# Marenco

> Monferrato, Piemonte, Italy. Winery profile from Il Vino Bello (https://ilvinobello.com/wineries/marenco).

- **Region:** Monferrato, Piemonte, Italy
- **Address:** Piazza Vittorio Emanuele II, 18, 15019 Strevi (AL)
- **Coordinates:** 44.6947628, 8.5207074
- **Website:** https://www.marencovini.com/
- **Instagram:** @marencovini
- **Tours:** available
- **Tastings:** available
- **Curated profile:** yes (researched in depth by Il Vino Bello)
- **Last updated:** 2026-09-28

## About

Marenco has been a family estate in Strevi, in Piedmont's Alto Monferrato, since 1925, when Michele Marenco planted his first vines in the Valle Bagnario. His son Giuseppe built the cellar in Strevi's Borgo Alto in 1956, and since the early 2000s the estate has been run by his three granddaughters, Michela, Doretta and Patrizia, with Michela's son Andrea Costa joining in 2014. The family farms 70 hectares across Strevi and the Barbera country around Fontanile and Castel Boglione, near Nizza, growing only indigenous varieties on its own land, several of them organically certified. Moscato and Brachetto from Strevi and Barbera from the Nizza side anchor the range, alongside Carialoso, a rare native white grape the family helped rescue from near extinction, and Albarossa, planted here in 2001 among the first such vineyards in Piedmont. Strevi's white marl soils and closeness to the Ligurian Apennines have long favoured Moscato, while Fontanile and Castel Boglione have been Barbera ground for centuries.

## Visits & tastings

Marenco welcomes visitors to its cellar in Strevi year round, by appointment, for tastings built around Barbera or around Moscato and Brachetto.

**Tastings**
- **Benvenuti in Cantina** · cellar visit, 3 wines · 1 h · €10
- **Sfumature di Barbera** · 5 Barbera-based wines, with cured meats and cheese · 1 h 30 · €20
- **Dolci Sensazioni** · Moscato and Brachetto wines, with cured meats, cheese and sweets · 1 h 30 · €20

**Tours**
- **Benvenuti in Vigna** · vineyard walk and cellar visit, ending with 4 wines · about 2 h · €30

**Food & stay**
- **Pic-nic in the vineyards** · cellar visit, 3 wines, then a picnic at Cascina Valtignosa · €10 to €30, by age
- Apartments at Cascina Valtignosa, among the vines, near Acqui Terme

**Good to know**
- Every day of the year, including Sundays, in Italian or English
- Custom experiences on request: seminars, truffle hunting, pasta lessons

**Contact**
- [+39 0144 363133](tel:+390144363133)
- [dorettamarenco@marencovini.com](mailto:dorettamarenco@marencovini.com)
- Piazza Vittorio Emanuele II, 18, 15019 Strevi (AL)

