Valpolicella is a DOC wine zone in the Verona hills, northwest of the city, producing a family of red wines that range from a light everyday wine to one of Italy’s most concentrated DOCG reds. The wines are made primarily from three native grape varieties — Corvina Veronese, Corvinone, and Rondinella — grown on terraced […]
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Soave is a small walled town 23 km east of Verona in the Veneto, surrounded by hillside vineyards producing one of Italy’s most widely exported white wines. The medieval walls and castle are remarkably intact; the town is compact and easy to cover on foot. Combining a cellar visit with a walk around the historic
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Verona province produces three protected food and wine products that are each worth making a specific detour for: Amarone della Valpolicella, one of Italy’s most powerful and complex red wines; extra virgin olive oil Garda DOP, produced from groves along the northern shore of Lake Garda; and Monte Veronese DOP, a mountain cheese from the
Amarone, Garda Olive Oil, and Monte Veronese: Verona’s Food and Wine Guide Read Post »
The intense flavour of Monte Veronese DOP This fabulous cheese is produced in the northernmost part of the Verona province since medieval times, when the Lessinia valley was occupied by the Germanic tribe of Cimbrians. Other say that its production was introduced in this area by immigrants from Lombardy. The hilly region of Lessinia is
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Soave is a small medieval town about 25 km east of Verona, on the edge of the Lessini hills where the Veneto plain meets the first volcanic ridges. Its wine — a dry white from Garganega — was one of Italy’s most exported in the 1970s and 80s, then suffered from overproduction on the flat plains
Soave Wine: Classico, Superiore and Where to Taste Near Verona Read Post »
Italy’s ski resorts are better paired with food than those of most Alpine countries — partly because the mountains run through regions with some of the strongest culinary traditions in Europe, and partly because the Italian resort culture has always treated the lunch stop as seriously as the skiing. The three areas below are the
Skiing and Eating in the Italian Alps: Madonna di Campiglio, Bormio and Cortina Read Post »