Wine regions in Piedmont

The wine regions of Piedmont

The Piedmont region has a large number of different wine regions. In total, there are 44 separate wine regions where grapes are being grown and wines are being made. An overview of these 44 wine regions within Piedmont are:

Wine region Piedmont, il Monferrato

Gavi (Cortese di Gavi)

Monferrato

Alto Monferrato

Casale Monferrato

Colli Tortonesi

Acqui

Gabiano

Cantavenna

Strevi

Wine region Piedmont, North

Caluso

Gattinara

Ghemme

Boca

Bramaterra

Canavese

Carema

Colline Novaresi

Colline Saluzzesi

Coste della Sesia

Fara

Chieri

Lessona

Pinerolese

Sizzano

Valli Ossolane

Valsusa

Wine region Piedmont, l’Astigiano

Asti

Nizza Monferrato

Castagnole Monferrato

Terre Alfieri

Albugnano

Calosso

Loazzolo

Casorzo

Castelnuovo Don Bosco

Wine region Piedmont, le Langhe

Alta Langa

Barbaresco

Barolo

Dogliani

Alba

Ovada

Roero

Langhe

Verduno

Wine tourism in Piedmont

The so called Italian wine consortia (per wine or wine region) are responsible for the promotion and quality standards of their wines. This bundling of strengths gives them more power to precisely promote their wines -or their wine region- and bring them to the attention of potential customers or wine tourists.

The Piedmont region has no fewer than 17 of these Consorzia del Vino

• Consorzio Piemonte Land of Wine (umbrella organisation)
• Consorzio di Tutela Alta Langa
• Consorzio di Tutela Barolo Barbaresco Alba Langhe e Dogliani
• Consorzio di Tutela del Roero
• Consorzio per la Tutela dell’Asti DOCG
• Consorzio Barbera d'Asti e Vini del Monferrato
• Consorzio Tutela Vini d'Acqui
• Consorzio Tutela del Casorzo
• Consorzio Tutela del Gavi
• Consorzio Tutela Nebbioli Alto Piemonte
• Consorzio Tutela Vini Colli Tortonesi
• Consorzio colline del Monferrato Casalese
• Consorzio di Tutela Colline Saluzzesi DOC
• Consorzio per la Tutela e la valorizzazione dei vini DOCG di Caluso e DOC di Carema e Canavese
• Consorzio Freisa di Chieri e Collina Torinese
• Consorzio di Tutela dell'Ovada DOCG
• Consorzio di tutela Vini DOC Pinerolese

These websites will give you a great starting point to plan your own wine trip, wine weekend or day through the vineyards with guided tours and winery tastings. You can also use the wine routes below. It will save you a lot of research.

Wine routes in Piedmont

What can be better than tasting the regional and local wines yourself along itineraries put together by the regional winemakers themselves. In Italy, the so-called 'Strada dei Vini...' are local wine trails along vineyards with the opportunity to taste the wines from the winemakers directly.

Below are the official wine routes in wine region Piedmont. As far as possible, links have been included to the English-language versions of the respective site.

• Strada del Barolo e Grandi Vini di Langhe
• Strada del Vino Monferrato
• Strada Reale dei Vini Torinesi
• Strada del Vino Astesana
• Strada del Vino dei Colli Tortonesi

Have a look at all the (there are more than 100...!) official Italian wine trails of the Strada dei Vini d'Italia.

In addition, you can find the necessary information on wine and wine trips on the official tourism website of the Piedmont region.

Wine region Piedmont: including the Barolo

The three main wine regions in Piedmont are the Langhe, the Roero and the Monferrato. The most famous of these is the Langhe, the area with Alba as the centre of the Barolo, Barbaresco and Dolcetto wines. The neighbouring Roero area lies to the North of Alba. This is where, for example, the Roero Arneis is produced. Monferrato, which also includes the wine towns of Acqui Terme and Ovada in addition to Asto, is the territory of the Asti Spumante, Moscato d'Asti, Barbera d'Asti and Barbera del Monferrato.

You may also find some smaller wine-making areas. Northwest of Turin and southwest of the great lakes, you can find the often smaller family-run wineries.

The grape varieties in Piedmont

The great variation in grape varieties indicates that you will be able to discover many new wines during a wine trip to this region. It is estimated that there are around 200 autochthonous grape varieties in the region as their origin. Of the 50 or so grape varieties still used for viticulture, there are around 15 that are iconic and enjoyed all over the world.

The most famous blue grapes in Piedmont are Nebbiolo, Barbera and Dolcetto. From the white grapes, Arneis, Favorita and Cortese are the most renowned grapes.

An overview of all grape varieties in Piedmont: Albarossa, Arneis, Barbera, Bonarda, Brachetto, Chardonnay, Cortese, Croatina, Dolcetto, Erbaluce, Favorita, Freisa, Grignolino, Malvasia Nera, Moscato, Nebbiolo, Neretta Cuneese, Ruchè, Timorasso, Uva Rara and Vespolina.

Overview of all wines from Piedmont

Piedmont's vineyards produce the wines (DOCG, DOC and IGT) listed below.

Piedmont DOCG wines

Alta Langa DOCG

Asti DOCG

Barbaresco DOCG

Barbera d’Asti DOCG

Barbera del Monferrato Superiore DOCG

Barolo DOCG

Brachetto d’Acqui / Acqui DOCG

Dogliani DOCG

Dolcetto di Diano d’Alba / Diano d’Alba DOCG

Dolcetto di Ovada Superiore / Ovada DOCG

Erbaluce di Caluso / Caluso DOCG

Gattinara DOCG

Gavi / Cortese di Gavi DOCG

Ghemme DOCG

Nizza DOCG

Ruchè di Castagnole Monferrato DOCG

Terre Alfieri DOCG

Piedmont DOC wines

Alba DOC

Albugnano DOC

Barbera d’Alba DOC

Barbera del Monferrato DOC

Boca DOC

Bramaterra DOC

Calosso DOC

Canavese DOC

Carema DOC

Cisterna d’Asti DOC

Colli Tortonesi DOC

Collina Torinese DOC

Colline Novaresi DOC

Colline Saluzzesi DOC

Cortese dell’Alto Monferrato DOC

Coste della Sesia DOC

Dolcetto d’Acqui DOC

Dolcetto d’Alba DOC

Dolcetto d’Asti DOC

Dolcetto di Ovada DOC

Fara DOC

Freisa d’Asti DOC

Freisa di Chieri DOC

Gabiano DOC

Grignolino d’Asti DOC

Grignolino del Monferrato Casalese DOC

Langhe DOC

Lessona DOC

Loazzolo DOC

Malvasia di Casorzo d’Asti / Malvasia di Casorzo / Casorzo DOC

Malvasia di Castelnuovo Don Bosco DOC

Monferrato DOC

Nebbiolo d’Alba DOC

Piemonte DOC

Pinerolese DOC

Roero DOCG

Rubino di Cantavenna DOC

Sizzano DOC

Strevi DOC

Valli Ossolane DOC

Valsusa DOC

Verduno Pelaverga / Verduno DOC

Piedmont IGT/IGP wines

There are no IGT/IGP wines in Piedmont.