2005.

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If you want to visit the winery or learn more, you can go to their website. 

Save the date!

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Mangialonga 2018 – August 26th

Mark your calendars people! Mangialonga 2018 will take place August 26th. Sorry for using the same picture over and over, but come on – how cool are those women! Both Silvia and Jenny are truly amazing women, taking the wine world by storm! Can’t wait to see them again soon!

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Ladies of Mangialonga

#BaroloNightOslo

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Barolo Night Oslo

Remember the Barolo Night I had in Sweden? This weekend was Barolo Night 2.0 Oslo edition! Oh man did we drink some good wines. The layout of these Barolo Weekends are starting to form, and so on Friday we eat pizza and drink Pizza Wines. Check out these amazing Pizza Wines in the picture below.

Friday lineup

Represented in the first night were some amazing producers: Rinaldi, Alessandro Veglio, Vietti, Bartolo Mascarello and Azelia. And we hit all the typical Piemonte/Barolo categories: Dolcetto, Barbera, Langhe Nebbiolo and Barolo.

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Saturday is the big wine tasting night, with blind tasting and tasting sheets. This time it was 9 wines and 4 people – maybe a tad much but we went with it. We do 3 and 3 wines at a time, taking time to smell and taste and discuss before we reveal. And once we are through all the wines, we just drink and enjoy.

Barolo Night Oslo

Below are the wines of Barolo Night 2.0. More detailed description and tasting notes will follow, but for now just enjoy the view!

Barolo Night Oslo Lineup

Winery Wednesday: You may already know this one

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Winery Wednesday: Mauro Veglio

You have probably already heard of Mauro Veglio, but I thought I’d write a little about them anyways. Located in Annunziata, next to Silvia Altare, Mauro and Daniela have produced wine since 1986. And now they have joined forces with their nephew Alessandro Veglio.

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Mauro Veglio, Daniela and Alessandro Veglio

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I have known Mauro, Daniela and Alessandro for years and have been a huge fan of their wines for many years! The winery produces 4 cru barolos, as well as dolcetto, barber and nebbiolo. One of my favorites is their babera superiore, Cascina Nuova. I also love their Langhe Nebbiolo, Angelo, named after Mauro’s father.

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Cru’s Castelletto, Gattera and Arborina

A visit with Daniela is always fun! She speaks english very well and german! Maybe if you’re lucky she will get some wine right from the tank!

If you want to visit them you can check out their website or send an email: mauroveglio@mauroveglio.com. If you visit them, say hello from me!

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Barolo Night 2.0

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Barolo Nigth 2.0 – Oslo

At the beginning of the year I was in Gothenburg for what I like to call Barolo Night. 6 people, 10 barolo, lots of fun. Now it’s time for Barolo Night 2.0, except this time it will be in Oslo. The deal is the same: everyone brings a barolo (or three) and we taste it blind! Below is the lineup from Gothenburg.

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We will again use Wine Glass Writer pens to help identify the wines in the glasses just as in the picture below. I am excited to see which wines people bring this time!

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Barolo & Friends

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Barolo & Friends at Territoriet

Every year during the Barolo & Friends wine event in Oslo, Territoriet arranges a wine event as well. That means that you can get a hold of good quality Barolo that normally isn’t on the wine list. Last time I attended Chiara Boschis and Claudia Cigliuti came to the event, so you could taste their wines and chat with them, a rare opportunity in Oslo!

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This year Riikka, a finnish woman who lives in Serralunga, came to Territoriet after the wine tasting. She works for the Winery Malvira but also produces some wine in her own cellar. A very interesting and talented woman! I will try to visit her during my next trip to Piemonte!

Territoriet is one of my favorite places to drink wine as they have a HUGE selection of wines by the glass! Few places have the same options. Despite this being a Barolo event I drank mostly white burgundy the whole night – oops!

Barolo and Friends Territoriet