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Spigno Monferrato
AGRONATURA
AGRONATURA, ABOUT US Cooperativa Agronatura was set up in 1986 and grows medicinal plants following Biological and Biodynamic Farming methods. The latter is based on the principles of philosopher and esotericist Rudolf Steiner …
Casasco
AZ. AGR. IL POGGIO DEL NONNO
In the Curone Valley, medicinal herbs are grown organically and marketed in leaves, flowers and seeds for herbal therapy. A mountain community project of 2004 has led to the recovery of some uncultivated lands. The original …
Fraconalto
AZ. AGR. LA SERETA
Barbara Coscia and Roberto Pisani have created an authentic agritourism where, on reservation, one can eat and overnight in this beautiful valley immersed in the forests between Liguria and Piedmont. From the fields there …
Spigno Monferrato
AZ. AGR. SERINA
Cherasco snails are an asset, to the point which an Elicicoltura Institutel arose, promoted by the National Association of the same name. Adriana Pucci attended the institute to translate his passion into a business, which …
Mirabello Monferrato
AZIENDA AGRICOLA DELLA VALLE
In Mirabello Monferrato, Fabrizio Aggeri has bred Helix Aspersa snails (about 35,000 snails per year) since 2008. His laboratory is located in a beautifully renovated farmhouse from which many products, including snails …
Cavatore
Cascina Cantau
The farm is nestled in the hills of Acqui, at the foot of the Apennines. The history of the Cascina Cantau farm dates to the early 20th century and continues in the footsteps of the grandparents’ experience, which has …
Villamiroglio
IL FILO DI ARIANNA
Silvia and Davide Cassina dedicate themselves to organic agriculture on their family farm. They select the best raw materials, the basis for many preparations; jams of apricot and of Ramassin plums, nectar of elderberry …
Vignale Monferrato
MONGETTO CONFETTURE & CONSERVE
The merit goes to the Santopietro brothers who have been among the first to recover the ancient recipes of Piedmont, using local and selected raw materials, and produce a range of unbeatable delicacies. Such as the grape …
Sale
SAPORE DI CAMPAGNA
FRUIT AND VEGETABLES IN A JAR. Fruit and vegetables are good in their natural state but they can be the basis for many delicacies. Ilaria Cola, in her farm of Sale, includes processing by hand without the use of preservatives. …
Castelnuovo Don Bosco
ACETERIA MERLINO
Aceteria Merlino opens a small-big world to enthusiasts: honey and spicy balsamic musts, blueberry or melon vinegars, honey vinegar with beneficial properties for the metabolism, selected wine vinegars and the Piedmontese …
Incisa Scapaccino
AGRITURISMO LA CA’ RUSA
The original vegetable jams prepared in Incisa Scapaccino are ideal with matured and fresh cheese, as well as with boiled meat and cured meat. The vegetables are chopped and cooked with 15% apple, lemon and sugar to make …
Viarigi
AZ. AGR. CALEGARI MIRELLA
Rustico is a mineral salt and vitamin-rich, thirst-quenching drink, ideal in the kitchen and for children and sportspeople. Mirella Calegari squeezes the destemmed grape but without making it ferment. The juice, certified …
Nizza Monferrato
AZ. AGR. COLLE SAN MICHELE
Rosanna Cancellara Tomasi raises goats, Giant Pied, Burgundy Fawn, and Vienna Blue rabbits, chickens, hens, American hens, guinea fowl, ducks, local turkeys, and quail. But the delicacies branded "Le delizie di Rosanna," …
Mombercelli
AZ. AGR. GAMBINO FRANCESCO
Francesco Gambino produces the Deliziosa, nougat-based cream, combining his milk with the Piedmont hazelnuts. It is accompanied by the hazelnuts with acacia honey, both the crumbly and the soft nougat and the honey, hazelnut …
Mombaruzzo
AZ. AGR. LO SPAVENTAPASSERI
This family-run organic farm grows vines, fruit and vegetables; wild flowers and fruit are picked in the surrounding woods. On the farm, Cristina makes preserves and jams following local traditional recipes: cougnà, bagnet …