Maybe it's a good thing that we missed truffle season in Alba, Italy.
At 300 euro ($400 aud) a gram the rare white truffles of Piedmonte smell good enough to convince you that it is worth the money.
The few small (and affordable!) souvenirs we bought will probably stink out our luggage but no matter, they smell fantastic!
Today the whole old town was a street market with everything Italian for the home and day to day life. It made for a very authentic first taste of Italian life.
Visited the twin wine areas surrounding Alba today: Barolo and Barbaresco.
The patchwork design of vineyards on the 'tongues' (hillsides) created by seismic shift are beautiful to look at and provide an easy to appreciate example of the importance of 'terroir'.
The best sites for the Nebbiolo grape face south west to make the most of sunlight. Without this selective positioning the grapes would not ripen properly. We do not have this problem in Australia! A little over a month ago the vineyards were covered in a metre of snow.
Truffle (and Parma ham) gurus Rita and Fabrizio/ Rach with the fashion police/ The old cellars at Fontanafreda in Barolo.
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