Today, on St. Valentine's Day, we remember Aunt Litina, who brought this vineyard, which gives us a wine named after her, as part of her dowry. She loved red roses and we've planted a red rose bush at the end of every row of vines. This is a picture of her wedding to Uncle Batistin in the early 1900s. Happy St. Valentine's Day everyone!

We are crushing the Barbera grapes, that will become our Passum 2023! We picked them by hands, in smaller baskets, at the beginning of october. After the harvest, they rested for almost a month in the grape-drying room to achieve the perfect dryness. Every week, our enologists Giorgio Gozzelino and Roberto Austa check the surmaturation degree until the grapes reach the perfect moment for the crushing process. Now, we let the fermentation process begin. We will be racking in two weeks. Welcome into our winery, Passum 2023!

We had the pleasure to host a group of brazilian enologists from Costa do Sol – Rio Grande do Sul – in South Brazil, on a study trip. Many of them have Italian origins and the wish to know their roots, the places from which their ancestors immigrated. The group was escorted by professor Vincenzo Gerbi, who held enology lessons in Brazil and lead the wine tasting with mastery. The tour of our winery was held by our enologists Giorgio Gozzellino and Roberto Austa. Our guests continued their day at Costigliole d’Asti Castle to visit the Barbera d’Asti Consortium. Thanks for your visit!

The first retired of Cascina Castlèt! Happy well-deserved retirement Ada.

Ready, steady, go! The 30th of August 2023 marks the official start of the harvest for Cascina Castlèt: we've started picking the Chardonnay. The grapes are fabulous. The next in line is Moscato, then Barbera and, last but not least, Uvalino. 2023 is my 53rd harvest. I still feel the very same emotions I felt during the first one. Thanks to my team and our fond customers who made them possible, to the people whith whom we walked, have walked and will walk side by side during this wonderful jurney. Thanks from the heart to everyone, for giving purpuse to every day of hard work.

A BookCrossing house in our vineyards for swapping books. “Bookcrossing” is a widely known and widespread practice: it consists of leaving a book in a public place so that another reader could find it and freely read it. Spot a book and then you can read it and: - bring it back to this wooden house - bring it back to another wooden house - keep it. Then, bring another book to repopulate the wooden house

We hosted the journalists of the press tour organized by the group of producers Noi di Costigliole, led by Daniele Comba, with the support of the Consorzio I Vini del Piemonte. Here we are on the RossoPassum Bench for the souvenir photo!

From the States to Asti to introduce his family history to his grandchildren. A beautiful story of an Italian-American grandfather, son of emigrants from Asti, who brought his grandchildren to the places of his ancestors. It was a pleasure having you in the cellar and listening to your stories!

Cascina Castlèt is getting ready for Vinitaly 2023, the wine fair scheduled to be held in Verona from Sunday the 2nd to Wednesday the 5th of April. Our stand is in Pavilion 10, position L3. The new vintages on release available for tasting at the stand: Litina Barbera d’Asti, Moscato d’Asti, Ataj Chardonnay, Castlètrosé, Uceline Uvalino, Barbera d’Asti Vespa, Policalpo Monferrato Rosso, Avié Moscato Passito, Passum Barbera d’Asti. Litina, Passum and Uceline Uvalino will also be present at the stands of the Consorzio della Barbera d’Asti.

Cascina Castlèt is happy to know that, this year, for the first time, our Barbera Vespa and our Moscato will be uncorked during the most important national holidays in South Korea: Chuseok Event! Chuseok is the most traditional and loved national holiday, in South Korea (quite similar to the traditional thanks giving day in US). From 9th to 12th of September, Korean people will meet together, living a in a friendly atmosphere, sharing food and gifts, together with friends and family. For this great event, our new Korean partner Wink Trading is offering a special hand wrapped “gifts sets” with our Barbera and Moscato. Cascina Castlèt wish to all the Korean people to enjoy Chuseok and our wines!