The Langhe region of Piemonte, famous for it's wines, truffles and Hazelnut, is home to many towns, some are famous globally like Alba, some are little capitals of wine like Barolo & Barbaresco. The town of Dogliani, in the south-Western corner of the are, is famous predominantly for it's Red Wine called Dolcetto. in the past people would make it at him with local grapes, some sold it, and many used it without thinking much about it,
In the last decades, mainly thanks to the Slow Food Movement, places like Dogliani and villages around it have become popular vacation spots, mainly for Northern Europeans.
This area is now full of vineyards, many are years-old family farms that grew and modernized, and some are completely new in the landscape (also with 40 years under your belt, if your a first generation of wine makers - you're new).
While getting to know the area, I noticed one last name that kept on coming - Abbona.
What I mean is that in one morning I went to 4 different Abbona wineries, all situated in different villages, all know about each other and all somewhat related, but completely seperate entities!
The Landscape of the Alta Langa is that of higher hills (700m over sea level, at time), and is a bit more varied, in comparison to the main Langhe areas that tourists know (where the beautiful landscape is comprised mainly of Vines). A drive here would give you the chance to observe different crops, forests and some cliffsm with plenty of vineries that belong to all the wine-growing families of this region. In the Dogliani wine consortium (next to the church of St. Paul), you could get a comprehensive understanding of the importance of this town in the field of wine.
And While in Dogliani, a few steps up to the Castle burough would definitley enrich your stay
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