Looking for the wisdom of the board on a different question than the other posts I have read through. We are staying in the Roero, near Canale, and not far from Alba and Barbaresco. Does anyone have winery and restaurant recs in those areas?
I am sure we will visit La Morra and Barolo and those areas that are well covered in other posts, as well.
Cheers, and thanks.
We had no visits there, but we have enjoyed the wines of Fillipo Gallino, with Sergentin and its reserva version for nebbiolo, but IIRC they do a passito called chinché which is very enjoyable. Lovely chap as well Filippo (we met him at a tasting in London). The winery appears to be on the outskirts of Canale.
Also nearby is a regional enoteca, and these are generally well worth a visit.
Our only stays on the fringes of Roero were Corneliano d’Alba, a charmingly humdrum place, and Santa Vittoria d’Alba, which was quieter with a famous castle. Enjoyable, but nothing that I’d suggest going out of your way for.
I have always enjoyed the Roero Nebbiolo from Malvira, they are just outside Canale.
Thank you @Ian_Sutton! You always have excellent recs to offer, I appreciate it.
A related but different question - if I want to plan a short (1 hr maybe?) walk through vineyards from one town to another, in the La Morra area, what would you recommend I look at? We will be a larger group, 10 people, with varying levels of enthusiasm for this, to be sure. I have seen from previous posts your experiences and thought I would ask. Thank you!
Excellent idea to walk the vineyards, and the choices are endless. There’s a super map sold in the local tourist offices & elsewhere. Simple, cheap and useful. However La Morra has a wonderful advantage in being so high, so whatever route you take, finding your way back to La Morra is a simple case of looking up and heading for that hill.
The La Morra to Barolo walk is good, but you may be looking for a circular walk. Thus although the colourful Capella della Brunate isn’t open to go inside, it’s a useful target on the way out, but with a different route back to La Morra e.g. From La Morra to there, then heading down towards the SP3 and then back up through Annunziata, but probably better to avoid the SP3 and cut through some vineyard paths to Annunziata (possibly through Torriglione). Not sure on timings. With varying interest, definitely sensible to keep it on the short side, however a picnic with a bottle or two of wine might help keep interest strong.
If Neive isn’t too far, Umano is excellent! And we didn’t make it there, but Osteria Imperfetta is supposed to be really good too.
One thing we never explored, but might offer something of interest, is the slow food university campus in Pollenzo. Maybe there are events / showcases?
Both look great - Umano seems Argentinian and asado influenced, excited for that.
That’s a great idea! I knew they had a facility of some kind near Bra, will have a look.
Of course one. must recommend il centro in priocca as it is great.
We had a cracking meal at La Ciau del Tornavento last year. Inventive food, great service and a killer cellar. About 30 minutes drive from Canale.
and FWIW all the places to eat in Treiso are good, in their differing ways. La Ciau the fancy one with the amazing cellar. Dell’Unione got over-hyped a few years ago as a ‘top 10 osteria’, but I got the impression they just stayed true to what they were, as the food was very good but unfussy. Risorgimento is classic Piemontese and again unfussy, but truer to the trad dishes. Le Rocche was newly opened I believe when we went there, and had more of a feel of a wine bar enoteca, with tasty smaller plates of food, that can be ‘just right’ after some bigger meals.
Of course, staying in Canale, you’ll not be doing all of these, as Treiso itself is a small understated wine village, with a school and at most a handful of shops, so is in itself not a destination (we were staying there).