Newsletter 08/2003

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Rilate Valley The company The management The production Rilate Enotheque ’s Castle Douja d’Or

L’Alegra L’ALEGRA Frazione Meridiana, 35 14020 - Asti Passwords: Italia Grassi Alessandro, 23 yers old, desire to stand out!. Phone +39 0141 209131 Fax +39 0141 209856 This is the way to to start a new challenge in the wine field and in an area, the Rilate Valley, where the www.alegra.it agriculture and the viticolture were going to disappear, and the old traditions were goign to be fogotten.. Administration: [email protected] We would like to show you L’ALEGRA in this newsletter Direction: starting from August 2003. We will take you to every [email protected] month to discover this new winery and to know more about the biologic wines. Sales: [email protected] We will let you know the staff and the dreams in the drawer of this new company, just now that we are going Technical Information: [email protected] to launch our wines on the market.

Year I Alessandro Grassi No. 1- August 2003

Products certified BIO AGRICERT - Cert. N. 17545/0014 Rilate Valley The Company Staff

The Rilate Valley Community, Explain how, at 23 years old, Alessandro Grassi founded the 28th october he spent all his time and effort 2000, join 13 towns of the inside the family company . Far from Asti it hard to explain also for him: about 15 klm at the North-East, Alessandro Grassi. on the street which connect Asti to Chivasso, the area of In the 1999 Alessandro decides the Rilate Valley has an to dedicate to the family company, extension from the Valley of up to that time not working. Borni in Settime,he studied at the up to the "Valle Lyceumof Bardonecchia. Versa River Valley". He started a long transformation His big passions, further the The totale surface is about inside the company, planting viticolture are: sport, motos, 82,35 km² and the population new vineyards in the land mostly travels. at the end of the year 2000 suitable, where now our vineyards was about 6.470 inhabitants, start to give us thefirst results, all Flash News with a medium density this made taking care of the Flavio Mo of 79 inhabitants each km². natural defence of our lands. Everyday, the hen breeeding produces The head quarter of the According to his big bilief to build 5400 super-eggs. rilate valley community is in: a company with many different MONTECHIARO D' ASTI interest and business, born in Free wine tasting Piazza Umberto I, 9. 2000 the Cellar, in 2001 “Passau”, weekend Phone 0141-690950 in 2002 “Muscandia”, up to take the We have launched Fax 0141-990775 complete management of the Castle a new promotional E-mail: [email protected] of Cortanze in 2003. Born in Monticello d’Alba, he action: the “Free Wine studied at the oenological Tasting Weekend” which will take to The towships of the Rilate The company is in a phase of big school in Alba. L’Alegra some Valley expansion. He came here only in 1997, european importer to first like agronomist and then let them discover The numbers: to follow also the cellar our new winery. Our guest will stay at Chiusano His big passion:music, books, the Castle of Cortanze. Total Surface: 48,73 Ha science fiction, sport. Vineyards: 12,514 Ha If you want to be our Cortanze Nut’s plant: 22,784 Ha guest, get in touch with Paola Giovannini us and send a fax or Cortazzone Pastural Lands: 1,905 Ha e-mail asking for the Lands not worked: 7,636 Ha form to complete to Lands not grown up: 3,898 Ha reserve your weekend.. Montechiaro Breeding: 848 mq Born in Torino, she studied as Employees: 7 Club di Papillon: Settime accountant and she Paolo Massobrio, Soglio Vineyards Machineries: start to work in the italian wine and food Trattori gommati: 3 wine field only in the, writer has judge our 1998 as assistant and Freisad’Asti 2002 Cingoli: 2 as the wine of the day Truffle, village festivals, Atomizzatori: 2 In the 2001 like Sales Manager for on 2 july on his web traditions and a centenary Solforatori: 1 a winery of the Monferrato. site clubpapilon.it. sport: here’s the Rilate Valley. Starting from July 2003 she got a new challenge: take to ALEGRA Our Partners: Salone del Vino The Tambourine,is in fact the Barrels: Gamba wines worldwide. 16-19 november oldest sport here in Piemonte Inox Tanks: Velo - Altivole (Tv) Her big passions: sport, the pc, and it’s played only here. Barriques: Gamba book, te sea. We will be there with the province of Asti. It is really spectacular and Press: Bucher every year, many champions Bottling Machine.: Baratta Credits: of high level, are awarded. Corks: Max & Cork We have to point out the Bottle: AVIR A big thank for their job also to: Tambourine teamof Labels: Euroadhesiv Stefano, Freddi, Prend, Ben, Callianetto, which is in the Caps: Gallo Colombina and to the staff of main division in and it’s Muscandia. the most awarded team in Italy. Douja d’Or 31° Enological Our Lands Vineyards and nut Competition L’ALEGRA takes care of the traditional mixed agriculture conduction typical of this area, Award to the wineres joining to the growing up of the vineyard those won at the Enologic of the nut's plants, further to the zoo-technical competition at 13/9 breeding completely authomatized, which is a part of the biologic cycle. Presentation of our winery to the public I vigneti sono situati nel di Settime, tra and journalist on 15/9 cui 3 nuovi ettari di Barbera e circa 1 ettaro di 21.00 p.m. Chardonnay, e nel comune di Cortanze. We will be also at the From the old vineyards "Ciabulin" born the desire Author’s dishes, to expand the company in this area (at the north that will involved many of Asti) where the viticulture, activity carried on only restaurants in Asti from old people, was going to disappear. and the wines of the Starting to search new lands with the same companies awarded at characteristics, selecting and managing directly all the Douja D’Or 2003 the process (starting from the project for a new vineyards to the first harvets), now we have reached the perfect balance for the production af a good quality wines accoridng to the bio-requirements. Muscandia The cultivation of the vineyards join to that of the The Shop nut's plants, allows us to optimise the different Muscandia was born urfaces respecting the nature and the agronomic in the 2002 and it's choices, offering the possibility to have all these located in Settime, lands mixed which offer a view of rare and armonious Frazione Meridiana 29, balance. on the street which connect Asti to Chivasso, Total Surface: Ha 37,43 in order to promote their Barbera: Ha 4,10 - Cortese: Ha 0,66 - Freisa: Ha 2,32 wines and many other Grignolino: Ha 4,32 - Chardonnay: ha 0,69 typical food of these lands together with olive oil, rice, pasta, meat, The breeding vegetables. The "Sun of Muscandia" Located in Settime, in Regione Passau, at the top of the became very soon the hll it’s composed of a prefabricated building which synonymous of the good includes offices, warehouse, workshop, technical food: starting from the services. wines, up to the eggs of biologic hen grown The breeding cycle starts with the arrival of the hens, up free, to the wholemeal aged about 100 days, that after 40 days of acclimatization flours, to the rice, to the tart to produce eggs. The kind of hens is called "Gallus Gallus". different types of honey The production is about 5.400 eggs each day (about one and jam, to the different for each hen). The life cycle of the hen is of 9 months and compotes to eat with the only the 5% of them die for natural accidents. The hens cheeses. have the access at the green, outside the stock-farm, Every morning, also on through a special exit. sunday, the bread is fresh and cooked into the The feeding of the hens is composed of kernel, maize, wood oven. wheat, herbs, minerals integrative. In autumn, when the first The welfare of the hens is assured by ideal lighting, by fogs arrive, the truffle good ventilation and through windows of the total surface is the king and it cannot of 90 mq each. lack from the table. The harvesting of the eggs is made with a ribbon conve In every season, the main yer which transport the product at the top of the breeding, core of Muscandia is the in the area dedicated to the storage. meat of the cows which comes exclusively from Totale surface mq 848 of which: the breeding of the Warehouse: mq 141 associates. Breeding: mq 625 Not only cow: also pork, pastural Land: 19.000 mq chicken, rabbit of a quality and a taste of the past. All these animals are grown up with natural food and respecting the tradition. Muscandia is also Agrituristic farm, in of Pino d'Asti. The production The wines Enotheque The Rilate enotheque is inside the Cortanze - Barbera d’Asti “ADESS” Castle. It’s opened in the weekend, and give - Barbera d’Asti ” LA RIVALSA” the chance to eat in a very soft atmosphere tasting not only our - Barbera d’Asti DOC Superiore” PIROET” wines but also the wines of other wineries

