Wine in Barbaresco, Piedmont

Enoteca Regionale del Barbaresco ★ 4.5

Set inside the deconsecrated San Donato church beside Barbaresco's medieval tower, the regional enoteca represents Barbaresco from 142 producers. Walk-in pours and bottle sales of the appellation.

Produttori del Barbaresco Wine Shop ★ 4.7

The shop of the historic Barbaresco growers' cooperative, beneath the village tower. Sells the cooperative's Barbaresco and single-vineyard Riserva alongside Langhe Nebbiolo, with a short tasting at the counter.

Cascina delle Rose ★ 4.6

Five-and-a-half hectares on the Tre Stelle cru of Barbaresco, farmed organically by the Sobrino brothers. Native-yeast, low-sulfite Nebbiolo of rare perfume and delicacy.

Tip: Visits are by appointment with the family; ask to taste Tre Stelle beside Rio Sordo to read two adjacent crus side by side.

Punset ★ 4.3

Marina Marcarino converted Punset to organic farming in the early 1980s, making it the first certified-organic Barbaresco estate in Italy, with a vegan-friendly, no-animal-products cycle.

Tip: A forerunner of certified-organic Barbaresco; the Basarin cru is the estate's reference bottling.

Cascina delle Rose ★ 4.4

Atop the Tre Stelle cru, the Sobrino brothers farm organically (uncertified), ferment with native yeasts and add sulfites sparingly for a low-intervention, natural Barbaresco.

Tip: Native-yeast Barbaresco made with the lightest hand; ask the family to compare Tre Stelle and Rio Sordo at the cellar.

Punset ★ 4.2

Punset uses no animal-derived products anywhere in its growing or cellar cycle, so its certified-organic Barbaresco, Barbera and Arneis are vegan-friendly throughout the range.

Tip: The whole Punset range is vegan-friendly; the Neh! Langhe Rosso is the easy everyday introduction.