Wine Trip
Piedmont italy
December 2020
Travel to Piedmont with us!
Here is a recommended itinerary and travel stops if you are heading to the Piedmont Italy for a wine and food vacation, or if you are thinking about going in the future.
Travel Tips were in part furnished by Ezra Wicks of Kily Imports and Wild Eyed Wines in Seattle WA. @kilyimports and @wildeyedwines
Maps for this month’s wine region were provided by SevenFifty.com
From Seattle and most of the west coast is about a 13 hour flight time with layover to Rome. Its a little over and hour flight from Rome up to Milan or Turin.
Rental car is generally the way to go here as things can be spread out. Keep in mind, in Europe this often means stick shift.
Your hub for exploring Piedmont should probably be Alba if you’ve never been. It’s a bit bigger and has plenty of hotels and restaurants, which can be difficult to find in some of the smaller villages.
Alba Piedmont
Alba is the main hub of Piedmont. About and hour from Turin, and a little over two hours from Milan. This town is an excellent place to find a good hotel, great restaurants, and look for legendary white truffles.
Village of Barolo
The legendary village of Barolo that lends its name to the wines. A world Unesco Heritage site, this sleepy village is home of some of the most powerful and profound wines in the world. It is worth a pilgrimage to this site to truly absorb a sense of place.
Guiseppe Rinaldi Barolo
The legendary winery of Guiseppi Rinaldi. This is my favorite wine maker in all of Piedmont, but getting in is nearly impossible! Still its a most try if you ever get a chance to taste one of their wines. Also if you can get in invite me along!
La Ciau del Tornavento in Trieso
The cellar of the best restaurants in all of Piedmont, and thats saying something! Beyond an amazing cellar, high end Piedmontese cuisine is created with perfection in this Michelin starred venue.
Barbaresco
Creating a different style of wine, the incredibly perfumed and elegant wines of Barbaresco are grown in softer, sandier soils that produce a more approachable, and ethereal wine than those of Barolo.