Barbera Wine Series: Barbera pairing – BBQ wine
By Scarpa Winery | | Antica Casa Scarpa
In Europe and North America, this weekend kicks off summer, so it’s time to start thinking about BBQ ...
Read More A look at sustainability in wine from around the world
By Scarpa Winery | | Sustainability
Another sustainability update from Scarpa General Manager Riikka Sukula. One big part of being and becoming more sustainable ...
Read More Italian Easter Traditions from Piedmont
By Scarpa Winery | | Hospitality, Monvigliero Vineyard Villas, Wine & Food
Easter is one of our favorite times in the Langhe. Vibrant spring colors pop, buds break in the ...
Read More Finansavisen: Scarpa’s Barbaresco Tettineive among Piedmont wines with top aging potential
By Scarpa Winery | | Antica Casa Scarpa
Publication: Finansavisen Wine Writer: Torgeir Kveim Sti Scarpa Barbaresco DOCG Tettineive 2017 named among the top wines with ...
Read More Archiproducts: Kudos for Scarpa’s Renovations and Design
By Scarpa Winery | | Antica Casa Scarpa
Publication: Archiproducts Scarpa's gorgeous wine lounge and gallery featured in top Italian architectural publication, highlighting our Erba Italia ...
Read More Bergensavisen: Scarpa’s I Bricchi named top value-for-money
By Scarpa Winery | | Antica Casa Scarpa
Publication: Bergensavisen Wine Writer: Per Haukaas Norwegians know best! Scarpa's I Bricchi Barbera d'Asti 2015 named a top 'Friday ...
Read More Barbera Wine Series: Barbera d’Asti, the top Monferrato wine
By Scarpa Winery | | Barbera Wine, Education
Ready to get deeper into your barbera wine education? Next up: your guide to the top Monferrato wine, ...
Read More Barbera Wine Series: Get to know one of the Best Italian Wines
By Scarpa Winery | | Barbera Wine, Education
If you like Scarpa, chances are you are a barbera wine drinker. Since its our specialty, let's explore ...
Read More Scarpa takes on sustainability in wine
By Scarpa Winery | | Sustainability
Today’s post is by Scarpa General Manager Riikka Sukula. When she started in 2017, her primary goal was ...
Read More Siamo Aperti: The Scarpa Tasting Room re-opens!
By Scarpa Winery | | Antica Casa Scarpa, Hospitality, Tasting Room
Cari Amici, the tasting room is open! On Sunday 13 December 2020, the Piedmont region was downgraded to ...
Read More Wine Art in the Langhe: Drink, paint with wine by Purpleryta
By Valerie, Girl's Gotta Drink | | Antica Casa Scarpa, Monvigliero Vineyard Villas, Scarpa Partners
Living in wine country means keeping the creative juices flowing - sometimes that even means wine art classes ...
Read More Barolo wine tours with a local: Meet Sandro Minella
By Valerie, Girl's Gotta Drink | | Antica Casa Scarpa, Hospitality, Monvigliero Vineyard Villas, Scarpa Partners
Obviously Barolo wine tours are what a lot of people come to the Piedmont region to experience. But, ...
Read More Stuffed peppers Piedmont-style #IMissItaly
By riikkasukula | | #IMissItaly, Guest Post, Wine & Food
Our #IMissItaly series continues today with stuffed bell peppers Piedmont-style. They're actually really easy to make. The secret ...
Read More A unique multi-vintage library of top Piedmontese wines.
By riikkasukula | | Accolades, Antica Casa Scarpa, Education, Scarpa Education
Last week, we sat down and thumbed through some old editions of the Gambero Rosso Guide to the ...
Read More Wine Spectator on Bric du Nota: “This red is vibrant.”
By riikkasukula | | Accolades
Scarpa 2016 Nebbiolo d'Alba Bric du Nota88 points Firm yet juicy, boasting cherry and strawberry flavors, this red ...
Read More Gambero Rosso 2001 on Mario Pesce: “For Mario, a great wine never drinks well when young.”
By riikkasukula | | Accolades
Especially when you talk to people who have worked in Italian wine for 20+ years and you ask ...
Read More Things I miss about Italy: The Club Sandwich (what?) #IMissItaly
By riikkasukula | | #IMissItaly, Wine & Food
So I know this going to sound a little weird. But one of the things I miss the ...
Read More “Nebbiolo might be the crown jewel of Piemonte, but Freisa is its buried treasure.”
By riikkasukula | | Antica Casa Scarpa, Education, Indigenous Grapes
A few days ago, Cult of the Vine, the popular Australian wine shop in Brunswick (Melbourne, Victoria) posted ...
