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Better known in English as Piedmont, Piemont in Italian means "at the foot of the mountain" which describes the landscape where the vines are grown. This region makes more than 40 officially recognized wines known the world over with most produced on small, family-run estates.

Piedmont wines were introduced to many wine drinkers when Turin - the major city within the region - hosted the 2006 Winter Olympics.

The Nebbiolo is the main grape grown in this Northern Italian region, resulting in rich, hearty reds like Barbaresco, Gattinara and Barolo. Here, also, is where their sparkling white, Asti Spumante, was developed from the Muscato grape by an Italian vintner who trained in France.

For grateful cocktail drinkers everywhere, Piedmont is also where Vermouth got its start but even for non-drinkers on holiday in Italy a Piedmont travel tour usually proves a richly unforgettable experience...

More about Piedmont wineries around the Web:

For the Love of Wine PIEDMONT - Recommendations of wines by winery are the focus of the site. Each is introduced with a few lines of text to give you some background on the vintners and each wine is reviewed with quick tasting notes.

Regione Piemont - Web Online - The official Web site of the Piedmont region of Italy has listing of the wine areas and the wines produced as well as other gastronomy pages and plenty of tourist related information.

Wines - Terre d'Asti - The wines from Asti have had a rough time dealing with the image of cheap, sugary Asti Spumante imitations. This area produces some fine wines and is a great place to visit even if the wines are not your first priority..

The latest from Piemonte - A look at the wines and winemakers in the part of Piedmont, known as the Langhe, showcasing Barolo and Barbareso. Offers a discussion of the wines and prices with a few definitely not low-priced recommendations. Good overview from MSNBC...

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