Barbaresco, Alba, and Asti; Piedmont

Today we went to a wine tasting in the Barbaresco wine region. It ended up being a bit of an adventure as our bus was supposed to connect with another bus in Alba. However our bus was late and we missed the connection. We were fairly certain this would happen as our bus arrived and the next was scheduled to depart in the same minute.

So to get to our scheduled wine tasting, ended up having to walk 1.5 hours one way through Piedmont valleys in 98°F heat and full sun. It was beautiful though, and the wine was good.

After our wine tasting (and another 1.5 hr walk back), we took a bus to Asti for dinner. Alba and Asti are major eine producing areas of Piedmont.Read more