L'Osteria del Vignaiolo — Restaurant in La Morra

This isn't a place full of bells and whistles, but a reliable address for anyone looking for traditional Langhe cooking without the top prices or the crowds of some of the better-known starred places nearby. The menu leans heavily on Piedmontese classics: vitello tonnato, knife-cut raw beef fillet (carne cruda), agnolotti del plin, taglierini with sausage ragù, gnocchi with Castelmagno or Raschera cheese, and stracotto (braised beef) in Nebbiolo. The wine list has more than 300 labels, with Piedmont (and especially La Morra itself, almost complete) naturally in the foreground, but also with excursions to Alto Adige, Friuli-Venezia Giulia, Austria and Germany: a surprisingly broad selection for an osteria of this kind, with many available by the glass.