Event

Every weekend we have free tastings of wine and beer that give you a chance to explore the wide world!
Come in this weekend and visit with us!

Saturday afternoon, a time for chores and yard work and running to do all the things that have waited all week! Take a break!

Come by the shop and sample new wines and microbrews that will be certain to bring a smile to your face.

Just relax with friends and neighbors.

The Vineyard!!

On May 15, 1841 the police office of the royal Military Command in Alba granted Luigi Costamagna, son of the estate’s founder Francesco Antonio Costamagna, an official licence “to retail the wine produced from his own vineyards” in La Morra.
In 1911, Francesco Costamagna and his son Riccardo were awarded a gold medal at the “Gran Premio dell’Esposizione Internazionale di Torino” for fifty years of winemaking.
When Francesco died, his son Riccardo, an attorney, continued to manage the winery with the help of his wife Maddalena. When he died in the 1930s, Riccardo’s wife decided to sell the vineyards located outside La Morra. Wine was produced only for the family’s own consumption and some grapes were sold to other winemakers.
In the late 1960s, Maddalena’s niece, Claudia Ferraresi, together with her husband Giorgio Locatelli, restarted the commercial winemaking activity, planted new vineyards and modernised the old winery.
Since the mid 1980s their son Alessandro Locatelli has been managing the winery with the help of agronomist Gian Piero Romana and enologist Giuseppe Caviola.
Alessandro has improved the vineyards and wine-making techniques, he has been developing customer sales all over the world, and so carrying on the family tradition with passion and drawing on the wealth of experience gathered by the family.

The Wines!!

Arneis $14.99
It is made from the Arneis grape a native variety of Piemonte. The harvested grapes are pressed softly, fermented at a controlled low temperature, and the wine is left on the lees for at least four months. It has a fruity nose with scents of pear, tropical fruits and white flowers, and is fresh and minerality on the palate.

La Capuccina Rosato $11.99
from the “Bibenda” 2015 Italian Sommeliers’ Association – 3 bunches

Rosato igt – Corvina grapes – 12% vol. – fermentation and ageing in steel – Recommended in combination with “Paccheri” pasta and grilled octopus ragout.

The winery is located in Costalunga di Monteforte d’Alpone, a village at the beginning of the Alpone Valley, with its 1,500 hectares of vineyards is the highest density of vineyards in Veneto region. The company headquarters is in Villa Buri Tessari annexed to the chapel dedicated to San Giovanni Battista, where the friars once officiated and hence the name, while the logo is inspired by the styling of its bell tower. Sisto, Pietro and Elena Tessari are the soul of this reality whose motto is to preserve the natural heritage. Trebbiano di Soave, Sauvignon, Cabernet Sauvignon, Merlot, Carmenére, Oseleta, a rare and ancient grape variety from Verona, and Garganega make up the pieces of this puzzle.

Dolcetto D'Alba "Vendemmia" $17.99
It is a classic Dolcetto d’Alba for every day drinking, with pleasing aromas reminiscent of maraschina cherries. Soft on the palate, with delicate and persistent flavours, marked by a light almond finish.

Barbera D'Alba "Annunziata" $18.99
A classic Barbera which has typical cherry aromas. It is a full bodied wine balanced by the characteristic acidity of the Barbera grape. The vibrant fruit is combined with spicy notes that come from ageing for 12 months in small oak casks. Fresh and pleasing to drink, excels as a luncheon wine.

Nebbiolo "Roccardo" $19.99
It is made with Nebbiolo grapes.
The vinification is traditional, with the maceration lasting eight days, followed by ageing for 12 months in large Slavonian oak casks. It has marked aromas with hints of raspberries and blackberries, and an elegant and harmonious palate distinguished by soft tannins - a versatile wine which can be enjoyed throughout the meal.