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Leave Asti along the old Corso Savona street and cross the bridge over the Tanaro which will take you into the South Astigiano area, where Barbera and Moscato wines are produced and which were once the only routes inland for all the produce of the Ligurian sea board - olive oil, salt, spices and silks - bringing with them riches and trails of brigands. For two centuries (from 12th to 14th), Asti was one of the richest European cities with its ‘Lombard Banks’ as the Asti credit associations were known in the rest of Europe during the Middle Ages.