Read More I miss #aperitivo, #IMissItaly
By riikkasukula | | #IMissItaly, Wine & Food
I'll never forget my first aperitivo. It happened many, many years ago when I was a student in ...
Read More Not just Italian coffee: The Bicerin the famous coffee of Turin #IMissItaly
By riikkasukula | | #IMissItaly
As part of our ongoing #IMissItaly series (click the link for all the posts in the thread), we ...
Read More Ian D’Agata: Scarpa La Bogliona a “benchmark” Barbera d’Asti
By riikkasukula | | Accolades, Antica Casa Scarpa
"When it's good," writes the prolific wine writer Ian D'Agata in his landmark work Italy's Native Wine Grape ...
Read More Pizza in Piedmont? #IMissItaly
By riikkasukula | | Antica Casa Scarpa
You can view all of our #IMissItaly posts here. Pizza isn't really the first thing that you think ...
Read More Vitello Tonnato, an Italian culinary icon that can trace its roots back to Artusi and beyond.
By riikkasukula | | #IMissItaly, Antica Casa Scarpa, vitello tonnato
In case you're late to the vitello tonnato party, click here for our ongoing thread of posts devoted ...
Read More Vitello Tonnato, a favorite recipe for the classic dish.
By riikkasukula | | #IMissItaly, Antica Casa Scarpa, vitello tonnato
First off, a huge thanks to Houston-based wine writer, blogger, and journalist Sandra Crittenden for sharing the above ...
Read More Dear vitello tonnato, I miss you! #IMissItaly
By riikkasukula | | #IMissItaly, Antica Casa Scarpa, Guest Post, vitello tonnato, Wine & Food
It's one of the mainstay classics of Piedmontese cuisine: vitello tonnato, boiled veal, chilled and then thinly sliced, ...
Read More Tajarin, a Piedmontese stand-by #IMissItaly
By riikkasukula | | #IMissItaly, Antica Casa Scarpa
Sometimes their called taglierini [tah-y'lee'eh-REE-nee] or tagliolini [tah-y'lee'oh-LEE-nee]. But in Piedmontese dialect, they are known as tajarin [tah-yah-REEN]. ...
Read More Life in the slow (food) lane… #IMissItaly
By riikkasukula | | #IMissItaly, Antica Casa Scarpa
Why is there a huge sculpture of a blue snail that greets you when you arrive in downtown ...
Read More Piedmont’s famous “napkin ravioli.” Ravioli al tovagliolo. #IMissItaly
By riikkasukula | | #IMissItaly, Antica Casa Scarpa
If the image above seems a little bit blurry, please don't blame the photographer! The photo is actually ...
Read More Top U.S. wine educator and new Slow Wine editor Deborah Parker Wong tastes Scarpa Monferrato Freisa Secco La Selva di Moirano.
By riikkasukula | | Antica Casa Scarpa
Last week, our U.S. blogger Jeremy Parzen sat down with leading wine educator Deborah Parker Wong on Zoom ...
Read More Win a 2-night stay at the fabulous Scarpa vacation villas in Verduno.
By riikkasukula | | Antica Casa Scarpa
Italian Wedding Circle, one of Scarpa's partners, is currently running a competition to win a free 2-night stay ...
Read More “A beautiful example of Barbera.” Thanks to our friends at Veno in Annandale, Australia!
By riikkasukula | | Antica Casa Scarpa
https://youtu.be/sFqKynVx3nM?t=223 Just had to give a shout-out today to our friends Felix and Pete at Veno in Annandale ...
Read More Scarpa tasting room to reopen next week.
By riikkasukula | | Antica Casa Scarpa, Hospitality, Tasting Room
On Wednesday, June 3, Italy will be reopening its borders to foreigners. And like many businesses across the ...
Read More VIDEO: Scarpa winemaker Silvio Trinchero presents Barbera d’Asti I Bricchi 2015.
By riikkasukula | | Antica Casa Scarpa, Barbera Wine, Education, Scarpa Education, Videos
https://youtu.be/cL3nf8C8Q60 The third in our series of educational videos by winemaker Silvio Trinchero. In this episode, he presents ...
Read More “Entry Barbera that drinks like anything but.” “Pure Nebbiolo joy.” Thank you Michael Zaccaria for these wonderful tasting notes!
By riikkasukula | | Accolades, Antica Casa Scarpa
Today, we're sending a much deserved shout-out to our good friend Michael Zaccaria in Melbourne who works with ...
Read More “Case in point that a Dolcetto really should have some age under its belt.” Top Finnish blogger Otto Forsberg on Scarpa Dolcetto.
