Tag Archives: Wine Event

Upcoming Wine Events

Posted on by
Reply

New year, new wine tasting possibilities!!

Here are some of the wine events and tastings coming up:

Tre Bicchieri

Every year Gambero Rosso has a Tre Bicchieri tour where they feature the wines that have received the “3 glass rating”.

Here are the dates and locations:
Munich – January 21st
Stockholm – January 28th
New York – March 1st
London – March 26th
Bordeaux – May 15th

La Festa del Barolo

Have you ever had the pleasure of going to Galloni’s event in NYC? No? Me neither… But I hear it’s pretty spectacular. Over a few days you can attend master classes where many of the best producers from Barolo talk about the newest vintage. There is also a dinner – often held at Del Posto, which has to be one of my favorite restaurants!

When: January 31st – February 2nd
Where: New York City
To read more, check out Vinous.

Prowein

I have never been to Prowein, but I imagine it is very similar to Vinitaly. I won’t make it to this one, because I am celebrating my birthday the following weekend, but hopefully one day I’ll get to go!

When: March 17th – March 19th
Where: Dusseldorf, Germany
Check out the Prowein website for more information.

Vinitaly

This has got to be one of my favorite wine events ever. I have never seen so many wines (or people) at the same time. I was only there for one day, and I didn’t even get to see all the producers from Piemonte that I wanted to… If you go, you should have a game plan! I can’t make it this year, but you can read about my Vinitaly experience here.

When: April 7th to April 10th
Where: Verona, Italy
Check out their website for more information.

Autunno con il Barolo di La Morra

Posted on by
Reply

During the month of November you can taste a vadt variety of wines from the town of La Morra at the Cantina Comunale! Every Saturday in November there is a big tasting, featuring a dozen wines from the surrouding wineries. For only €15 you can taste over 40 wines from great producers! If you’re in the area you should check it out!

Baroliadi 2018

Posted on by
1

Baroliadi-Team.jpg

This summer I was able to join the La Morra team in their annual competition: Baroliadi!

Picture a sort of Olympics/triathlon with games centering around wine. Sounds like a recipe for success right?! Well it was!

There were 4 different games. First there was the egg toss, where you had to catch an egg in a bag held by two contestants. Second, there was the sack race where you had to carry a bottle during the course and hand it to a team mate. Third you had to slide on a tube while carrying a ball (to make it more difficult I imagine). And lastly, there was the Barrique race. The race starts with chugging a bottle of wine (because why the hell not). Then you have to roll the barrique through a course like a relay race, handing it off to team members along the way. And if you wall, 1 second is added to the time.

It was quite the day! Every year is different, because the host town changes. The only consistency is the barrique relay race. And the party at the end of course.

Oh, and La Morra won. Just FYI.

Baroliadi victorious

 

 

 

Mangialonga 2018

Posted on by
Reply

Have you ever been to Mangialonga?

If not, you should! I mean, a day of food, wine and beautiful landscape – who can say no to that?

ja

I’ve mentioned Mangialonga before, but basically it’s just a walk where you stop along the way to eat and drink. You work your way through the courses and grapes: dolcetto, barbera, nebbiolo and barolo. It’s a day to have lots of fun, eat and drink until you fall asleep (preferably not during the course, although some have been known to take a nap or two).

Mangialonga Oda Emilie

I recommend taking the trip – I know I am going! Hopefully I’ll see some of you there. I’ll probably be at one of the stands, so if you’re there this year, please come say hello!

Mangialonga Snack

Sandefjord Vinfestival

Posted on by
Reply

Sandefjord Vinfestival

This weekend I attended Sandefjord Vinfestival. This year the overarching theme was South-Africa, but my good friend Alessandro Veglio was there as well. And a bottle of Vietti Moscato. The festival takes place every year in Sandefjord, and many cool wineries and wines are represented. Even though I normally stick to Piemonte, I tried a few South-African wines. Jamie Goode was also in attendance, and he held a presentation during the festival.

Sandefjord Vinfestival Veglio Lineup

Here you can see the corner I spent most of my time in. Forgot to get a good picture of Alessandro, but I’ll just try again next year. I also met many familiar faces at the festival – many I met for the first time face to face. Looking forward to next year already!

Sandefjord Vinfestival ViettiSandefjord Vinfestival Elgin Ridge

Prowein 2018

Posted on by
Reply

Prowein 2018: The Vinitaly of Germany

I myself have never been to Prowein, but I have been to Vinitaly and I imagine it’s very similar. Basically too many wineries to count get together and show their wines to the people in the trade; which means you have to be a member of the trade to get access. Now, I am not sure how loose the definition of trade is, so you might get access if you can somehow make it sound like you are in the trade. When I went to Vinitaly, a friend gave me her second pass, so that’s how I was able to attend. I know, lucky me!

Anyways, the fair is from March 18 – March 20 and some of the winemakers I know that will attend are:

Corino, Altare, Fratelli Revello, Carlo Revello , Burlotto, Cavallotto, Marengo and Mauro Veglio. 

Check the Prowein website for more info.

 

 

 

Barolo Night 2.0

Posted on by
Reply

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.

Barolo Sweden 2

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!

Barolo Sweden

Barolo & Friends

Posted on by
Reply

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!

Femmes Fatales

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

 

Help: How would you run a wine class?

Posted on by
Reply

Wine class: how to do it?

So, I am organizing a wine class (on Piemonte/Barolo) for some friends and guess who will be the teacher? That’s right, it’s me! Now, I know a thing or two about wine but I have never taught what resembles a class so I am asking your advice: How do I do it?

cava

Here are some of my ideas:

  • Dolcetto, Barbera, Nebbiolo and Barolo next to each other
  • Different Barolo crus next to each other
  • Nebbiolo and Barolo and maybe a barolo cru

I will also probably have some maps and a book to explain.

What do you guys think?

Alessandro Veglio in Oslo

Posted on by
1

Alessandro Veglio Winemakers Dinner

I was fortunate enough to be able to attend Alessandro Veglio’s winemakers dinner in Oslo last week. The dinner was hosted at Kulinarisk Akademi at Mathallen, a very nice location in the city of Oslo. As you can see we were seated right by the open kitchen which gave us the unique possibility to see the preparation of the food by the incredible chef Marius (also pictured below),

Veglio Middag 6

We were served a multitude of dishes: pasta, risotto, cod, lamb, ragu and dessert. All very good and served beautifully. And the food of course went very well with the wine. Alessandro had brought his dolcetto, barbera, lanhe nebbiolo, barolo classico (2012 and 2009) and the Gattera. I think the Gattera was the favorite of the night, although for me of course way too young. I really enjoyed his Langhe Nebbiolo (as always)!

I have to give a shout out to the wonderful team at Winning Brands, Alessandro’s importer, for organizing such a great event. And of course Kulinarisk Akademi for hosting us. I also have to mention that you can sign up for many cool classes at Kulinarisk Akademi, both wine and food courses. You can check them out here. 

Veglio Middag 4