Roberto Sarotto — Wine bar in Alba

Right on the Piazza Michele Ferrero, the bustling heart of Alba, the truffle and wine capital of the Langhe, is this elegant wine bar of the cantina of the same name in Neviglie. The Sarotto family has made wine in the Langhe for more than a hundred years and now has more than 90 hectares spread over the most prestigious production areas of Piedmont: Neviglie, Barolo, Novello, Neive and Mango, plus a Cortese cellar in Gavi. The bar in Alba is the estate's calling card, a place where the house wines are literally presented on the town square. Only their own wines, also by the glass: Dolcetto d'Alba, Barbera d'Alba, Nebbiolo, Barbaresco and Barolo, plus the fresh, accessible ILO range (low alcohol, white and rosé). The top wines are the Gaia Principe Barbaresco and the Chardonnay Puro. With every order you automatically get a plate of antipasti and grissini, a Piedmontese custom taken seriously here. Prices are strikingly reasonable for the quality and location.