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Relais Tenuta Santa Caterina
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A refined countryside winery retreat growing out of rolling Piedmont hills.
Need To Know
- 6 unique suites.
- Piedmont, Italy.
- Boutique hotel with anonymous winery.
Check in - Check out
- Check in from 14:00
- Check out before 12:00
We Love
- The unique hotel suites, each individually decorated in keeping with the surrounding region, and named for one of the hotel’s wines.
- The stunning Monferrato landscape of rolling valleys of lovingly tended vineyards where wine has been cultivated since the 5th century BC.
- A guided tasting under the expert eye of the very people who lovingly grow and make the wines.
Key Features
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Location
Address
Via Marconi 23 14035 Grazzano Badoglio (AT) Italy
Travel Info
70-90 minute drive from Turin or Milan airports
Nearby Places
Turin Airport
55 km
Mole Antonelliana
49 km
Last Updated: 2025-04-19
Expert Review
Origins
Although in existence since the late seventeenth century, the Tenuta Santa Caterina has only recently assumed its current form. In 2003, when Guido Carlo Alleva, a Milan lawyer with local roots, acquired the estate, he took over a dilapidated house and run down the vineyard. The next ten years saw the painstaking refurbishment of both buildings and vine, which, through Guido and Giulia’s careful attention to both tradition and modernity, returned the estate to its former glory. The Relais was added in 2015 to welcome visitors into the world of the winery as relaxed house guests rather than day-trippers.
Top Secret
Ask to be shown the hotel’s “infernotto”. Meaning finest place in the local dialect, this exquisite underground vault is dug 17 metres down into the Monferrato rock and houses Guido’s enviable private collection of over 5000 Italian wines.
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The Review
People have been cultivating wine in the hills around the Relais di Tenuta Santa Caterina since the 5th century BC, and arriving at this luxurious boutique winery hotel one immediately feels part of this millennia-old tradition.
Housed in a traditional Monferrato home from the seventeenth and eighteenth century, the Relais is perfectly in tune with its ancient surrounding landscapes while also offering tasteful and discrete Mediterranean luxury.
Following a stunning drive through the UNESCO-listed Monferrato hills, one arrives at the Relais and enters a world of tranquillity and tasteful elegance. On arrival, guests are shown to one of the six luxurious suites, each with unique décor and atmosphere and named for one of the winery’s vintages. For a taste of real luxury opt for Setecàpita (a delicious red in wine form), which comes replete with its own private spa.
The naming of the rooms is apt since a stay at the Relais would not be complete without an immersion in the viticulture of this remarkable vineyard and winery, which has been brought lovingly back to life by its new owner Guido Carlo Alleva and his daughter, and property manager, Giulia.
Under the instruction of an expert guide, take a tour of the precisely cultivated vineyards which surround the Relais. Having worked up a thirst in the vines, relax into the cool cellar for a guided tasting of the wonderful wines.
Beyond wine, the hotel has an enviable location with the option of lovely, tranquil walks into the surrounding hills or swimming in the hilltop pool. For the more adventurous, there is the opportunity for golf, horse riding or quad biking. Be sure also to venture out into the surrounding countryside, where one can sample a true taste of Piedmont’s ancient culture and cook away from the tourist trail.
