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MONTALBERA’S LACCENTO HAS BEEN BESTOWED WITH THE NEW TRE BICCHIERI AWARD, THE SECOND TIME THE RUCHE’ DESIGNATION HAS RECEIVED THIS HONOUR
Montalbera’s Laccento 2016 Ruché di Castagnole Monferrato has proved itself to be a Ruché that knows how to distinguish itself, winning the 2018 Vini d’Italia wine guide’s Tre Bicchieri award. For the second year in a row, the Gambero Rosso publishing group has bestowed an award on the Ruché designation. In 2017, this prestigious honour was bestowed on La Tradizione 2015 Ruché di Castagnole...
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The Montalbera grape harvest
For those who have watched it develop over the season, this year’s grape harvest has been particularly rewarding and unusually exciting because this year, more than ever, wine is the liquid manifestation of silence.
The Montalbera grape harvest, as in the rest of the Monferrato area, has had to cope with a growing season that has seen and suffered a number of adversities: frost, then hail and, last but not least, a drought that was worse than that of 2003. Montalbera, with its vineyards...
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MONTALBERA IS THE FIRST COMPANY THAT WON THE GAMBERO ROSSO THREE GLASSES ON RUCHÈ, CONTROLLED AND GUARANTEED DENOMINATION OF ORIGIN. NEW AWARDS EVEN FOR RUCHÈ DOCG LACCENTO AND BARBERA D'ASTI “NUDA”.
“An excellent vintage, fruit of an extraordinary nature” commented Franco Morando. “Receiving the TRE BICCHIERI award with Ruché LA TRADIZIONE 2015 is such a honor for us. We are proud to have taken Ruché appellation to great notoriety and to have reached Gambero Rosso award with Montalbera”.
Ruchè is an expression of the innovative side of Piedmont region which goes beyond traditional...
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Montalbera in New York for the 'Giro d'Italia'
Today we are in New York City for “Italian Tour” with our importer Solair Selection. A week of previews, tasting sections, showings to starred restoration of NY of our pluri awarded Ruchè. The excellence of Monferrato in the “Big Apple”.
- Ruchè DOCG LA TRADIZIONE 2015
- Ruchè DOCG LACCENTO 2015
Ruchè Laccento Best Red Italian Wine by Luca Maroni
Montalbera’s Ruchè Laccento 2014 earned 98 points in the Directory of Best Italian Wines 2016 by Luca Maroni, earning it the distinction—yet again—of Best Red Italian Wine. The Barbera d’Asti Lequilibrio earned 96 points; other red wines of the company all earned above 90 points. These are gratifying and important results for Montalbera, who recently celebrated its tenth year anniversary with the inauguration of its new wine cellar in...
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Montalbera celebrates its tenth year anniversary by opening the doors to its newest wine cellar
Ten years of Montalbera. Ten years of passion for wine and for Ruchè.
The winery of Castagnole Monferrato is the primary producer of Ruchè and has made this native grape their symbol. It has been the principle impetus for growth in the national and international markets for the winery, and the constant, positive trend in growth has characterized the last few years for Montalbera. It has led the Morando family to invest in an...
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Montalbera for social cause: Emergenza Sorrisi
Once again, Montalbera wines are the protagonists at the Rowing Club of Naples in the IX edition of the solidarity event “Wine Auction: the magic of a smile.” Funds from the auction will go towards humanitarian projects during the first term of 2016.
The NGO Emergenza Sorrisi was founded with the goal of returning the smiles – sorrisi – and hope for a better life to children with cleft lips and palates, deformities of the face, burns, war trauma,...
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FRANCESCO CHIARAMELLO NEW SALES DIRECTOR ITALIAN HO.RE.CA CHANNEL MONTALBERA
For six generations the Morando family has believed and invested in viticulture in the Piedmont region. Over the last ten years Montalbera has reached ever more important goals that reward vineyard engagement, investment and vision in business strategies, steps that have led to the expansion of the team with the inclusion of Francesco Chiaramello in the role of Sales Director Italian Ho.Re.Ca Channel.
Chiaramello will have the important goal of...
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Winery visits
The Montalbera Wine Shop is open from Monday to Friday from 10 am to 6.30 pm and on weekends from 10 am to 7 pm with the possibility of tasting and buying wine in compliance with the regulations in force regarding COVID-19.
Winery visits are only possible Monday to Sunday from 10 am to 6 pm, with the relative possibility of tasting and purchase.