Hills stretching as far as the eye can see, ancient villages and perched castles, a succession of gentle slopes planted with vines whose rows draw rigorous geometries: these compose the magnificent scenery of the Monferrato, which became a World Heritage Site.
The splendid wine producing areas of Piedmont, with their landscapes shaped by the combined action of nature and man, have become part of the world heritage list.
These lands that extend in a lively play of profiles, moulded by the changing of seasons, represent the exceptional quality of the Piedmontese landscape and of its deep and lively wine culture.
These are areas producing wines of international excellence and quality, such as Asti Spumante, Barbera d'Asti and Malvasia, developing from a rich heritage of know-how and techniques, based on the deep knowledge of the grapes grown here for centuries.
The “Infernot” Monferrato is the area of ​​the Basso Monferrato where you can find the old cellars (Infernot) several meters deep and dug directly into a particular rock similar to volcanic rock (tuff). Although the original owners and builders of these cellars did not have expertise in building nor geology, they were able to create perfect, beautiful works that can be visited to this day.
UNESCO describes this wonderful area as "an exceptional living testimony of the historical tradition of vine cultivation, winemaking processes, and of a social, economic and rural context based on wine culture".
The official motivation for acknowledging the area as a World Heritage Site states, "the vineyards of Monferrato constitute an exceptional example of human interaction with its natural environment".