Langhe Wine Region Day Trip

The Langhe is the wine and food landscape south of Turin, 1 hour away and UNESCO-listed since 2014. It produces Barolo (the king of Italian wine: Nebbiolo grape, minimum 3 years aging, EUR 20-60 for a good bottle at the producer, EUR 8-15 for a glass at an enoteca in the village), Barbaresco, Barbera, Dolcetto, Moscato d'Asti, and from October, the white truffles of Alba. The main towns are Barolo (the village the wine is named after, population 700, enoteca del Barolo on the castle square where you can taste 10 different producers by the glass), La Morra (the hilltop village with the best Langhe panorama), Castiglione Falletto, Alba (the truffle capital, the most practical base). The landscape is the Langhe described by Cesare Pavese: rounded hills covered in vine rows, small villages on the summits, fog in the valleys in autumn. Organised day trips from Turin EUR 80-120, or rent a car and drive south on the A6 to Asti and then into the hills. Self-driving means a designated driver.