Langhe, Monferrato and Roero are a wide band of hills located west of the river Tanaro and in the territory of the provinces of Cuneo and Asti in Piedmont. The area is famous for it‘s wines. it‘s truffles, (especially the white of Alba)it‘s hazelnuts (Tonda di Langa) and for DOC cheeses made from cows‘ and sheeps‘ milk. Numerous discriptions of the Langhe from the first half of the 20th century can be found in the novels of Cesare Pavesi and Beppe Fenoglio.