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WINE GROWERS<br />

This small family winery, situated in the hills near Turin on a late-19th- century farm, recently celebrated its seventieth birthday. Francesco Bal-<br />

biano and his son Luca, who manage the business, still use their four-hectare<br />

family vineyards and buy in grapes from trusted growers. Besides Freisa di<br />

Chieri, produced fizzy and still, we recommend the Riserva Barbarossa, a Fre-<br />

isa aged on wood. The Balbianos never shirk a challenge and have now re-<br />

vived the historic Villa della Regina vineyard after 50 years of abandonment.<br />

In 2009 they bottled their first Vigna della Regina, thereby becoming the first<br />

Italian winery to produce a label from an urban vineyard. A museum adjoining<br />

the winery houses a display of agricultural and viticultural tools and utensils.<br />

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