For gourmets, Piedmont means truffles, fondue and game, braised meats and creamy risottos, all accompanied by world-renowned Barolo, Barbaresco and Asti Spumante wines.

Cheese course

• Bra - a hard farmhouse cheese
• Murazzano - a typical robiola cheese: a fresh farmhouse cheese made with cow's milk (60%) and sheep's milk (40%), bearing the name of the village where it's produced
• Toma - a semi-soft farmhouse cow's milk cheese made in the mountains

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Photo: Luxuryweb.com, showing the magnificent white Alba truffle