Piemonte WINE Tours

A place with historical significance: Castello di Grinzane Cavour (Barolo region, Piemonte). In this castle lived Count Cavour: he was the founder of the Kingdom of Italy in 1861 and Italy's first minister president. He was also the first producer of the Barolo wine in its present form. He had invited the enologue Staglieno to improve the wine. Later the French enologue Oudart came to the project and improved the fermentation techniques and added small quantities of Neirani (a local grape now abandoned) to Nebbiolo: this way the famous Barolo wine was born. In that period Marquise Colbert, living in the Castle of Barolo, had big properties in the area and she started to work with Oudart. This way the new wine 'Barolo' became known at the court of the King of Italy in Turin.
Inside the castle is the enoteca and a very interesting museum that shows this history.