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Making Brachetto D’Acqui Wine!

Making Brachetto D’Acqui Wine.

In this past week I had some great bubbling wine and now I want to share with you my own experience with bubbling.

In August 2011, I filmed an exiting episode of Brindiamo! special edition episode in the Piedmont region of Italy.  I was invited to visit one of the vineyards that produce the bubbling “Brachetto d’Acqui D.O.C.G.” just as they were harvesting the grapes.

I spent the whole day talking with producers and the winemakers, and by the afternoon, I was ready to make my own bottle of Brachetto d’Acqui D.O.C.G.  Stomping grapes is really a unique experience that I would suggest to anyone that loves to get their hands (or feet?) dirty. The Brachetto d’Acqui D.O.C.G. is a lightly bubbling wine made from the light, red Brachetto grape. The grapes are grown in a very limited area around the charming town of Acqui Terme. It is one of the few sweet and bubbling Italian wines to achieve D.O.C.G. status, which means “Denominazione Origine Controllata e Garantita”. The Brachetto D’Acqui, is sparkling wine very much appreciated by the ladies. In those few episodes of Brindiamo! We cooked with the Brachetto D’Acqui, we made special drinks, and I even had a special spa and a beauty mask made with Brachetto.

 

Ornella Fado

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Ornella Fado is an Italian TV personality living in New York City​. She is the founder of OK Productions LLC, a media productions company based in NY. She is also the creator of all the aspects of the Brindiamo! brand, including the Television show that has been broadcast on NYC TV since 2005.

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