Hors d'oeuvres, cold cuts, pasta dishes, white meat, fresh and medium-aged cheeses.

Ruby red color of medium almost rosy intensity; exceptional and very delicate aroma with a characteristic hint of rose hip.

There are already traces of Brachetto grapes in the writings of the Roman period, which were hailed for their aphrodisiac properties. It’s the particularity of the traditional family Berta winemaking process that allows for this rare, dry red wine.

Brachetto’s origin is highly disputed, with some claiming that it comes from Nice, in France. Being the playful wine that it is, Brachetto is historically most highly identified with the Commedia dell’Arte character Gianduja da Gioan d’laduja (Johnny of the Jug). He proportedly “drew inspiration for his bubbly high spirits from this fizzy ruby red with a fragrant foam.” The legend of its Roman origins, however, best illustrates the wines inherently seductive nature: The legend tells how in Roman times, first Julius Caesar followed then by Mark Antony, sent many wineskins of the Vinum Acquense to Egypt and to the court of the famously beautiful Cleopatra before their arrival, which the queen is said to have used generously to rekindle the passion of her legendary lovers. – Teatro Naturale, Brachetto d’Acqui: Pleasant Red Bubbles http://www.30minutedinnerparty.com/2010/brachetto-dacqui-a-hot-pink-party-in-a-bottle