Brovia
The Brovia philosophy is neatly summed up on the front of their T-shirts: ‘Pure terroir: climate, soil, grape variety, heart’. If the first words are self-evident, the ‘heart’ picks up the vital human intervention in the process and the passion of the grower and...
Cascina Sòt
Maurizio Sanso’s family story is the history of farming in the Langhe in a nutshell. His grandparents were sharecroppers for many years, meaning that they worked the land and gave half the proceeds from grain, cows, hazelnuts and vines to the landowner. As...
Giacomo Conterno
Giacomo Conterno is probably the Langhe’s, and indeed Piemonte’s, most acclaimed winery, producing truly outstanding Barolo. Its hallmark is that the wines are ageable and improve for decades. While the winery is physically in Monforte d’Alba, the vineyards are in...
Gian Luca Colombo
Gian Luca Colombo’s grandparents were poor farmers in Treiso (Barbaresco) with grain, animals and vineyards. He remembers that when he was not yet five years old, he asked to be given a tool so that he, too, could work on the family farm. However, it was a long...