Nestled in the hills of the Piedmont, Alba is an ancient city with centuries of tradition. It is not a fortified city, like many of those towns in Tuscany where the Florentines and the Sienese were constantly at war. No, Alba has the charm of a cozy village-city without the international flair of those Renaissance capitals.
The people of Alba know their place, they know that tourists with their millions of dollars wouldn"t make a detour to their pleasant little hamlet, but the Albese know something else and take great pride in it.
The greatest and most expensive Italian wines come from the hills that surround Alba. There is Barolo – called the King of Wines, and Barbaresco – the Prince of Wines. But these merely set the standard for the brilliance of Piedmontese viticulture. There are so
