Monferrato
The last undiscovered corner of Piedmont.
The last authentic Piedmont
Monferrato is the part of Piedmont not yet reduced to a postcard: UNESCO hills carpeted with vineyards, stone villages and tufa farmhouses still lived in. Here the places, rhythms and flavours are what count: family tables, growers who open the cellar, trails that end in a view with no-one around.
A land of great reds
Barbera, Grignolino, Ruchè, Freisa: here the wines have real identity, often made by family cellars. We take you to the growers we love, the ones who pour a glass and then sit down to tell you about the vintage.
The infernot, carved by hand
Beneath the Casalese Monferrato villages hide the infernot: tiny cellars hand-carved into Pietra da Cantoni sandstone, cool all year round. A UNESCO heritage and the secret heart of this land. We'll show you a few you won't find in any guidebook.
Walks among the vine rows
You walk where the roads end: paths through the vine rows, giant benches to look out over Monferrato, country chapels and silent woods. On foot, by e-bike or on horseback, one row at a time.
What to do
Tastings
Family cellars, verticals, lunches among the vines.
Real cooking
Agnolotti, bagna cauda, white truffle, IGP hazelnuts.
Villages & castles
Casale, Moncalvo, Vignale, Rosignano: gems to uncover.
Outdoor
Trekking, e-bike and horseback through UNESCO vineyards.
We take you where guidebooks don't
We know this land house by house, cellar by cellar. When you arrive we tell you where to go, when and who to ask, just as we would with a friend come to visit.
Write to us, we'll tell you where to goThe seasons
Blossoms, vines waking up, small food festivals.
Golden sunsets, outdoor dinners, castle concerts.
Harvest and white truffle. The most magical season.
Lit fires, Barolo in the glass, Christmas markets in the villages.