La Dolce Vita Wine Tours

Pedal Piedmont

The Langhe hills: Beautiful, and beautifully graded for smooth climbs
PEDAL PIEDMONT covers 3 regions: Gavi, Asti, and Alba. Here, the medieval fortress of Gavi
Villa Sparina’s Gavi di Gavi white wine
The Alps loom large behind the Langhe hills in the Barolo zone
An antique sign at Renato Ratti’s wine museum
Asti, like Siena, holds an annual palio horserace
Asti is also know for its Asti spumante, Barbera d’Asti, and its hazelnuts
For bikers, the long mountain ridges in Barolo provide scenic (and challenging!) routes
Tiny hilltowns pop up every five miles in Piedmont
Tour leader Claudio Bisio spontaneously lends a hand to a local winemaker
The winemaker’s mother offers Claudio a sweet reward
Bikers stopping to refuel on Italian biscotti in the SAG wagon
A picnic lunch at a scenic ovelook mid-route
The gently rolling hills around Mango, a zone for Moscato d’Asti and hazelnuts
“When’s our cappuccino break?”
Cathedral square in Alba, the red wine capital of the Langhe
The Castle of Barolo, one of many charming wine towns we visit
Hamming it up at the Marchesi di Barolo winery
Darkness falls in Monforte, another Barolo commune
Winemaker Giacomo Conterno is our host at the esteemed Aldo Conterno winery