Northern Italy

[Innkeeper]

Vermentino is right now my favorite white after riesling. It is a big, brawny, wine without a trace of oak. I have a recipe posted somewhere around here for a cream and mushroom sauced Italian chicken breast that I created just to go with a Sardinian Vermentino.

Your route sounds doable and exciting. Those four little nebbiolo producing towns are all within a couple of hours of Milan, so day trips are possible. Or you might want to set up in one of them for a night or two, and take them all in on your day on the ground. Too bad, I can't come.