The wines of Castiglione Falletto and Barolo, Piemonte, Italy

The beautiful hilly landscape south of Turin is home to vineyards that produce some of the finest wines in Italy (and the world). Spending a couple nights in Castiglione Falletto and tasting the local varieties is perhaps the truest embodiment of “La Vita Dolce” one can experience – delizioso! Piemonte’s wine country is also a bit more relaxed and less touristy than Tuscany’s, with beautiful towns to visit and walks to explore.

Wine country south of Turin

 

Here it is from the ground

Hills dotted with towns, this one is Castiglione Falletto

Grapes, possibly Nebbiolo

Hiking beauties

The view from Locanda del Centro

Awesome hotel and restaurant!

The view from below Vietti’s production facilities

Lots to see

Such a beautiful place

Nothing like a stroll through the vineyards

Extra fun to go with a pack

Castle of Castiglione Falletto

There’s a pretty church on the other side

Heavenly wine tasting at the Cantina Comunale

This is where we tasted the wines, looking out over the landscape

The tastings at the cantina are actually full glasses of wine at the Cantina Comunale, served by friendly people, with cheeses and salamis available too

It’s a very relaxing place, whether you’re drinking wine or not

One night the Alba horns, drums and flags showed up and performed

It’s a quick jaunt from Castiglione Falletto over to the home of the “King of Wines”, Barolo. It’s more touristy and expensive to stay there, but lovely and worth a visit

Heading in to check out Barolo

Nice place for lunch

Opulent Barolo

 

There are big colourful wolves all over the place in Barolo. At first Bosco was scared of them, but then he started doing impressions