These are our suggestions for podcast episodes about Piemonte, its wines, and travel advice and inspiration.

On the gently sloping hills of the Alta Langa Astigiana and Basso Monferrato, Piemonte produces about one-third of the world’s total cultivation of a grape that is as globally widespread as it is cultivated: Moscato Bianco.

Your friends and family might know you as that one, the foodie or wine lover who always whips out your cellphone right when everyone else's forks are hovered above their plates. There is nothing wrong with capturing that perfect dish and wine pairing – in fact, we encourage it! Jeff Burrows of Food Wine Click shares four tips on how to make your cellphone shot better.

As Italy is known as the only country in the world with 50 million coaches, we at Wine Pass couldn’t permit ourselves to sit the bench. We took liberties with traditional coaching, however, as soccer is not the most practiced sport in the editing department, and instead had fun exchanging glasses of wine and choosing the right “players” we’d like to bring to our hypothetical National Barolo Cup! 

From utilizing the earth of Barolo to innovative photography techniques, this is wine as art and the five artists who create it. 

Join the international Instagram photo contest from September 19 to October 6, created by Wine Pass in collaboration with Contestgram. Everyone - no matter your nationality or where you take your pictures - can participate and share the memorable moments they've had in company with a good glass of wine.

Greener, better, and more beautiful. The wineries of the Langhe have transformed over time, abandoning their old facades to embrace newer, bolder forms that fold into the surrounding countryside. Here are the newest houses of wine that follow the sinuous tracks of the hills and round off the sharp angles of ancient farmhouses once held by estate owners of another era.

Mariuccia Borio of Cascina Castlet tells the story of the wine labels that, with a good dose imagination and vision, changed the world of wine design.

Wine is a captivating mix of color, aroma, flavor, and a certain, poetic nuance. One intrinsic characteristic that wine is lacking, however, is form. The necessity of conserving intact all the qualities of this precious nectar so that it could be comfortably transported for distribution and commercialization presented a dilemma since the dawn of time for wine producers who needed to give wine a practical, physical dimension. This dilemma resolved, the market and wine’s widespread diffusion have demanded that new questions be answered, that of product communication. The end goal has always been the same: to win the trust and loyalty of the consumer.

To travel the trails in Sarmassa Valley is to undertake a journey through the heart of Asti territory.