- Grignolino d’Asti DOC “LU” Info: Castello Cortanze 0141 690917 - Freisa d’Asti DOC ”PUSA L’ CARET”

- Piemonte DOC Cortese “LE TOTE”

- Vino da uve stramature “SPURI’” Wine tours

Would you like to visit our winery? Are you an importer or a journalist? You’ll be our guest: get in touch with us and book your visit.

Are you a private customer? You can taste and buy our wines at our Shop close to Castello di Cortanze The Medieval feeling the cellar: MUSCANDIA

Info: The origin of the Castle of Cortanze date back to the Xth Century when it was known as Phone +39 0141 209131 Curtis Anseris, a burgh deriving from a Longobard-French settlement. Fax +39 0141 209856 Over the centuries tha castle has changed hands numerous times: in the tenure of the power bishop of Asti until XVI century it then passed to Tommaso Roero, whose family maintained possession until the end of the nineteenth century. Recently it has been restored to all its original splendour by the present owner who has opened it to the public. An ideal setting for a restful holiday in which to enjoy the peace and the silence of the sorrounding, the comforts and the elegance of the rooms and the cuisine of its restaurant, but also a perfect locartion for meeting, convention and congress. The twelve gust rooms have maintained the feel of an ancient stately home with an aristocratic atmosphere of discret intimacy. History, art and modern conforst blend in a refine Our guests stay at the and evocative setting. Cortanze’s Castle. The restaurant can host up to 230 guests and there are a further 80 places in the adjacent wine cellar.

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