Rapulé Fair

An appointment now indelibly on the agenda of Asti’s autumn, the event draws its name from the ancient and very traditional practice of harvesting late bunches of grapes, called Rapulin ‘d San Martin in the local dialect.

On the third weekend of October, once the labors of the harvest have ended for many wineries, when the weather cools down and the countryside is tinged with the warm and vivid colors of autumn, the village of Calosso comes alive with its food and wine itinerary that allows everyone to delight the palate with a vast assortment of typical dishes of the local cuisine accompanied by the excellent DOC and DOCG wines of the 25 producers who are part of the Crota ‘d Calos Association.

The stages

1. Piazza Sant’Alessandro

Shuttle Departure and Arrival
Cashier, crotin sales, Pouch with glass
Enoteca

2. Crotin Girio

Fidas – Polisportiva – Scuola dell’Infanzia – Fi.As.Po.
Rapulotto: 6 crotin
Sandwich with sausage tartare, robiola cream and caramelized onions
Wines: Bussi Piero – Daffara & Grasso

3. Crotin il Duca bianco

Ristorante Il Duca Bianco
Eggs with truffle: 8 crotin
Caramelized cheek with Moscato d’Asti: 8 crotin
Wines: Ca ‘d Tantin – Cerruti Della Bossola

4. Cortile Olmi

Antica Osteria
Stewed tripe: 7 crotin
Green anchovies: 7 crotin
Wines: Tenuta Dei Fiori

5. Cortile poggio

Mixology with Asti and Moscato d’Asti

6. Spazio cantinone

Pro Loco Il Galletto del Boglietto
Tajarin with meat sauce: 6 crotin
Wines: Grasso Renzo

7. Cortile rocca

Gruppo Alpini di Calosso
Friciula: 3 crotin / with cooked salami: 4 crotin
Mulled Wine: 2 crotin
Wines: Livio Soria

8. Antica farmacia Ferro

Grappas: Distilleria Beccaris

9. Crotin ‘d gonda

Associazione Amici di Calosso
Raw meat salad: 7 crotin
Russian salad: 5 crotin
Wines: Fidanza – Tenuta I Ciliegi

10. p.zza umberto I°

2nd crotin sales cashier

11. Piazza del fossato

Pro Loco di S. Marzano Oliveto
Polenta with sausage or gorgonzola, fontina and grana: 7 crotin
Wines: Moiso A. Franco

12. Palazzo del teatro

Pro Loco di Calosso
Ravioli del plin with meat sauce: 6 crotin
Wines: Pavia Giorgio

13. Palazzo del teatro

Gourmet Selection by Beppino Occelli with the volunteers of the Biblioteca di Calosso
Cheeses with cugnà: 6 crotin
Wines: Cascina Comina

14. Cantina comunale dei vini

Ristorante Crota ‘d Calos
Gnocchi with Castelmagno cheese: 7 crotin
Hazelnut cake with hazelnut cream: 5 crotin
Wines: Scagliola Sansi’ – Domanda

15. Crotin zia tina

Pro Loco di Calosso
Moscato zabaione: 4 crotin
Wines: La Canova

16. Crotin Montafia

Pro Loco di Calosso.
The Gran Finanziera of Calosso: 10 crotin.
Wines: Fea.

17. Crotin villa gialla

Gli Alfieri – flag wavers and musicians of Costigliole d’Asti.
Fondue with truffle and croutons: 5 crotin.
Wines: La Badia.

18. Crotin antica cantina sociale

Soci Cantina Sociale e Soci Oratorio.
Veal with tuna sauce: 7 crotin.
Wines: Antica Cantina.

19. Area cantina sociale

Rione Santa Caterina del Palio di Asti.
Apple fritters: 4 crotin.
Wines: Piano.

20. Piazza del castello

Pro Loco S. Caterina di Rocca d’Arazzo.
Ancient pudding of the House of Savoy: 4 crotin.

21. Piazza del castello

Gruppo Storico Asinari di Costigliole d’Asti.
Canestrelli with apple compote: 5 crotin.
Ancient autumn cake of Monferrato: 5 crotin.
Historical games of the Gruppo Asinari.

The fair

The Fair comes to life on a city route consisting of 19 stages where you can enjoy traditional dishes and excellent wines from local producers.

Framing the tastings is the magnificent atmosphere of the crotin, ancient cellars dug into the tufa that lie beneath most of the houses in the historic center; they guide visitors through an evocative itinerary that winds its way through the subsoil of the Calosso village.

Throughout the duration of the fair, streets and squares of the historic center are enlivened by performers, street artists, storytellers and, on Sundays, a colorful and diverse Zero Mile Market, on whose stalls are displayed various products belonging to the short supply chain.

The Fiera del Rapulé is undoubtedly a fair that has seen its importance and popularity grow beyond the borders of the small village community, an event that would certainly be impossible without the fundamental contribution of many Calosso locals who year after year put forth their commitment, working with enthusiasm, carefully attending to the smallest detail and constituting the strength capable of pushing this event toward ever more important goals.

The crotin

Crotin is the only currency accepted within the Fair route (1 Crotin = 1€) and can be used topurchase dishes, purchase wine tastings and purchase bottles at the exit of the route.

The exhibitions

During the tour, in addition to wine tastings and traditional dishes, it will be possible to visit several thematic exhibitions.

• Crotin Casa Irene: The journey into the soul. Three steps to look inside your thoughts. Artes Association.
• Botega D’La Tolera:Viola Musica: sculptures by Féry Mueller, Sensitivity paintings by Thomas Rendler.
• Crotin del teatro: Another life, another balance: assemblages by Ann Stefani, I was a camel: carbon fiber technique by Manuel Della Valle.
• Spazio ‘D Ginin: ArMonia by Monia Perrone.
• Casa San Martino: Library: collective exhibition of artists.
• Crotin Montafia: The plastic house by Roberto Montafia.
• Palazzo Guaita: Wood hobbycraft: by Monica Costamagna and Silvano Mattio.
• L’angolo di Nonna Giò: Exhibition of porcelain and vintage objects.
• Casa della Nonna: lapaul_intesta creation of chiccherie for thinking and non-conformist heads.
• Crotin Barbero Gioia: Memories of the Future Museum.
• San Martino Parish Church: exhibition of Vestments, Sacred objects and artistic Crucifixes

Music

During the days of the Fair musicians and artists will liven up the streets of the historic center.

The Calosso DOC

The Calosso DOC, one of Italy’s smallest and youngest appellations, was established in 2011 to protect a wine made from grapes of the Gamba Rossa variety, or known locally as Gamba di Pernice.

A rediscovered heritage of one of Piedmont’s oldest and rarest grape varieties, Gamba di Pernice owes its name to the distinctive bright red color of the stalk before veraison, reminiscent of partridge legs.

Once known in the Alba area as Pernicine, Gamba di Pernice, also known as Gamba Rossa or Imperatrice dalla Gamba Rossa, is a rare vine today, already attested by Nuvolone in 1798, tested by the Leardi Demaria survey around 1870 and given as typical of Alto Monferrato by Rovasenda in the same years.

Having almost disappeared in the 1900s, thanks to the stubbornness of some Calosso producers, after 12 years of experimentation with the University of Turin, it was replanted by several producers, becoming a flagship of Calosso viticulture, until the recognition in 2011 of the Calosso appellation.