By riikkasukula | | Accolades, Antica Casa Scarpa
"Another terrific Scarpa wine," writes top Finnish wine blogger Otto Forsberg on his Instagram this week. "And yet ...
Read More VIDEO: Master Sommelier Brett Zimmerman tastes and discusses 2017 Brachetto Secco La Selva di Moirano and 2015 Barbera d’Asti Casa Scarpa.
By riikkasukula | | Antica Casa Scarpa, Guest Post, Scarpa Cellar Dive, Videos
Master Sommelier Brett Zimmerman, owner of the Boulder Wine Merchant and one of America's leading Italian wine experts, ...
Read More VIDEO: Sandra Crittenden on 2006 Monferrato Freisa Secco La Selva di Moirano.
By riikkasukula | | Antica Casa Scarpa, Guest Post, Indigenous Grapes, Scarpa Cellar Dive, Videos
In the latest in our series of "Scarpa Cellar Dive" virtual tasting videos, we received this clip from ...
Read More VIDEO: Scarpa winemaker Silvio Trinchero discusses the estate’s classic Barbera d’Asti “Casa Scarpa”
By riikkasukula | | Antica Casa Scarpa, Barbera Wine, Education, Scarpa Education, Videos
This is the second in a series of educational videos on the Scarpa estate and winery and its ...
Read More Shop safe, drink well: U.S. retail availability, including delivery, curbside, and shipping options.
By riikkasukula | | Antica Casa Scarpa
We've compiled the following list of retail outlets that currently have Scarpa wines in stock in the U.S. ...
Read More VIDEO: Scarpa winery and estate overview with winemaker Silvio Trinchero
By riikkasukula | | Antica Casa Scarpa, Barbera Wine, Education, Scarpa Education, Videos
We asked Scarpa winemaker SIlvio Trinchero to prepare this short video including an overview of the estate and ...
Read More VIDEO: MW Michael Palij on Scarpa’s new unfiltered Vermouth di Torino
By riikkasukula | | Antica Casa Scarpa, Guest Post, Videos
“If Scarpa is known for anything," says Master of Wine Michael Palij in his video on the winery's ...
Read More An Easter message from Scarpa Wines
By riikkasukula | | Antica Casa Scarpa
Happy Easter from all the families at Scarpa Wines to you and yours. We hope you are able ...
Read More VIDEO: “Chicago’s best sommelier” Thibaut Idenn does a “Scarpa Cellar Dive.”
By riikkasukula | | Accolades, Antica Casa Scarpa, Guest Post, Scarpa Cellar Dive, Videos
In this video (below), Thibaut Idenn, beverage director at Travelle in the Langham hotel in Chicago, pours one ...
Read More VIDEO: A virtual tasting with Katrina Rene, a top U.S. wine writer and blogger.
By riikkasukula | | Accolades, Antica Casa Scarpa, Guest Post, Scarpa Cellar Dive, Videos
We've received great response to our launch of the new Scarpa Cellar Dive and we are THRILLED to ...
Read More Scarpa Cellar Dive: Open a Scarpa wine, share a video and we’ll replace the bottle.
By riikkasukula | | Antica Casa Scarpa
Given the ongoing lockdown, in Italy and the U.S., we are asking our friends and colleagues to take ...
Read More A hungry caterpillar reminds us of the cycle of life.
By riikkasukula | | Antica Casa Scarpa
That's a photo of a grape cutworm above, a caterpillar that winters quietly until the spring arrives and ...
Read More Staying safe, staying healthy: Covid-19 update at Scarpa.
By riikkasukula | | Antica Casa Scarpa
Above: The new tasting room and event space was opened last fall at Scarpa. Today, it remains empty. ...
Read More Scarpa launches new “unfiltered” Vermouth (non filtrato)
By riikkasukula | | Antica Casa Scarpa
Above, from left: The current line of Scarpa Vermouth di Torino, including classic white, classic red, and the ...
Read More Scarpa at Nobie’s, one of Houston’s cutting-edge Italians
By riikkasukula | | Antica Casa Scarpa
There's an expression in Italy. No wine without food, no food without wine. That's because in Italy, wine ...
Read More Kerin O’Keefe (Wine Enthusiast): 91 points for 2013 Barbaresco Tettineive
By riikkasukula | | Accolades, Antica Casa Scarpa
Scarpa 2013 Barbaresco Tettineive91 pointsDark-skinned berry, menthol, new leather and a whiff of pipe tobacco lead the nose. ...
