Few topics have polarized locals in the Langhe as the recent construction of Il Boscareto, a new luxury hotel in Serralunga. This ambitious project was vociferously protested by many, who dubbed the huge building an “eco-disaster.” Take it from someone who has visited Piedmont regularly for over a dozen years, the region has long needed a full-service, high-end hotel near the vineyards of Barolo and Barbaresco, of which there is now exactly one.