Guides to Monferrato & the wine country

Honest, local know-how from Heleen & Gert Jan: wine, a weekend plan and how to reach us.

Wine tasting near Nizza Monferrato

Where to taste Barbera and Nizza DOCG: the regional enoteca, the historic houses, family cellars you can cycle to and Canelli's underground cathedrals.

A weekend in Monferrato

A slow Friday-to-Sunday plan: aperitivo by bike, Barbera, grappa in Mombaruzzo, dinner in the villages and Canelli's cellars.

Getting to Cascina Blon

Drive times from Turin, Genoa and Milan, the nearest station and six airports, worked out from our gate.