This was written just after the Second World War and the political and economic situation has thankfully moved on, but the vineyard-clad hills, with their characteristic canebreaks and small stone buildings, survive, instantly recognisable from his text.
There are vineyard landscapes elsewhere, of course, but what makes the unending succession of terraced hills in Southern Piedmont unique is their geographic extent.
For all of these reasons, this beautiful wine cultural landscape is under consideration by UNESCO for World Heritage status.
Our cascina and vineyards at Casa della Fontana are situated in the Asti Langhe, on the border between the Monferrato and Langhe hills.
World Heritage Landscape (continued)
These lands form the backdrop to the novel 'The Moon and the Bonfires' by the local writer Cesare Pavese.