Piedmont wineries and Barolo vineyards

Castiglione Falletto

Cantina Vietti

Castiglione Falletto estate farming around 75 hectares across the Langhe, Roero, Asti and the Colli Tortonesi. One of the Langhe's most recognised producers of single-vineyard Barolo, Barbaresco and Vigna Scarrone Barbera. Herbicide-free since 2007 and Equalitas certified, with structured tastings and a vineyard Trekking Experience through Rocche di Castiglione and Villero.

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Alba

Ceretto

Three generations of single-vineyard Barolo and Barbaresco from Alba, farmed organically. Glass tasting pavilions stand among the vines, and the Sol LeWitt and David Tremlett Chapel of Barolo sits above La Morra.

From €5visit price

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Neive

Bruno Giacosa

Piedmontese house at Neive, founded 1900. Barolo and Barbaresco of the first rank, the rare red-label Riserva, and a Roero Arneis.

Gavi

La Scolca

The Soldati family's Gavi DOCG estate at Rovereto di Gavi, founded in 1919. Home of the Black Label Gavi dei Gavi.

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Barbaresco

Gaja

A family estate in Barbaresco run by the Gaja family since 1859. Nebbiolo leads through Barbaresco, Barolo Sperss and the single-vineyard Sori Tildin, with the Langhe blend Sito Moresco alongside.

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La Morra

Azienda Agricola Elio Altare

La Morra estate at the heart of the modernist Barolo movement, farmed by the Altare family since 1948 across plots in Arborina, Brunate, Cannubi and Cerretta. About 10 hectares and 70,000 bottles a year, with low-intervention vineyards and unfiltered wines from wild yeasts. Silvia Altare runs it now, with father Elio still in the vineyards. Three wines are stocked here: Barolo DOCG, Barbera d'Alba and Dolcetto d'Alba.

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Serralunga d'Alba

Ettore Germano

Family estate at Località Cerretta in Serralunga d'Alba, in the same hands since 1856 and bottling as Ettore Germano since 1975. Ten hectares of Barolo vineyards include Cerretta, Prapò, Vignarionda and a Lazzarito Riserva, with nine more at Cigliè in the Alta Langa for Riesling Hérzu and sparkling wine. A member of the Viticoltura Armoniosa programme, now converting to organic farming.

From €35visit price 90 mintypical time

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Nizza Monferrato

Bersano

Bersano, Nizza Monferrato. Founded in 1907 by Giuseppe Bersano and built up by his son Arturo, now run by the Massimelli family across ten farmsteads and about 230 hectares. Nizza Cremosina and Barolo Badarina lead, with Ruchè, Moscato and Brachetto behind. Cellar tours, two wine museums and tastings at Nizza, and tastings with a view at Serralunga d'Alba.

From €80visit price 4 hrtypical time

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Monforte d'Alba

Elio Grasso

A family estate on the Ginestra hill of Monforte d'Alba, bottling single-vineyard Barolo since 1978. The Gavarini Chiniera and Ginestra Casa Maté Barolos sit alongside Langhe Nebbiolo, Barbera d'Alba, Dolcetto and the Educato Chardonnay.

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La Morra

Azienda Agricola Poderi Marcarini

Six generations of Barolo at La Morra, from a cellar built into an 18th century house beside a medieval tower. Marcarini has held land in Brunate and La Serra for generations. It named one vineyard on a Barolo label back in 1958. At Berri it still farms a patch of Dolcetto that grows on its own roots. The village wine shop runs cellar tours and tastings.

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Neviglie

Roberto Sarotto

Roberto Sarotto's family has made wine at Neviglie since 1820. Seven generations on, its vines stretch from Barolo and Barbaresco to Gavi. The cellar holds the world's largest oak barrel. Tours and tastings are booked online. The family also runs a bed and breakfast in the village and a wine bar with a museum in Alba.

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Monforte d'Alba

Alessandro e Gian Natale Fantino

Eight hectares in the Dardi corner of Bussia, farmed by two brothers, with the oldest vines planted in the 1940s. Their declassified Barolo Riserva, Laboro Disobedient, wears a cartoon label.

Cossano Belbo

Toso

Toso has made Moscato d'Asti and Asti Spumante in the Belbo valley since 1910 and now fills around 28 million bottles a year, half of them vermouth, bitters and liqueurs led by Gamondi and Toccasana. A wine museum next to the winery at Cossano Belbo is open on weekdays.

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