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Cassinasco
ANTICA CASA FACCIO
Over 150 years of experience and five generations of nougat making are the hallmarks of this Cassinasco-based company in the Alta Langa region. They use only Tonda Gentile delle Langhe hazelnuts (55% of the mixture), pure …
San Paolo Solbrito
APICOLTURA ALBERO DELLA VITA
Massimo and Maria Teresa Caprinteri propose lime, acacia, lavender, sunflower, eucalyptus and citrus fruit honey. Under the Albero della Vita brand, they also market dandelion and orange honey, produced in spring, and honey …
Asti
APICOLTURA CIVAROLO
Riccardo Civarolo is a beekeeper, who practices nomadism so that his bees find the best blooms of each botanical species. He makes 12 monofloral honeys, including tarassaco, rhododendron, eucalyptus and thyme, moving the …
Montaldo Scarampi
APICOLTURA MAINARDI
Black locust is the most widespread tree in the hills of Asti, which has always been dotted with vineyards and hazelnuts. From these plants, Anna Mainardi obtains a radiant honey (winner, in 2007, of the first prize at the …
Castello di Annone
APICOLTURA STRADELLA LORENZO
The Stradella beekeeping company was one of the biggest of Asti in the 1960s. Today, Lorenzo continues the tradition handed down by his great-grandfather Sebastiano and produces typical varieties of the area. The millefiori …
Cunico
APICOLTURA VALLERA
The Vallera organic company, in the full respect of bees and nature, produces seven varieties of honey: acacia, millefiori, wood honeydew, chestnut, lime, rhododendron and dandelion. The lime honey and the rhododendron are …
Mombaldone
AZ. AGR. BARBINICIA
Andrea Raffinetti sells his products with the “Miele delle Langhe” brand (Honey of the Langhe), obtained from the 70 hives located in the suggestive tuff basins of Basso Astigiano. The varieties; are acacia, chestnut, …
Monastero Bormida
AZ. AGR. MARIA PAOLA CERETTI
Maria Paola Cervetti cold processes the whole honey, certified organic, to obtain four varieties: acacia, chestnut, millefiori and wood honey of a dark colour and with a particular aroma. There is no shortage of the delicious …
Asti
AZ. AGR. VALLE SAN PIETRO
Honey is the flagship of this company, the base of a nougat De.Co. from Asti since 2007. Luigi Serra proposes it in a soft and crumbly version using egg white, Piedmontese hazelnuts, vanilla, wafers, a small dose of sugar …