Barolo

This small Langhe town lends its name to the Nebbiolo red known as the king of wines, and it is built for tasting: wine shops around the castle pour aged bottles, and famous crus such as Cannubi lie just outside. Barolo sits on a spur ringed by an amphitheatre of hills, beneath the castle of the Falletti, the banking family who held it from 1250.

Highlights

• Castello Falletti, with panoramic views and the WiMu wine museum on five floors
• Barolo wine, tasted in the Enoteca Regionale in the castle cellars
• The multicoloured Chapel of Barolo by Sol LeWitt and David Tremlett, from 1999
• The Cannubi cru on the south-facing slope by the road from Alba
• A museum devoted entirely to corkscrews

Summary based on Wikipedia and Wikivoyage (CC BY-SA), written with AI assistance.