Visone
Visone ( Piedmontese vison) is a municipality with 1249 (as of 31 December 2012) inhabitants in the province of Alessandria (AL ), Region Piedmont. The neighboring municipalities are Acqui Terme, Grognardo, Morbello, Morsasco, Prasco and Strevi.
Geography
The municipality covers an area of 12 km ².
Specialty
In Visone vines for the Dolcetto d' Acqui, a red wine are grown with DOC status. The berries of the grape varieties Pinot Noir and / or Chardonnay may be processed for sparkling wine Alta Langa. The Muscat grape for the Asti Spumante, a sweet DOCG sparkling wine with a low alcohol content and for still wine Moscato d' Asti is also grown here. From the grape variety of the sweet Brachetto Brachetto d'Acqui sparkling wine is produced. In Visone also vines of Barbera Barbera del Monferrato for a red wine are grown with DOC status.