Buronzo castle is a crucial point in Eastern Piedmont for accessing the extraordinary area of Baraggia, the highlands at the foot of the mountains, where rice fields, forests and moors form a unique environment. Unlike other areas of the Po Valley, it can cater to visitors with a passion for art and traditions, as well as tourists looking for gastronomic delights or opportunities for hiking. Here we can tell you that rice is a product of Cultivation and Culture, the result of exchanges and clashes between different cultures and worlds, in extreme rice-growing lands. No DOP rice is planted, nurtured, harvested and processed further north anywhere across the planet. Is it crazy to grow rice in clay soil, with little water, at the foot of the mountains? No, it’s a challenge, a challenge that has been overcome thanks to the sweat and the stubbornness of generations of pioneers. And we in Buronzo can tell this story…