Wine regions in Piedmont
The Piedmont region is an Italian region in the northwest of Italy. The origin of the name (Pied-Mont is literally 'at the foot of the mountains') has to do with its location on the southern side of the Alps.
With beautiful Turin as its capital, the region is one of the world's most important winemaking regions. The well-known wine towns of Alba and Asti are the heart of the region's wine industry.
With the famous Barolo and Barbaresco as leaders of no less than 18 DOCG and 41 DOC wines. Although Piedmont is Italy's fifth largest wine region in terms of size, it is thus among the absolute top in terms of quality.
The wine regions of Piedmont
The Piedmont region has a large number of different wine regions. In total, there are 44 separate wine regions where grapes are being grown and wines are being made. An overview of these 44 wine regions within Piedmont are:
Wine region Piedmont, il Monferrato
Gavi (Cortese di Gavi)
Monferrato
Alto Monferrato
Casale Monferrato
Colli Tortonesi
Acqui
Gabiano
Cantavenna
Strevi
Wine region Piedmont, North
Caluso
Gattinara
Ghemme
Boca
Bramaterra
Canavese
Carema
Colline Novaresi
Colline Saluzzesi
Coste della Sesia
Fara
Chieri
Lessona
Pinerolese
Sizzano
Valli Ossolane
Valsusa
Wine region Piedmont, l’Astigiano
Asti
Nizza Monferrato
Castagnole Monferrato
Terre Alfieri
Albugnano
Calosso
Loazzolo
Casorzo
Castelnuovo Don Bosco
Wine region Piedmont, le Langhe
Alta Langa
Barbaresco
Barolo
Dogliani
Alba
Ovada
Roero
Langhe
Verduno
Wine tourism in Piedmont
The so called Italian wine consortia (per wine or wine region) are responsible for the promotion and quality standards of their wines. This bundling of strengths gives them more power to precisely promote their wines -or their wine region- and bring them to the attention of potential customers or wine tourists.
The Piedmont region has no fewer than 17 of these Consorzia del Vino
- Consorzio Piemonte Land of Wine (umbrella organisation)
- Consorzio di Tutela Alta Langa
- Consorzio di Tutela Barolo Barbaresco Alba Langhe e Dogliani
- Consorzio di Tutela del Roero
- Consorzio per la Tutela dell’Asti DOCG
- Consorzio Barbera d'Asti e Vini del Monferrato
- Consorzio Tutela Vini d'Acqui
- Consorzio Tutela del Casorzo
- Consorzio Tutela del Gavi
- Consorzio Tutela Nebbioli Alto Piemonte
- Consorzio Tutela Vini Colli Tortonesi
- Consorzio colline del Monferrato Casalese
- Consorzio di Tutela Colline Saluzzesi DOC
- Consorzio per la Tutela e la valorizzazione dei vini DOCG di Caluso e DOC di Carema e Canavese
- Consorzio Freisa di Chieri e Collina Torinese
- Consorzio di Tutela dell'Ovada DOCG
- Consorzio di tutela Vini DOC Pinerolese
These websites will give you a great starting point to plan your own wine trip, wine weekend or day through the vineyards with guided tours and winery tastings. You can also use the wine routes below. It will save you a lot of research.
Wine routes in Piedmont
What can be better than tasting the regional and local wines yourself along itineraries put together by the regional winemakers themselves. In Italy, the so-called 'Strada dei Vini...' are local wine trails along vineyards with the opportunity to taste the wines from the winemakers directly.
Below are the official wine routes in wine region Piedmont. As far as possible, links have been included to the English-language versions of the respective site.
- Strada del Barolo e Grandi Vini di Langhe
- Strada del Vino Monferrato
- Strada Reale dei Vini Torinesi
- Strada del Vino Astesana
- Strada del Vino dei Colli Tortonesi
Have a look at all the (there are more than 100...!) official Italian wine trails of the Strada dei Vini d'Italia.
In addition, you can find the necessary information on wine and wine trips on the
official tourism website of the Piedmont region.
