What grows here
Dusino San Michele
19 protected denominations overlap in this municipality.
Dusino San Michele, an Asti hillside village of just over a thousand residents, sits at the geological crossroads where the clayey Pianalto plateau meets the Monferrato slopes. This specific terrain allows the municipality to nurture 19 protected denominations. Most notably, its historic clay ponds harbor the Tinca Gobba Dorata del Pianalto di Poirino DOP, a golden humpbacked tench farmed across a restricted zone of just 23 municipalities. On the surrounding ridges, the same clay-rich soils yield the distinctive Freisa d'Asti DOC, proving how this small Piedmontese outpost bridges the culinary worlds of freshwater aquaculture and celebrated viticulture.
Municipality
Born on this land
DOCGBarbera d'AstiDOCBarbera del MonferratoDOCGBarbera del Monferrato SuperioreIGBrandy italianoDOPCrudo di CuneoDOCFreisa d'AstiIGGénépi des AlpesDOPGrana PadanoIGGrappaIGGrappa di BaroloIGGrappa piemonteseDOCMonferratoIGPMortadella BolognaDOCPiemonteIGPSalame CremonaIGPSalame PiemonteDOPSalamini italiani alla cacciatoraDOPTinca Gobba Dorata del Pianalto di PoirinoIGPVitelloni Piemontesi della Coscia