Ep. 215 Monty Waldin interviews Alessandro Carucci (Carucci & Pico Maccario Barbera Chinato project)

Published: July 2, 2019, 10 p.m.

b'In this episode Monty Waldin hosts three special guests: Alessandro Carucci, the creator of the Carucci Barbera Chinato; Gianluca Cariniti, export manager at Pico Maccario, the winery which produces the Barbera wine used to make Alessandro\\u2019s Chinato; Alessandro\\u2019s wife and business partner Ilaria Gambino, who also owns the Cugini di Campagna Bar in Nizza Monferrato where the Barberatonic cocktail was born. Tune in to find out how these people work together in the name of Barbera. In the interview Gianluca talks about the Barbera d\\u2019Asti \\u201cLavignone\\u201d used for Carucci\\u2019s Barbera Chinato; Ilaria talks about the multiple ways in which Barbera Chinato can be tasted, both as an aperitivo or as a digestivo; and Alessandro reveals some of the \\u201csecret\\u201d herbs and spices used to make his Chinato. Alessandro also gets mixing and prepares some Barbera Tonic cocktails live in our podcast studio. Listen to the story of this fantastic collaboration coming from the Barbera d\\u2019Asti area in Piemonte and join us for a cin cin with Barberatonic!\\xa0www.barberatonicofficial.it/'