Wine region Piedmont: including the Barolo
The three main wine regions in Piedmont are the Langhe, the Roero and the Monferrato. The most famous of these is the Langhe, the area with Alba as the centre of the Barolo, Barbaresco and Dolcetto wines. The neighbouring Roero area lies to the North of Alba. This is where, for example, the Roero Arneis is produced. Monferrato, which also includes the wine towns of Acqui Terme and Ovada in addition to Asto, is the territory of the Asti Spumante, Moscato d'Asti, Barbera d'Asti and Barbera del Monferrato.
You may also find some smaller wine-making areas. Northwest of Turin and southwest of the great lakes, you can find the often smaller family-run wineries.
The grape varieties in Piedmont
The great variation in grape varieties indicates that you will be able to discover many new wines during a wine trip to this region. It is estimated that there are around 200 autochthonous grape varieties in the region as their origin. Of the 50 or so grape varieties still used for viticulture, there are around 15 that are iconic and enjoyed all over the world.
The most famous blue grapes in Piedmont are Nebbiolo, Barbera and Dolcetto. From the white grapes, Arneis, Favorita and Cortese are the most renowned grapes.
An overview of all grape varieties in Piedmont: Albarossa, Arneis, Barbera, Bonarda, Brachetto, Chardonnay, Cortese, Croatina, Dolcetto, Erbaluce, Favorita, Freisa, Grignolino, Malvasia Nera, Moscato, Nebbiolo, Neretta Cuneese, Ruchè, Timorasso, Uva Rara and Vespolina.
Overview of all wines from Piedmont
Piedmont's vineyards produce the wines (DOCG, DOC and IGT) listed below.
Piedmont DOCG wines
Alta Langa DOCG
Asti DOCG
Barbaresco DOCG
Barbera d’Asti DOCG
Barbera del Monferrato Superiore DOCG
Barolo DOCG
Brachetto d’Acqui / Acqui DOCG
Dogliani DOCG
Dolcetto di Diano d’Alba / Diano d’Alba DOCG
Dolcetto di Ovada Superiore / Ovada DOCG
Erbaluce di Caluso / Caluso DOCG
Gattinara DOCG
Gavi / Cortese di Gavi DOCG
Ghemme DOCG
Nizza DOCG
Ruchè di Castagnole Monferrato DOCG
Terre Alfieri DOCG
Piedmont DOC wines
Alba DOC
Albugnano DOC
Barbera d’Alba DOC
Barbera del Monferrato DOC
Boca DOC
Bramaterra DOC
Calosso DOC
Canavese DOC
Carema DOC
Cisterna d’Asti DOC
Colli Tortonesi DOC
Collina Torinese DOC
Colline Novaresi DOC
Colline Saluzzesi DOC
Cortese dell’Alto Monferrato DOC
Coste della Sesia DOC
Dolcetto d’Acqui DOC
Dolcetto d’Alba DOC
Dolcetto d’Asti DOC
Dolcetto di Ovada DOC
Fara DOC
Freisa d’Asti DOC
Freisa di Chieri DOC
Gabiano DOC
Grignolino d’Asti DOC
Grignolino del Monferrato Casalese DOC
Langhe DOC
Lessona DOC
Loazzolo DOC
Malvasia di Casorzo d’Asti / Malvasia di Casorzo / Casorzo DOC
Malvasia di Castelnuovo Don Bosco DOC
Monferrato DOC
Nebbiolo d’Alba DOC
Piemonte DOC
Pinerolese DOC
Roero DOCG
Rubino di Cantavenna DOC
Sizzano DOC
Strevi DOC
Valli Ossolane DOC
Valsusa DOC
Verduno Pelaverga / Verduno DOC
Piedmont IGT/IGP wines
There are no IGT/IGP wines in Piedmont.
Travel information
The Piedmont region is located in the northwest of Italy. Those who are unable to drive their own car to Piedmont have the option of flying to Turin. There are more other airports nearby:
- Turijn, airport-code TRN
- Milaan Linate, LIN
- Milaan Malpensa, MXP
- Genua, GOA
------- - Nice, NCE (France)
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