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Long tables, one valley.

Open days at Borgata Biule — km-zero cooking, wine from the demijohn, and the Monviso across the valley. A few times a year, the gate opens and the tables go out.

What’s coming

26 12.30

Mountain cooking · km 0

A tasting of dishes and wines

Six courses from the mountain kitchen, and three Piedmontese wines to carry them.

A full sitting at Borgata Biule: three first courses and three mains, cooked from what the valley and the Langhe give in September — wild boar, tastasal, artichokes, juniper, mountain spices.

Alongside the plates, a guided tasting of three Piedmontese wines — a white to open, then the Barbera, then the Barolo with the stew. Places are limited; call Aldo to reserve.

On the menu

First courses

  • Baked lasagne with wild boar ragù
  • Risotto mantecato with tastasal and rosemary fresh pork sausage with garlic
  • Baked crespelle filled with artichokes

Main courses

  • Beef stew in Barolo with juniper
  • Roast veal with mountain spices
  • Rabbit in saor

A tasting of three Piedmontese wines

  • Roero Arneis
  • Barbera d’Alba
  • Barolo DOCG

Getting here

From the SP 8 turn left onto Via F. Mistral: pass the cemetery on your right and, further on, turn left onto Via Crosa. At the end turn left again — follow the signs for Borgata Lirola, for about 3 km.

Already at the table

What has already happened here, and the people who sat down to it.

The table, and the view
29 Midday

Opening lunch · km 0

Come and taste the delights of the valley

The first table at Borgata Biule — in the middle of the forest, in the presence of the Monviso.

This event has passed

Aldo opened the gate to show what had been taking shape after four months of hard work: a cabin left empty for twenty years, pulled back out of the undergrowth, and the beginning of an agriturismo with a garden, a vegetable patch and a pond.

Guests walked the rooms, then the cellars and the old stables underneath the house — and then everyone sat down outside, with the mountain in front of them, and ate what the valley had grown.

On the menu

  • Assorted buffet antipasti: garden vegetables, frittate and cured meats
  • A dish of fresh handmade pasta, and a risotto
  • Homemade artisanal gelato, and coffee
  • Langhe wines from local estates, poured from the demijohn

Getting here

From the SP 8 turn left onto Via F. Mistral: pass the cemetery on your right and, further on, turn left onto Via Crosa. At the end turn left again — follow the signs for Borgata Lirola, for about 3 km.

From the day

  • The vegetable patch
  • Antipasti, laid out
  • Wild boar ragù on the stove
  • The patio, before service
  • The table, mid-afternoon
The Monviso, across the valley
The Monviso, across the valley
The terrace, laid for lunch
The terrace, laid for lunch
A table set under the trees
A table set under the trees
Antipasti from the garden
Antipasti from the garden
The buffet, before service
The buffet, before service
Aldo in the kitchen
Aldo in the kitchen
Serving the first plates
Serving the first plates
The buffet, and the queue for it
The buffet, and the queue for it
Guests at the long table
Guests at the long table
Aldo with the table
Aldo with the table
Wild boar ragù
Wild boar ragù
Inside, ready for guests
Inside, ready for guests
Back in the kitchen
Back in the kitchen
Looking out from Borgata Biule
Looking out from Borgata Biule
The end of a long lunch
The end of a long lunch