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Grinzane Cavour

Cantina del Conte: Wineries Open Their Doors for the Truffle Fair

At the foot of the castle of Grinzane Cavour, the Pelissero family produces the great wines typical of the Langhe and Roero.

from Saturday

12 October 2024

at 11:00

to Sunday

01 December 2024

at 19:00

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La Cantina

Right at the foot of Grinzane Cavour Castle in the Lower Langa region of Italy, Cantina del Conte’s Wine Shop welcomes visitors from all over the world and guides them to discover the wines they produce.

Opened now more than 40 years ago, in 1980, the store is now run by the fourth generation of the Pelissero family.

However, the link between the family and wine is much older: it all began in 1921, when Francesco, grandfather of the current owners, bought the farmstead owned by Marchesa Alfieri in which the business still resides today. With it the first vineyards.

Entrepreneurial skills and a great love for the land led his son Sergio, at the turn of the 1960s and 1970s, to expand the estates and inaugurate the store.

Today Sergio, despite his 87 years of age, continues to follow the production and hospitality stages with passion, with the help of his daughter Daniela and grandchildren Luca and Francesca.

Dates

from 12 October 2024 to 01 December 2024 — vedile tutte ↝

Contacts

info@cantinadelconte.wine Tel: +39 0173 262929 Mob: +39 338 362 8618

How to participate

1. Exterior of the Wine Shop

Cantina del Conte is the ideal place to learn about the different varieties of wine typical of Piedmont

2. Quality is done in the vineyard

Sergio believes in the importance of letting the individual grape variety speak for itself, a philosophy then passed on to the following generations

Visits & Tastings

Visit the winery: you will have the opportunity to meet Sergio and the rest of the family, and taste the production wines

Since this is a family business, Sergio himself will welcome you to the winery and guide you along the tour, accompanied by other family members.

The tour begins with an account of the company's history, the difficulties and satisfactions that have allowed it to grow more and more over the years.

It then continues with wine tasting, which varies depending on the type of tasting chosen.

At the end of the tasting, for those who wish, it is possible to request a walk through the vineyards adjacent to the winery for an in-depth look at the work in the vineyard.

The three types of tastings

Discovering Cantina del Conte → € 10.00 per person

(3 wines including an Arneis; a Barbera; a Nebbiolo) paired with appetizers from the territory (toasted hazelnuts; a tuma; breadsticks)

From Roero to Langa → € 15.00 per person

(4 wines including an Arneis, a Barbera, a Nebbiolo and a Barolo/Barbaresco) paired with appetizers from the territory (toasted hazelnuts; a tuma; breadsticks)

Shades of Nebbiolo → € 25.00 per person

(4 wines including a Nebbiolo; a Barolo; Barbaresco; Barolo Riserva and a taste of Grappa) paired with appetizers of the territory (toasted hazelnuts; a tuma; breadsticks) in exclusively reserved barrel room.

Groups

max 35 people

Visit Duration

1h30min

Booking

Mandatory

Tasting Price

Starting at 10€

1. Barrique cellar

By choosing the “shades of Nebbiolo” tasting, you can taste the wines in the aging room

2. Tasting among the barrels

The “shades of Nebbiolo” typology includes 4 wines including a Nebbiolo, a Barolo, a Barbaresco, a Barolo Riserva and a sample of Grappa

3. Public satisfaction

It often happens that people come back to visit Cantina del Conte a second time, to taste the wines again, but also for the warm welcome of the family