The naturally spectacular scenery of the cultivated land competes with the architecture and design of the buildings that make up the cellar rooms.
The Ceretto family, which has been making wine here for three generations, commissioned Turin architects Luca and Marina Deabate to build a veritable monument to Barolo wine, a glass cube that detaches but at the same time blends seamlessly with the landscape.
Similarly, the Cerettos invited artists David Tremlett and Sol LeWitt to renovate an old deconsecrated chapel, the Brunate Chapel, which was located in one of their vineyards.
The chapel, built in 1914 by local farmers, had fallen into disrepair.
LeWitt and Tremlett transformed it into a bold, luminous triumph of color where greens and reds, blues and yellows celebrate the vitality of the Piedmont countryside.
Visitors to the Ceretto estate can appreciate both these true works of art and taste the wines produced there in two types of guided tours, centered around the main Monsordo winery near Alba.
The first, called Wine and Art, includes a visit to Brunate Chapel, as well as a winery tour and tasting.
The second, called Barolo and Architecture, takes visitors to the Bricco Rocche winery and its glass cube, as well as the Monsordo winery, and includes a tasting.
Ceretto Aziende Vitivinicole
Address: Località S. Cassiano, 34, 12051
Phone: 0173 282582
Site:
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