“I came to Piemonte to work one grape harvest. That was over 20 years ago…”
Welcome to PiemonteMio!
PiemonteMio is a site dedicated to life here in Piemonte. My Piemonte – Piemonte Mio – is all about the wine: some of the finest in the world. But, in addition to owning my micro-negociant, Byrne Vini, I also offer food & wine tours.
I can help you to discover the best of the Langhe, Roero and Monferrato in this jewel of north-western Italy. And it’s not only food & wine, for Piemonte has architecture, sports, scenery, design & history as great as any in the country.
So what are you waiting for? Come with PiemonteMio for the experience of a lifetime!
Discover My Piemonte
I have information on how to get here, and what to see and do when you arrive, so that you can experience the Piemonte that the locals know.
Food & wine are what most visitors to the Langhe, Roero and Monferrato come for, but Piemonte has much more to offer than just that: from Olympic ski and winter sports resorts, through wonderful Alpine hiking, to Italy’s first capital city, Turin – home to some of the best museums, art, architecture, and the best automotive design in the world. To say nothing of the café culture and fashion shopping…
Wine & Food Tours
“We had an incredible day with Evan in Barolo country!…world class at every step and a ton of fun.”
Dan Styf
Nowhere in Italy can offer as much as Piemonte when it comes to what’s on your plate and in your glass. The wines are the most interesting in the land and the cuisine, courtesy of the Savoyard Empire, is a sublime blend of French and Italian.
The glories of Italian regional larders are overwhelmingly to be found in small, family-owned producers, and Piemonte is no exception. People making authentic wines or foods deeply rooted in the area, and restaurants making traditional dishes from locally-sourced ingredients.
The wines are easily accessible, the food wonderfully seasonal and crowned with the glorious White Truffle.
To visit the places the locals go, you need someone here; someone who lives and breathes the region: someone who will show you places others don’t know about. Someone like me…
Click on the link to find out how you can discover the best of the Langhe, Roero and Monferrato.
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Life in lockdown: Part 2
Once again we have had several days of slowing in the rate of fatalities. The past two days have been under 5%, and both the number of people hospitalised and those in ICU beds has fallen for two days in a row. The measures taken are working, but people...
Life in lockdown
Given that my last post (oh dear, bad choice of words) wasn’t especially jolly – though I think I did put in at least an element of hope – I have written a more upbeat one here. It’s a couple of weeks further down the road from when I scared myself by reading...
A personal lockdown experience
This is quite a personal post, about life here under lockdown, pretty much entirely from my perspective. I started writing it when I read British newspapers about the situation in Italy, and thought that what went through my mind might go through other people’s...
Barbaresco, Barolo, Roero, Langhe & Monferrato Producers page updated…
Ciao Tutti, Hope is all well in your world, wherever and whatever that is. This is the briefest of posts to say that I have been working tirelessly for some minutes this week in order to update the Producers page on PiemonteMio. This is now done - for now, of...
Touring Piemonte / Piedmont – Barbera, Barbaresco, Barolo & Beyond…
Welcome to my first post on PiemonteMio - my revamp of Darryl's great blog about life here in Piemonte (Piedmont): I hope you like this post and the site generally! Let me know if you have any suggestions for content, places to visit, eat, drink, stay... If...
Wine Tours with Evan Byrne
After a difficult 2019 in which I turned 70, lost some mates and family, and endured treatment/surgery for cancer, I have decided to give up blogging about Paradise. However the name piemontemio.com is too good to waste so I am passing it on to a good friend to use...
HOW TO GET TO THE LANGHE
So you have seen and – I hope – read about the Langhe, Roero and Monferrato. Now you need to get here…
By Plane
There are major international airports serving Piemonte in Turin and Milan, as well as smaller ones in Cuneo and Genoa.
Nice is only a couple of hours away, and Geneva is convenient for many of the ski resorts.
By Train
To visit the Langhe, Roero and Monferrato by rail, you’ll need a train to Alba or Asti. Alba is served from Turin, Asti from Turin, Milan and Genoa.
Turin has a new direct sevice with Trenitalia from Paris, in addition to the Paris – Turin service offered by SNCF in France.
By Road
All roads may lead to Rome, but why not take the ones via Piemonte wine country on the way…?
The Langhe, Roero and Monferrato are very well served from Turin, Milan, Genoa and Nice.
Contact Us
If you would like more information or have any queries, contact us on: evan@piemontemio.com