Read More Kerin O’Keefe (Wine Enthusiast): 90 points for 2013 Barolo Tettimorra
By riikkasukula | | Accolades, Antica Casa Scarpa
Scarpa 2013 Barolo Tettimorra90 points Aromas of French oak, camphor and star anise mingle with whiffs of pressed ...
Read More Leading Texas wine writer Katrina Rene includes Scarpa among her “top wines” for 2019.
By riikkasukula | | Accolades, Antica Casa Scarpa
"I loved so many of the wines from the Scarpa portfolio," writes Houston-based wine writer Katrina Rene on ...
Read More Kerin O’Keefe (Wine Enthusiast): 92 points for 2015 Barbaresco Tettineive
By riikkasukula | | Accolades, Antica Casa Scarpa
Scarpa 2015 Barbaresco Tettineive92 pointsThis opens with enticing aromas of red berry, leather and underbrush. The structured, elegant ...
Read More How do you explain what a “tailgate party” is to an Italian?
By riikkasukula | | Antica Casa Scarpa
Something that never occurred to me happened yesterday. An epistemological conundrum of great import, no less. I found ...
Read More Breaking the rules? Barbera and seafood can be a match made in heaven.
By riikkasukula | | Antica Casa Scarpa, Wine & Food
It's one of the oldest taboos of historic gastronomy: Never serve red wine with fish. No one knows ...
Read More Rouchet (Ruché) vertical tasting notes
By riikkasukula | | Accolades, Antica Casa Scarpa, Indigenous Grapes
The following are tasting notes by Australian Burgundy lover and intrepid wine traveler Greg Love, who recently visited ...
Read More Scarpa La Bogliona at L’Oca d’Oro, one of Austin’s “top ten restaurants 2019” (Austin American-Statesman)
By riikkasukula | | Antica Casa Scarpa
"You have the beauty of summer cucumbers to play off the bitter salinity of the vegetable," wrote Austin ...
Read More Salsiccia di Verduno (and a couple of vitello tonnato sightings)
By riikkasukula | | Antica Casa Scarpa, Wine & Food
The Scarpa English-language blogger recently found himself at the LHANGAR wine bar in the village of Barolo where ...
Read More Top wine writer Michael Godel names La Bogliona one of his “Nineteen mind-blowing wines of 2019.”
By riikkasukula | | Accolades, Antica Casa Scarpa
Here's what top Canadian wine writer Michael Godel (one of our favorites) had to say about the 1996 ...
Read More I Bricchi “shows such a deft and silky touch, while remaining downright amiable”
By riikkasukula | | Accolades, Antica Casa Scarpa
"Monferrato’s Scarpa," writes one of our favorite wine bloggers, Kevin Day, author of Opening a Bottle, "has experienced ...
Read More U.S. friends: Please voice your concerns about pending wine tariffs by writing to your representatives
By riikkasukula | | Antica Casa Scarpa
American friends and wine lovers, As you are probably already aware, the U.S. Trade Representative (USTR) is currently ...
Read More Happy holidays!
By riikkasukula | | Antica Casa Scarpa
Happy holidays from all the families at the Antica Casa Scarpa winery! Wishing all of our friends, across ...
Read More Dressed to the nines: Decades that end in 9, selections from the Scarpa library
By riikkasukula | | Antica Casa Scarpa
As the world prepares to ring in 2020 and say goodbye to the 2010s, the folks at Antica ...
Read More 20-year-old Scarpa Dolcetto by-the-glass at Perbacco in San Francisco
By riikkasukula | | Antica Casa Scarpa, Education, Indigenous Grapes, Scarpa Education
One of the things that makes Antica Casa Scarpa such a unique winery is its vast library of ...
Read More On a mission from God: when a winery isn’t just a winery but a vital cultural institution and resource
By riikkasukula | | Antica Casa Scarpa
Last month, I spent the better part of a week “working the market,” as we say in the ...
Read More Happy Thanksgiving!
By riikkasukula | | Antica Casa Scarpa
Happy Thanksgiving to all our friends in the U.S.! Wishing you and yours a happy and healthy holiday ...
Read More EU officially recognizes Vermouth di Torino designation
By riikkasukula | | Antica Casa Scarpa
According to a report published the Italian national daily La Repubblica, the European Union has recognized "Vermouth di ...
Read More Snow comes early to Piedmont (and a nugget of wisdom from the past)
By riikkasukula | | Antica Casa Scarpa, Education
Snow came early to Piedmont wine country this year. That's a photo (above) taken on Friday, November 15 ...
Read More Scarpa at Bestia, one of the most cutting-edge and compelling wine lists in the U.S.