## Wines (17)

- [Albarossa](https://ilvinobello.com/wines/marenco-albarossa.md): Piemonte DOC Albarossa, Albarossa 100%, Red. A Piemonte DOC Albarossa, a Barbera x Chatus cross first bred to unite the two varieties, from vines Marenco planted on a Strevi hilltop in 2001, among the first Albarossa plantings in Piedmont.
- [Asti](https://ilvinobello.com/wines/marenco-asti.md): Asti DOCG, Moscato Bianco 100%, Sparkling. Marenco's certified organic Asti DOCG, made from estate-grown Moscato Bianco at Strevi with a fine, persistent spuma.
- [Bassina](https://ilvinobello.com/wines/marenco-bassina.md): Barbera d'Asti DOCG, Barbera 100%, Red. An organically certified Barbera d'Asti from Marenco's vineyards in Fontanile and Cassine, aged at least nine months in cement tanks and large barrels.
- [Bollicine](https://ilvinobello.com/wines/marenco-bollicine.md): Spumante Brut, Chardonnay, Cortese, Sparkling. A brut sparkling wine from Chardonnay and Cortese grown at Strevi and Cassine, made with a slow second fermentation and long lees ageing.
- [Brachetto Spumante](https://ilvinobello.com/wines/marenco-brachetto-spumante.md): Brachetto d'Acqui DOCG, Brachetto 100%, Sparkling. A sparkling Brachetto d'Acqui from Marenco's own Brachetto at Strevi, with a fine, persistent perlage from autoclave fermentation.
- [Carialoso](https://ilvinobello.com/wines/marenco-carialoso.md): Monferrato DOC Bianco, Caricalasino 100%, White. A Monferrato DOC white made from Caricalasino, a rare native grape the Marenco family rescued from near extinction, grown in the Carialoso vineyard at Strevi and fermented in small oak barrels.
- [Ciresa](https://ilvinobello.com/wines/marenco-ciresa.md): Barbera d'Asti DOCG Superiore, Barbera 100%, Red. A selective, barrel-aged Barbera d'Asti Superiore from the old vines of the Ciresa vineyard in Strevi, first produced in 1990 and released only in the estate's best years.
- [Ma Mù](https://ilvinobello.com/wines/marenco-ma-mu.md): Moscato Secco, Moscato Bianco, White. A dry Moscato ("Marenco Muscatè"), fermented and aged nine months in small acacia casks, left unfiltered.
- [Marchesa](https://ilvinobello.com/wines/marenco-marchesa.md): Dolcetto d'Acqui DOC, Dolcetto 100%, Red. An organically certified Dolcetto d'Acqui from the Marchesa vineyard in Strevi's Valle Bagnario.
- [Masino](https://ilvinobello.com/wines/marenco-masino.md): Barbera del Monferrato DOC Frizzante, Barbera 100%, Sparkling. A dry, lightly sparkling Barbera from the Lunga Masino vineyard in Cassine, made frizzante with a second fermentation in autoclave.
- [Nizza](https://ilvinobello.com/wines/marenco-nizza.md): Nizza DOCG Riserva, Barbera 100%, Red. A barrel-aged Nizza Riserva from the Zana vineyard in Castelboglione, certified organic, bottled after at least 18 months in oak.
- [Passri' Pineto](https://ilvinobello.com/wines/marenco-passri-pineto.md): Brachetto d'Acqui DOCG Passito, Brachetto 100%, Sweet. A passito Brachetto from the amphitheatre-shaped Pineto vineyard at Strevi, dried on racks and aged two years in old wood.
- [Passri' Scrapona](https://ilvinobello.com/wines/marenco-passri-scrapona.md): Strevi DOC Passito, Moscato Bianco 100%, Sweet. A passito Moscato from Marenco's prized Scrapona cru in Strevi, dried on racks and aged two years in old wood, built for decades of cellaring.
- [Pineto](https://ilvinobello.com/wines/marenco-pineto.md): Brachetto d'Acqui DOCG, Brachetto 100%, Sweet. A sweet, lightly sparkling Brachetto d'Acqui from the amphitheatre-shaped, south-facing Pineto vineyard in Strevi.
- [Scrapona](https://ilvinobello.com/wines/marenco-scrapona.md): Moscato d'Asti DOCG, Moscato Bianco 100%, Sweet. An organically certified Moscato d'Asti from Scrapona, Marenco's oldest and most prized cru in Strevi's Valle Bagnario, replanted in 1996 by massal selection of its own old vines.
- [Strev](https://ilvinobello.com/wines/marenco-strev.md): Moscato d'Asti DOCG, Moscato Bianco 100%, Sweet. A Moscato d'Asti from Marenco's own vineyards at Strevi, light, aromatic and classically sweet.
- [Valtignosa](https://ilvinobello.com/wines/marenco-valtignosa.md): Cortese dell'Alto Monferrato DOC Frizzante, Cortese 100%, Sparkling. A frizzante Cortese from Cascina Valtignosa in Cassine, fermented cold to keep its fresh, floral character.