Vendemmia in Vigna con i Bambini (Vini Piana)
On three September Sundays, the Piana winery in Mombaruzzo turns the grape harvest into a morning for families — children pick with the growers, then the day carries on among the vines.
Why it's special
A working winery opening its vendemmia to children: little ones cut real bunches alongside the family, the way harvest has always been done in these hills, rather than watching it from behind a rope.
Programme · 2026
Three family harvest Sundays at the Piana winery, during the September vendemmia. Children join the grape-picking in the vineyard with the growers. The morning continues among the vines with the winery family.
- It's out at [Azienda Vitivinicola Piana](/producers/mombaruzzo-azienda-vitivinicola-piana) on the Mombaruzzo hills — book ahead (info@vinipiana.com, 0141 739458), wear closed shoes for the rows, and confirm the day's start time when you reserve.
Harvest in the Monferrato used to be everyone's job, children included, and the Piana winery out on the Mombaruzzo hills keeps that going with three September Sundays built around the kids. Little ones head into the rows with the growers, cut real bunches, and see where the wine actually starts — not a demonstration behind a rope but the working vendemmia, slowed down enough for small hands.
It runs on the Sundays listed above, in the middle of the grape harvest. Book ahead through the winery, put the children in closed shoes for the vineyard, and check the morning's start time when you reserve — the picking follows the fruit, so the hour shifts a little with the season.
The dates here come from the provincial sagre calendar; Vini Piana confirms the day and time when you book.