By riikkasukula | | Antica Casa Scarpa
Above: Housemade bucatini topped with burrata at Bestia in Downtown Los Angeles. “I call [my] list ‘a tribute ...
Read More Scarpa at Spiaggia in Chicago, one of America’s Italian pioneers
By riikkasukula | | Antica Casa Scarpa
Antica Casa Scarpa's director Riikka Sukula recently completed a week of "market work" (as it is called in ...
Read More Piedmont’s white truffles: one of the greatest examples of terroir
By riikkasukula | | Antica Casa Scarpa, Wine & Food
If we define terroir as the unique combination of soil, exposure, climate, and human intervention resulting in a ...
Read More Taste Scarpa with a ghost this Halloween in New Orleans’ French Quarter
By riikkasukula | | Antica Casa Scarpa
It's Halloween this week in the U.S. and so we thought we'd share a story about a genuinely ...
Read More Taste top wines from Scarpa Nov. 7 in Houston
By riikkasukula | | Antica Casa Scarpa
Scarpa wine director Riikka Sukula and Italian wine educator Jeremy Parzen will be pouring and discussing the following ...
Read More “Traditional sometimes means rustic, but that’s not the case here.” Why La Bogliona is considered the apotheosis of Barbera d’Asti
By riikkasukula | | Antica Casa Scarpa
Scarpa's Barbera d'Asti La Bogliona, writes Scarpa's U.S. importer Ernest Ifkovitz on his website, is "the top single-vineyard ...
Read More The Slow Food University of Gastronomic Sciences and its alumni at Scarpa
By riikkasukula | | Antica Casa Scarpa
In 2004, Carlo Petrini, the activist founder of the Slow Food movement, launched the Slow Food University of ...
Read More La Bogliona at Chez Panisse, Berkeley’s iconic restaurant and birthplace of the modern food movement
By riikkasukula | | Antica Casa Scarpa
We couldn't be more thrilled to learn that the 1996 Scarpa Barbera d'Asti La Bogliona is currently being ...
Read More “Silky pure.” Top Canadian blogger and buyer Michael Godel on 2010 La Bogliona
By riikkasukula | | Accolades, Antica Casa Scarpa
Here's what top Canadian wine blogger, author, and wine buyer Michael Godel (above) had to say about the ...
Read More Taste Scarpa with winery director Riikka Sukula and Italian wine educator Jeremy Parzen Nov. 7 in Houston
By riikkasukula | | Antica Casa Scarpa
Scarpa winery director Riikka Sukula and Italian wine educator Jeremy Parzen will be leading a seminar and guided ...
Read More “Timorasso clusters are perfect!”
By riikkasukula | | Antica Casa Scarpa
Scarpa began harvesting its Timorasso grapes this week. "The clusters are perfect," says winery director Riikka Sukula. This ...
Read More Belbo da Bardon, a classic Piedmontese restaurant and one of the region’s best wine cellars
By riikkasukula | | Antica Casa Scarpa
The legendary Monferrato restaurant Belbo da Bardon doesn't have a website. Evidently it needs no introduction. But it ...
Read More Kerin O’Keefe: 92 points for 2011 La Bogliona Barbera d’Asti
By riikkasukula | | Accolades, Antica Casa Scarpa
Scarpa 2011 Barbera d'Asti Superiore La Bogliona 92 points Aromas of baked plum, scorched earth, leather and balsamic ...
Read More Can Barbera age?
By riikkasukula | | Antica Casa Scarpa, Barbera Wine, Education
One of the coolest things about Scarpa is that the winery has an amazing library of wines dating ...
Read More “Scarpa is the wine that winemakers (when not drinking their own) drink”
By riikkasukula | | Accolades, Antica Casa Scarpa
"Scarpa is the wine that winemakers (when not drinking their own) drink." That's what Biondivino, one of the ...
Read More Leading American wine writer and blogger Joe Roberts reviews Scarpa current releases
By riikkasukula | | Accolades, Antica Casa Scarpa
Here's top American wine writer and blogger Joe Roberts tasting note for the Scarpa 2014 Rouchet, which he ...
Read More Ian D’Agata on the 1962 Scarpa Barolo Riserva Speciale: “Clearly, this wine proved me wrong.”
By riikkasukula | | Accolades, Antica Casa Scarpa
One of the things we'll be doing here on the new Scarpa U.S. blog is aggregating current and ...
Read More Welcome to the Scarpa blog!
By riikkasukula | | Antica Casa Scarpa
In September 2019, Antica Casa Scarpa asked Italian wine and food writer, educator, and historian Jeremy Parzen, Ph.D. ...
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