»» Piedmont’s Olympic Wines
Winter sports fans traveling to Turin for the Olympic Games have more than a chance to taste high quality wines.
Turin is the capitol of Piedmont, one of the most important areas in Italy for the production of highly rated wines.
Sparkling and still, sweet and dry, red and white, common denominator of Piedmont’s wines is the high quality.
Below a list among the most known, including the areas of production where to locate wineries for wine tasting.
- Asti
Production area: Langhe and Monferrato hills.
Straw yellow wine, sparkling or still, with a sweet taste.
- Barbaresco
Production area: northeast of Alba
Ruby red wine, dry still
- Barolo
Production area: northeast of Alba
Ruby red wine, dry still
- Barbera d’Alba
Production area: large area around Alba
Ruby red wine, dry still, with a acid taste, ideal to accompany a traditional local dish: the ‘Bagna cauda’
- Dolcetto d’Asti
Production area: southeast of Asti
Ruby red wine, dry still, with a soft taste
We’ll be back on Piedmont’s wines with wine tours in the production areas
