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Hi all
I wanted to tap the collective brain here for advice on visiting Piedmont.
I've read through a few recent and older posts and can see some great advice from @Nelson Pari @Ian Sutton @Oliver Coleman-Green @Nigel Lierop @Filippo Nanni amongst others. I'm trying to absorb all of that and other sources but the below questions still felt relevant and some older posts had links to the old website that no longer work.
Context is that I'm going for a work training event to Lake Como at the end of the second week of October (my life can be really tough some times). I want tack on some leave to this to visit the region and my wife has kindly given me a pass for a few days.
So Piedmont is in my sights.
Complication is that i'll be by myself.
A few questions I have
- Obviously i'm going to be there around harvest time which isn't ideal but from what I gather through other posts winery visits are possible at this time. I've already scoped a few out (I can book Monchiero online) I'd like to visit Cavalotto, maybe Chiara Boscis, Fennochio, Vietti, - maybe some in Barbaresco - I'll have 3 days and i'd like to use it to increase my understanding of the region so any recommendations that would be amenable to a single guest (who could join a group) would be great
- What is the best town to stay in in the region? I'd like to be able to go our for dinner and have a glass in a bar ideally without involving taxis (not sure how easy they are in the region). I'm perfectly happy going to restaurants solo but probably not Michelin starred places.
- Getting around - I plan to drive to visit the different wineries (unless they're in the town I'll stay in) and therefore spit during tasting. Is this the right way to do it or do people use a driver or taxis for the day? I'm well used to visiting wineries in Tuscany but usually just a single visit in a day as my wife is not so much of a wine geek
- Anything else I should do whilst in the region - it's the start of the truffle season, but not the peak - are the events around this worth doing?
Thanks in advance and apologies if these questions have been answered before
Peter
I wanted to tap the collective brain here for advice on visiting Piedmont.
I've read through a few recent and older posts and can see some great advice from @Nelson Pari @Ian Sutton @Oliver Coleman-Green @Nigel Lierop @Filippo Nanni amongst others. I'm trying to absorb all of that and other sources but the below questions still felt relevant and some older posts had links to the old website that no longer work.
Context is that I'm going for a work training event to Lake Como at the end of the second week of October (my life can be really tough some times). I want tack on some leave to this to visit the region and my wife has kindly given me a pass for a few days.
So Piedmont is in my sights.
Complication is that i'll be by myself.
A few questions I have
- Obviously i'm going to be there around harvest time which isn't ideal but from what I gather through other posts winery visits are possible at this time. I've already scoped a few out (I can book Monchiero online) I'd like to visit Cavalotto, maybe Chiara Boscis, Fennochio, Vietti, - maybe some in Barbaresco - I'll have 3 days and i'd like to use it to increase my understanding of the region so any recommendations that would be amenable to a single guest (who could join a group) would be great
- What is the best town to stay in in the region? I'd like to be able to go our for dinner and have a glass in a bar ideally without involving taxis (not sure how easy they are in the region). I'm perfectly happy going to restaurants solo but probably not Michelin starred places.
- Getting around - I plan to drive to visit the different wineries (unless they're in the town I'll stay in) and therefore spit during tasting. Is this the right way to do it or do people use a driver or taxis for the day? I'm well used to visiting wineries in Tuscany but usually just a single visit in a day as my wife is not so much of a wine geek
- Anything else I should do whilst in the region - it's the start of the truffle season, but not the peak - are the events around this worth doing?
Thanks in advance and apologies if these questions have been answered before
Peter