4 Nights based at a historic hotel - itinerary, tour dates and prices
4 Nights based at a B&B - itinerary, tour dates and prices
Piedmont Photo Gallery
magnificent Barolo wine valleys
of gentle hills
Join Mama Margaret & Friends for an
unforgettable exploration of sights, tastes and smells and truly
welcoming local people in this cooking and wine adventure tour in
Piedmont in north west Italy. In this exquisite countryside dotted with
beautiful hill towns, you can drink some of Italy's top red wines,
including the celebrated Barolo and Barbaresco.
With
its gently rolling hills covered with vineyards, fields and forests,
the tranquility of the countryside will soothe and revitalize
you. You rediscover simple pleasures of good food, good wine and beautiful landscapes.
You gather with local chefs to learn authentic Piemonte secrets from their farmhouse kitchens and restaurants. One cooking lesson is at the Hotel Real Castello in Verduno, where you stay. Once the summer home of King Carlo Alberto in the 1840s, Real Castello transports you
to another era with country style rooms, quiet gardens and
magnificent views of the countryside and Alps.
hazelnut and chocolate cake with zabaglione
In the Real Castello’s kitchen, you make typical Piemonte dishes like onion tart, risotto pink with Barolo, guinea hen with rosemary and desserts like a delicate chocolate and hazelnut cake topped with zabaglione or bunet, a cocoa pudding with crushed amaretti biscuits. In
the evening, you eat your creations in the frescoed dining room.
drinking Barolo with Massimo
Martinelli
of the Ratti winery
You visit a variety of great wineries, some small and intimate, others large and
famous. At the Ratti family winery, gregarious, humorous co-owner and author Massimo regales you
with stories of wine making in the old days, fascinating information on
the soils, grapes and more and takes you on a private tour of their wine museum in an abbey where monks made wine in 1162.
In
lush, high green hills blanketed with nut trees, in a
little town you step into a bakery famous for its
chocolate cakes. The well known artisan baker shows you his secrets to make sachertorte, chocolate truffles and
hazelnut cake.
cheese maker with cheeses
for lunch
Also in the high lands, you visit an artisan
cheese maker on his farm, a man passionate about his organic
sheep and cow cheeses. You meet the sheep, visit his cheese making
room and sample his cheeses in a divine picnic.
In a hamlet surrounded by hills of vineyards four km out of Alba, you'll stay in
a friendly B & B with six modern rooms each with a private bathroom. Your
local host welcomes you in the lounge every morning and serves you a delicious
continental breakfast. In fine weather, you may enjoy breakfast or a quiet read
on the patio or lawn.
4 Nights based at a historic hotel - itinerary, tour dates and prices
4 Nights based at a B&B - itinerary, tour dates and prices