Vineyard Walk & Wine Tasting in Cocconato d'Asti — From Vine to Glass

Walk the Vallìa Barbera d’Asti vineyard & taste 3 organic wines

In the Monferrato hills of Cocconato d’Asti, this 1h45 experience traces the full arc from vine to glass. The walk moves through the rows of the Vallìa Barbera d’Asti vineyard — one of the estate’s most emblematic organic plots — along panoramic balconies with views over the Piedmont landscape and scenic trails that reveal the vineyard from the inside. The guide explains the principles of organic Piedmontese viticulture: soil management, biodiversity, and the role of the Cocconato terroir in shaping the character of the wines. The experience ends with 3 wines — guests choose guided or self-selected tasting — plus a Bicerìn of the estate’s handcrafted Vermouth, accompanied by local Cocconato products. Shaun Mason described “a wide range of excellent white and red wines” and called the views from this high point in Cocconato “worth it alone.” Available in English, Italian, Spanish, and French.

Itinerary

• Arrival at the estate in Cocconato d’Asti. Welcome and introduction to the Vallìa vineyard, the estate’s organic philosophy, and the walk ahead.
• Vineyard walk — enter the rows of the Vallìa Barbera d’Asti vineyard. The guide explains how organic viticulture works in practice: soil health, biodiversity between the rows, and why the Cocconato hillside produces grapes of a distinctive character.
• Panoramic balconies — walk along the vineyard balconies with views over the Monferrato hills. The guide explains how aspect, altitude, and the microclimate of this specific plot shape the Barbera grape.
• Scenic trails — move through the vineyard trails that connect the different sections of the Vallìa plot. The guide explains the first steps of the winemaking journey — from harvest to cellar.
• Wine tasting — guests choose between a guided tasting (with the guide presenting each wine with tasting notes and context) or a personal selection of 3 wines from the estate range. The Bicerìn of handcrafted Vermouth accompanies the tasting.
• Local products — Cocconato delicacies are served alongside the wines.
• Departure — total experience approximately 1 hour 45 minutes.

What is included

• Guided walk through the Vallìa Barbera d’Asti vineyard rows
• Panoramic balconies and scenic vineyard trails
• Introduction to organic Piedmontese viticulture
• Guided tasting or personal selection of 3 estate wines
• Bicerìn of handcrafted Vermouth
• Local Cocconato products pairing
• Available in English, Italian, Spanish, and French

Highlights

Start in the Vineyard — The Part of Winemaking Most Tours Skip
Most wine experiences start at the tasting table. This one starts in the vineyard rows — in the specific plot where the Barbera d’Asti grapes that end up in the glass are grown. Walking through the Vallìa vineyard with a guide who understands organic viticulture puts every wine you taste afterwards in a completely different context. You understand the soil, the exposure, the altitude, and the decisions that shape what is in your glass.

The Vallìa Vineyard — Organic Barbera d’Asti on a Panoramic Hillside
The Vallìa is not just a field of vines. It is an organic plot at one of the highest points in Cocconato, managed without synthetic chemicals and with active biodiversity between the rows. The panoramic balconies along the walk offer views over the Monferrato hills that Shaun Mason described as “worth it alone for the super view from this high spot in Cocconato.” The vineyard itself is as much a part of the experience as the wines it produces.

Guided or Self-Selected — You Choose Your Tasting
This is the only experience at this estate that gives guests the option to choose their own wines rather than follow a guided selection. Guests who want expert guidance can follow the tasting led by the guide. Those who want to explore independently can select their own 3 bottles from the range. The Bicerìn of handcrafted Vermouth accompanies both formats — the estate’s own botanical creation that opens every experience with the flavours of Cocconato.

The Bicerìn of Vermouth — A Detail That Belongs Only Here
A Bicerìn is a traditional Piedmontese serving — a small glass, a generous pour, a moment of deliberate pleasure. The estate’s handcrafted Vermouth, made from local botanicals, arrives in this format at the end of the vineyard walk and the start of the tasting. It is a transition between the land and the glass — and one of the most distinctively Piedmontese details of the entire experience.

Organic Viticulture Explained From the Inside
The Monferrato hills are home to some of Italy’s most progressive organic wine producers — farms that have rejected industrial viticulture in favour of methods that protect the soil, encourage biodiversity, and produce wines of genuine terroir expression. This walk is the most direct way to understand what organic viticulture actually means in practice — not as a marketing label, but as a set of daily decisions visible in the vineyard rows around you.

Meeting point

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