Barolo and barbaresco world opening

Wine lovers rejoice! Relish and indulge in Italy’s most sought-after wines at The Barolo Barbaresco World Opening (BBWO), where 150+ producers will be on-site to share their passionate creations with you - not to mention an array of exceptional fare - under one palatial roof.

Join us in Austin at Branch Park Pavilion and prepare to experience the world’s largest Barolo & Barbaresco wine tasting, exploring 400+ iconic Italian sips while indulging in Vestals Catering culinary delights for an unique Barolo & Barbeque feast like you have never seen before.

Your Ticket Includes:

• Admission to The World's largest Barolo & Barbaresco Wine Tasting on Tuesday, March 25th, 2025
• Evening of prestigious Tastings of 400+ Italian Barolo and Barbaresco Wines From Producers Such As G.D. Vajra, Marchesi di Barolo, Produttori del Barbaresco, and more.
• A Flavor-packed evening including luxurious pairings of Barolo & Barbeque, where Langhe meets Texas in the road to the authentic taste
• Chance to Meet the Winemakers & Learn About Their Wines
• Proceeds from Ticket Sales profit the Wine & Food Fou
  
  

  From 2020 the Consortium for the Protection of Barolo Barbaresco Alba Langhe and Dogliani organizes the Barolo & Barbaresco World Opening- BBWO, the most important foreign event  to present the recent vintages with more than 200 Barolo and Barbaresco producers to the trade and consumer.

  The first two editions, organized respectively in New York in 2020 and in Los Angeles in 2022, have had considerable success with the public with more than 800 admissions for both events.

  The third was organized in China, in autumn 2023: Vinitaly ChinaRoadshow, Interwine, ProWein Shanghai.

  BBWO2024 comes endorse in New YorkMarch 2024.

  BBWO2025 includes a Roadshow of Academies at the beginning of February 2025 that will touch the cities in Texas, Arizona and Colorado. The Grand Tasting will be on March 25th in Austin.

  Next editions: 2026 in Canada, 2027 in United States.

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  “Barolo & Barbaresco World Opening” roadshow in Southwest USA

  The new chapter of “Barolo & Barbaresco Earth Opening (BBWO)” 2025, one of the most important Italian wine events in the world, promoted by the Consorzio di Tutela Barolo Barbaresco Alba Langhe e Dogliani, will present its 4th edition, on a new traveling format. In addition to the Grand Tasting at The Branch Park Pavilion in Austin, Texas, on March 25th, including more than 160 producers who will present the latest vintages of Barolo 2021 and Barbaresco 2022 to industry professionals and wine lovers, the Barolo & Barbaresco Academy will offer training classes in six cities in the United States, for the first time in three Southwestern states. The six cities are: Dallas (February 3rd), Houston (February 4th), Austin (February 5th) and San Antonio (February 6th) in Texas, Phoenix in Arizona (February 10th), and Denver in Colorado (February 12th).
  To conquer the Southwest of the United States, which, according to ISTAT data analyzed by WineNews, has been confirmed the number one market for Italian wine, since values are growing +7.8% to 1.25 billion euros in the first 8 months of 2024. These numbers protest the
  
  

  Barolo and Barbaresco World Opening 2025: Impressions and Ongoing Infatuation

  As a born and bred Californian, I came to the wines of Italy’s Piedmont region somewhat delayed in my wine journey. Though I’d had opportunities to appetite wines from the area now and then along the way, it wasn’t until 2022 that I got a chance to take a deeper dive into Barolo and Barbaresco with a look at the wines from 2018 and 2019 when the annual “Barolo and Barbaresco Nature Opening” took place in Los Angeles. When offered another opportunity to dive into the 2020 and 2021 vintages at “BBWO” in Austin this year, I dove in without a moment of hesitation.

  Attendees included wine trade members as well as journalists, and with roughly 150 producers from Barolo and Barbaresco offering multiple young Nebbiolo wines, only the most intrepid tasters could come close to taking entire advantage of the event.

  It was a real exercise in emphasize. I tasted (and spat) in an unbroken streak from ten in the morning until two-thirty in the afternoon, working through as many of the wines as possible. Thank goodness for the relatively soft character of the wines from the 2020 vintage, which probably kept me from tapping ou

  Barolo Barbaresco World Opening | Los Angeles 2022

  Join the Barolo & Barbaresco Consortium for the second World Opening Grand Tasting at the InterContinental Hotel in downtown Los Angeles on April 29, 2022.

  Register on Eventbrite: https://bbwo2022.eventbrite.com

  More than 200 producers will be pouring their Barolo DOCG and Barbaresco DOCG appellations, including a selection of their renowned single-vineyard wines. Thanks to the combined effort of these producers, Barolo and Barbaresco wines will be presented to the U.S. market on a scale never seen before.

  Wineries include: Marchesi di Barolo, Pio Cesare, Produttori del Barbaresco, Ceretto, and Vietti!

  In addition, the event will include cheeses of Fontina Valle d’Aosta PDO, and rice of Biella and Vercelli Barraggia PDO. Guests will have the chance to take a culinary journey to Italy, tasting Barolo and Barbaresco wines paired with Fontina PDO cheeses and risotto prepared with Baraggia rice. The Barolo & Barbaresco World Opening event is part of the European campaign "Top Tales: A piece of Europe on your table," created to increase awareness of these three PDO products in the United States market.

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