Imagine an elegant Italian city with a bit of French je ne sais quoi—that city is Turin (or Torino in Italian). Capital of the northern Italian region of Piedmont, Turin was part of the Duchy of Savoy ...
The Piedmont region in northwestern Italy is renowned today for dry red wines—Barolo, Barbaresco, Barbera and Dolcetto, as well as for a low alcohol sweet sparkling white wine—Moscato. Yet ...
The Langhe Hills of Piedmont are one of the less touristed wine regions of Italy, offering a unique opportunity to experience authentic local culture and traditions. ByIrene S. Levine, Contributor.
In the decades after the Second World War, life in rural southern Piedmont was tough, and many locals left for Argentina, the US or jobs in the factories of Turin. But today, this Unesco-listed area ...