Cellar tasting with Cabiale Roberto

Call ahead — the number's on the site — and Roberto pours you through the range in a working cellar rather than a staged tour. It's Barbera country: a straightforward Barbera d'Asti and Il Boschetto, the barrique-aged DOCG Superiore, alongside a Grignolino that tends to change minds and Prima Luce, a Martinotti-method brut for anyone who opens a bottle before lunch. Something to nibble usually comes alongside, and there are a couple of restored guest rooms upstairs if the view over the vines keeps you a second night. Come to taste and buy; the regulars leave with a case.

Run by Azienda Agricola Cabiale Roberto