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Mazzetti d'Altavilla - Distillers since 1846 represents the most historic Distillery of Grappa in the North-West of Italy and one of the oldest ones in Italy. Established almost 200 years ago in the heart of Monferrato, Mazzetti d’Altavilla every year distills fresh pomaces of the most noble Piedmontese vines creating km 0 Grappa. Prestigious are the young and aged Spirits and the Reserves and also the Brandies, Grape Distillates, Liquors, Fruits with Grappa and other typicalities, available in the best Italian stores, at the Grappa Stores of Altavilla Monferrato, Marcallo (Milan) and Milan and in many foreign countries. It's possible to visit the Distillery every day by reservation and there is also a restaurant called "Materia Prima" where it's also possible (by reservation) to taste specialties with special pairings with distillates.

La Raia is a biodynamic estate Demeter certified since 2007, set in the gentle hills of Piedmont Gavi's region and is a unique ecosystem. It consists of 180 hectares of biodynamic vineyards, cereal fields, Fassone cows breading farm, chestnut and acacia woodland. In this exclusive ecosystem a special production of organic honeys. In our winery, built by Martin Rauch with the ancient rammed earth thecnique, we produce three types of Gavi D.O.C.G. and two types of Barbera D.O.C. La Raia is also the seat of Fondazione La Raia - arte cultura e territorio, which houses permanent site- specific artworks of Francesco Jodice, Remo Salvadori, the Korean artist Koo Jeong A, Michael Beutler, Adrien Missika, besides a series of events devoted to the great topic of the landscape. Book your visit also in French and German and come to experience our daily commitment, creating great wines starting from the respect of the environment and our territory.

"il Divisionismo" is a museum space created with the purpose of documenting a period of particular significance for Italian art at the turn of the nineteenth century. It evidences the variety and originality of the pictorial language employed not only by the major protagonists of divisionism, but also by others who voiced expressions of a culture that had been long undervalued. The arrangement of the exhibition centers on the fertile dialogue created by the different masters of a bold technique that succeeded in interpreting the demands of a new century. It includes the socially committed artists of the last decade of the nineteenth century, the tentative essays in symbolism, and also the first experiments by the protagonists of the Futurist revolution, for which the divisionist technique provided the language of modernity. To masterpieces such as A May Morning and The Cut Flower by Giuseppe Pellizza, Piazza Caricamento, The Gulf of Genoa, The Strike, Early Morning in the Workshop, and Olive Trees at Albaro by Plinio Nomellini, I remember when I was a Girl, and Incensum Domino! by Angelo Morbelli, The Sower and Last Pastures by Carlo Fornara, Young Girl Selling Fruit by Emilio Longoni, The Hay Harvest by Giovanni Segantini, The Way to the Calvary and The Adoration of the Magi by Gaetano Previati, When the Little Birds Go to Roost by Vittore Grubicy, must be added other works of considerable originality by less famous artists, like Benvenuto Benvenuti, Galileo Chini, Giuseppe Cominetti, Giovanni Battista Crema, Camillo Innocenti, Giorgio Kienerk, Baldassare Longoni, Guglielmo Amedeo Lori, Serafino Macchiati, Cesare Maggi, Giuseppe Mentessi, Matteo Olivero, Angelo Torchi.