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NIZZA DOCG EXPERIENCE
A storytelling walk through the Nizza docg vineyards and lunch including wine tasting
- 4 Nizza crus
- dinner
- 45 km
- on foot + van
- 4 h
- 75 €
The Nizza DOCG and its secrets, to learn about one of the oenological excellences of which we are most proud.
Nizza is produced exclusively in the municipality of Nizza Monferrato and in other 17 neighbouring villages, and has been a DOCG in its own right since 2016. A true gem in the crown of red wine production in the wineries of Monferrato Astigiano.
The Storymovers® will take you on a walk through the hills where this wine is produced and tell you about the rural wisdom in its roots. You will hear of whales, fossils, glaciations – of events in local history and you will immerse yourself in the vineyards where the Barbera grapes for Nizza docg are grown, amid different soils and microclimates.
At the end of the experience, you can enjoy a dinner/lunch paired with 4 Nizza docg wines from different crus , at the Osteria – Vineria La Signora in Rosso, right where the tour began.
Travel between the different stages will be by minivan, allowing you then to enjoy short walks in na-ture.
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THE MOMENTS OF EXPERIENCE
MEETING AND DEPARTURE
- Palazzo Crova, via Crova n.2, Nizza Monferrato
Reception in the courtyard of the Enoteca Regionale di Nizza Monferrato.
INTRODUCTION TO THE TOUR:
Nice city of borders and battles.
Meet 15 min. before the tour time, (which varies by season, always refer to the reservation time), HERE:
stop 1
- Nizza Monferrato
Valle Vento.
The liana tamer: the farmer who inhabits the earth and creates order out of chaos
STOP 2
- Towards Castel Boglione
Strada Albera.
Crossroads, sites of the Sabbath: from myth of Dionysus to haunt of Masques and votive chapels.
STOP 3
- Castel Boglione
Yellow marl and blue marl: prehistoric waves in the escarpment
STOP 4
- Rocchetta Palafea
Monte Dagno.
The Sea Hills: stories of whales, fossils and glaciation
stop 5
- Tower of Rocchetta Palafea
Turres magnas guarding the valleys. Against Saracens and smugglers.
stop 6
- Upper Calamandrana
Churchyard of the Church of St. Sebastian.
Aleramo’s Ride: legend between Monferrato and Astesana.
stop 7
- Canelli
Little church of Santa Libera.
The partisan corkmaker. Stories of resistance among vines and rittans.
stop 8
- San Marzano Oliveto
Regione Italiana.
The lands of Nzza docg: from wine of the poor to Prince of the Reds.
stop 9
- Vinchio
Noche and Vinchio.
The lands of the Voltagabbana.
stop10
- Vaglio Serra
Don Spertino viewpoint.
A final plunge into landscape and history.
DINNER AT THE TAVERN
- Osteria - Vineria La Signora in Rosso.
The last part of the narrative: Nice and Barbera from the 1950s to the present; tourism.
The Nizza Docg Experience concludes with a mouth-watering dinner at the Osteria- Vineria La Signora in Rosso (in the courtyard of the rendezvous): various samples of traditional cuisine will be offered paired with 4 Nizza docg wines from 4 different crus.
It ends with a good sip of Moscato d’Asti docg.
- Crostini with typical products
- Russian Salad
- Tonned Veal
- Piedmontese Fassona Raw Meat
- Robiola and cugnà
- Ravioli quadri d’Astesana with butter and sage
- Traditional bunet
MEETING AND DEPARTURE
- Palazzo Crova, via Crova n.2, Nizza Monferrato
Reception in the courtyard of the Enoteca Regionale di Nizza Monferrato.
INTRODUCTION TO THE TOUR:
Nice city of borders and battles.
Meet 15 min. before the tour time, (which varies by season, always refer to the reservation time), HERE:
stop 1
- Nizza Monferrato
Valle Vento.
The liana tamer: the farmer who inhabits the earth and creates order out of chaos
STOP 2
- Towards Castel Boglione
Strada Albera.
Crossroads, sites of the Sabbath: from myth of Dionysus to haunt of Masques and votive chapels.
STOP 3
- Castel Boglione
Yellow marl and blue marl: prehistoric waves in the escarpment
STOP 4
- Rocchetta Palafea
Monte Dagno.
The Sea Hills: stories of whales, fossils and glaciation
stop 5
- Tower of Rocchetta Palafea
Turres magnas guarding the valleys. Against Saracens and smugglers.
stop 6
- Upper Calamandrana
Churchyard of the Church of St. Sebastian.
Aleramo’s Ride: legend between Monferrato and Astesana.
stop 7
- Canelli
Little church of Santa Libera.
The partisan corkmaker. Stories of resistance among vines and rittans.
stop 8
- San Marzano Oliveto
Regione Italiana.
The lands of Nzza docg: from wine of the poor to Prince of the Reds.
stop 9
- Vinchio
Noche and Vinchio.
The lands of the Voltagabbana.
stop10
- Vaglio Serra
Don Spertino viewpoint.
A final plunge into landscape and history.
DINNER AT THE TAVERN
- Osteria - Vineria La Signora in Rosso.
The last part of the narrative: Nice and Barbera from the 1950s to the present; tourism.
The Nizza Experience concludes with a mouth-watering dinner at the Osteria- Vineria La Signora in Rosso (in the courtyard of the rendezvous): several samples of traditional cuisine will be offered paired with 4 Nizza docg from 4 different crus.
It ends with a good sip of Moscato d’Asti docg.
- Crostini with typical products
- Russian Salad
- Tonned Veal
- Piedmontese Fassona Raw Meat
- Robiola and cugnà
- Ravioli quadri d’Astesana with butter and sage
- Traditional bunet