Castagnole delle Lanze
Castagnole delle Lanze is a municipality (comune) in Piedmont located in the Langhe, a wine-growing area which, together with Roero and Monferrato, forms an internationally recognised cultural landscape. The municipal territory contains the former Confraternita dei Battuti Bianchi, a building that hosts cultural events linked to the promotion of the landscape and of local farm work [1].
The «Terre, lavoro e paesaggio» prize
Castagnole delle Lanze hosts the national «Terre, lavoro e paesaggio» («Land, work and landscape») prize, set up in 2022, which recognises people and organisations that have stood out in caring for the land and promoting the wine-growing landscape. The initiative aims to build, at national level, a bond with Italy's wine-growing areas in order to develop cultural and promotional projects [1].
The 2026 edition is held on Saturday 14 November, at 10.30am, at the former Confraternita dei Battuti Bianchi. Among those honoured by the Istituto Italiano are Stefano Yang, coordinator from Xiamen, China, of the project «La cultura del thè cinese incontra la cultura del vino italiano» («Chinese tea culture meets Italian wine culture»); Enrico Pomatto, an agronomist and member of the scientific committee of the University of Turin's Centro Studi sulla Collina; the Associazione Vinaioli del Castellinando, young producers from Roero; and Sandro Bragoli, owner of a farm in the Province of Genoa [1].
The Centro Studi sul Paesaggio Culturale also honours Lorenzo Abbate, an organiser of musical and cultural events in Castagnole delle Lanze; Davide Marengo, a farmer from Magliano Alfieri; Emanuele Rendo, an agronomist from Rosignano Monferrato; Ester Bordino, a tourism entrepreneur from Treiso; and the «Brevi pendii» farm of Vinchio [1].
The programme also includes a discussion between institutions, producers and experts, with a talk by Professor Giorgio Calabrese on the wholesomeness and quality of agri-food production in the Langhe, Roero and Monferrato areas [1].
Timeline
- — The national «Terre, lavoro e paesaggio» prize, set up in 2022, honours, on Saturday 14 November in Castagnole delle Lanze, people and organisations that have stood out in caring for the land and the wine-growing landscape of Langhe, Roero and Monferrato. → ATnews