In March of 2007 we spent two nights in the foothills ("Piemonte") of the Italian Alps, where the food is delicious and the wines world-class, where the people are friendly and lacking in the pretentiousness of so many other well-known wine regions of the world.

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We stayed at the Cascina delle Rose, in the tiny hamlet of Tre Stelle, just outside of the village of Barbaresco. Our hostess, Giovanna, produces her own wines: Dolcettos, Barberas and of course one of the world's greatest red wines, Barbaresco.

We ate three wonderful meals:

Trattoria Risorgimento in tiny Treiso, about 4 kms from Barbaresco. (14 viale Remembranza; ph: 0173.63.81.95)

In Alba at the Vincafe (12 via vitt. Emanuele; ph: 0173.36.46.03). http://www.vincafe.com.

In Barbaresco at Ristorante Rabaya (12 via della Stazione; ph: 0173.63.52.23; email: rabaya@tiscalinet.it).