Barbera & Bollito del Bue Grasso at Tenuta Ronzano

Why it's special

It's the winery's nod to the historic Fiera del Bue Grasso in Carrù: one plate of boiled fattened ox and the Barbera that grows on Ronzano's own hills, in a small tasting room rather than a fair crowd. The sittings start at 6:00, so you can have bollito for breakfast.

Programme · 2026

A plate of bollito del bue grasso with Tenuta Ronzano's Barbera, served in the winery's tasting room; €45 per person, booking required.

• Booking is required and each sitting has limited places; the Sunday 12:00 sitting was already sold out by 20 October.
• It costs €45 per person.
• Tell the winery about allergies or intolerances when you book.
• Ronzano's tastings are for over-18s, and you can buy the Barbera you taste at the cellar.
• Book on tenutaronzano.it.

For one weekend in December, Tenuta Ronzano, a family winery under the Bricco Lù hill in Costigliole d'Asti, turns its tasting room over to bollito. The idea comes from the Fiera del Bue Grasso in Carrù, the historic December fair of fattened oxen, where boiled meat is the centre of the table. Here it's one plate of bollito del bue grasso with a glass of the estate's Barbera.

There are five sittings each day, starting at six in the morning and ending at eight at night, so you can make it breakfast, lunch or dinner. Places are limited and it has to be booked. If you want the full fair rather than a quiet table, Moncalvo holds its own Fiera del Bue Grasso earlier in the month. Costigliole's castle has held its Christmas market on mid-December weekends in recent years (13–14 December in 2025).