Pied­mont: The Langhe—Wine Hiking in the Land of Truffles

Today we’ll expe­ri­ence one of the high­lights of our hiking trip through Pied­mont: we’re hea­ding to La Mor­ra, which sits per­ched atop a hill and is known as the “bal­c­o­ny of the Lang­he.” From here, we’re trea­ted to a breath­ta­king pan­o­r­amic view of the vine-cover­ed hills, which stretch like a green mosaic all the way to the white peaks of the Alps. The old town of La Mor­ra, with its nar­row alleys, his­to­ric churches, and small cafés, invi­tes us to linger—a per­fect start to the day. Our hike takes us along the famous Baro­lo Trail through the region’s most beau­tiful viney­ards. We stroll past pic­tures­que ham­lets, old farm­hou­ses, and well-ten­ded rows of vines. Time and again, new views open up onto the maje­s­tic cast­les and small vil­la­ges that lie like islands amidst the vineyards—this is the typi­cal Lang­he land­scape, which has been a UNESCO World Heri­ta­ge Site sin­ce 2014. In the after­noon, we’ll visit the Veglio Winery. Here we expe­ri­ence the world of Baro­lo: During a gui­ded tour of the cel­lar, we learn more about the phi­lo­so­phy of the wine­ma­king fami­ly, which has been working with gre­at care and accor­ding to orga­nic prin­ci­ples for gene­ra­ti­ons. Of cour­se, we’ll tas­te the fine wines—a delight that reflects the soul of Pied­mont. To round out the day, we’ll arri­ve at the small, char­ming vil­la­ge of Baro­lo. The impo­sing cast­le, once the seat of the Fal­let­ti fami­ly, towers over the vil­la­ge and today hou­ses the renow­ned WiMu Wine Muse­um as well as the Eno­te­ca Regio­na­le. Here, the histo­ry of Barolo