CIGLIUTI: LANGA FARMER AND WINEMAKER
Barbaresco
One of Italy’s greatest wines
The Nebbiolo grape, used to make Barbaresco, regarded as one of Italy’s greatest wines, grows in the Langhe hills – rough strips of land…
Neive and the Langhe
The hills and the wine
Neive, where the Azienda Agricola Fratelli Cigliuti farm is situated, is a splendid medieval village in the Langhe hills, about 12 kilometres from Alba…
The art of farming
The secret of good wines
Renato Cigliuti is a proper farmer, the genuine article. His face is scored by wrinkles from time spent in the sun, his hands are furrowed by labour and his pale eyes…
