Convivium

Antinè is located in the center of Barbaresco, an excellence of Italian viticulture, right next to the headquarters of Cantine Gaja. The restaurant, owned by Chef Manuel Bouchard, is now an attractive "gastronomic bistro" of regional cuisine. The wide staircase with stone slab steps leads you to the restaurant room on the second floor, past a dramatic lamp-sculpture. The setting is minimalist: gray tile floors, clear walls with no pictures, designer hanging lamps, and a few well-spaced tables. A stop at Antinè is always worth a special trip thanks to a cuisine that fully repays expectations. Manuel Bouchard's hand is, yes, hooked on tradition, but it is at the same time modern, thanks to research conducted without exasperations of technique or leaps toward the avant-garde: you will find there a few notes of the Orient, clean, precise and distinguishable flavors, well-thought-out textures and cooking, and a few "divertissements," all accompanied by an uncom...

Le Piemontesine, a hotel and restaurant, is located in Igliano, a tiny village in Alta Langa where the owners' great-grandparents Jérôme and Charlotte lived. The Migottos have returned here from Paris, no less! He has worked his way up there working in some of the most distinguished restaurants, even 3 Michelin stars; she has been in the kitchen and dining room of major French resorts. The Hotel is a new building erected on the ruins of an irretrievable rustic house, respectful of the aesthetic canons of the area, very bright thanks to a multiplicity of arched windows, and well cared for down to the smallest detail. The restaurant is entered from the hotel lobby, which is large, airy and decorated in light hues. The rectangular-plan dining room overlooks the garden, where aperitifs are served when the weather permits. At Piemontesine you will experience the successful meeting of two cuisines, the French one well recognizable for its cooking techniques and the use of some typ...