Vitae di Langa

Twelve rooms in the Barolo wine belt, Vitae di Langa occupies a farmhouse on Via Guido Cane above the Langhe vineyard slopes that produce some of Piedmont's most scrutinised Nebbiolo. The open-air bath and sun deck face rows of vines rather than a car park.

The kitchen runs themed dinners tied to the seasonal harvest calendar, and cooking classes let guests work with local ingredients before sitting down to eat. Walking tours depart from the property into the Barolo cru system — a rarer offering than standard wine tastings.

The village of Barolo is walkable from the address; Alba, the regional hub for truffle markets and the Slow Food movement's heartland, sits roughly 15 kilometres north by the shuttle the property operates.