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Regional tour of Italy through Food and Wine – Aosta Valley

Chapter 16 – Valle d’Aosta Valle d’Aosta is the Italian smallest and least populous region, just one-eighth the size of neighboring Piedmont. It covers a mountainous corner of Italy’s far northwest, where the nation’s borders meet those of France and Switzerland. Despite the region’s small size and minimal fame, a wide range of both redContinue reading “Regional tour of Italy through Food and Wine – Aosta Valley”

Regional Tour of Italy, through Food and Wine – Puglia

Chapter 15th – Puglia and Salento To continue the footwear analogy that we involved last week when talking about Calabria, a symbology which is often used to illustrate Italy’s shape, Puglia runs from the very point of the heel to just below mid-calf height, where the ‘spur’ of the Gargano Peninsula juts out into theContinue reading “Regional Tour of Italy, through Food and Wine – Puglia”

Regional Virtual Tour of Italy through Food and Wine – Calabria

Chapter 14 – Calabria Calabria is a wine region of southern Italy, the “tip of the boot”, a large peninsula jutting out between the Ionian Sea and the Tyrrhenian Sea. It is divided from Sicily by the narrow Strait of Messina. Its northern border with Basilicata is marked by the southern Apennine peaks. For manyContinue reading “Regional Virtual Tour of Italy through Food and Wine – Calabria”

Regional virtual tour of Italy through food and wine – Lazio

Chapter 13th – Lazio, Rome and Castelli Romani Lazio is a region in central Italy and home to the ancient capital city of Rome, considered one of the most beautiful cities in the whole World. Wine wise, the region’s reputation is mainly based on its white wines, the mainstay grape varieties being Trebbiano, Malvasia diContinue reading “Regional virtual tour of Italy through food and wine – Lazio”

Regional virtual tour of Italy through Food and Wine – Le Marche

Chapter 12 – Marche region and Cupramontana Marche (or Le Marche) is a small region on the eastern side of central Italy. It is most associated with white wines from the Trebbiano and Verdicchio grape varieties. Its longer sides are formed by the Apennine Mountains in the west and the Adriatic Sea in the east.Continue reading “Regional virtual tour of Italy through Food and Wine – Le Marche”

Regional tour of Italy, through Food and Wine – Liguria

Chapter 11 – Liguria Raise your hand if you ever dreamed of a glamorous vacation in Portofino, of a romantic boat tour around the famousand charming Cinque Terre villages, while drinking some amazing wines and eating delicious food of all kinds?  The dream can be real, if you have ever visited the beautiful region whichContinue reading “Regional tour of Italy, through Food and Wine – Liguria”

Regional virtual tour of Italy through Food and Wine – Abruzzo

Chapter 10 – Abruzzo In this week’s episode of our regional tour of Italy through food and wine, me and Carlotta decided to explore one of the most powerful sides of our country’s gastronomic heritage: the popular cuisine. That kind of food where recipes are not written in fancy cookbooks but they are verbally passedContinue reading “Regional virtual tour of Italy through Food and Wine – Abruzzo”

Regional virtual tour of Italy, through Food and Wine – Sicily

Chapter 9: Sicily and Marsala region When I do close my eyes and think about Sicily I always get all those images from their beautiful sea landscape, the smell of food coming from the open windows of the small houses that populate the narrow streets in the center of their historical towns.  Marsala is oneContinue reading “Regional virtual tour of Italy, through Food and Wine – Sicily”

Regional virtual tour of Italy through Food and Wine – Romagna

Chapter 8: Emilia -Romagna Emilia-Romagna has without any doubts one of the richest heritage of food and wine between all Italian regions. You can imagine our excitement this week when me and Carlotta decided to talk about this region for our weekly food and wine pairing.  Scroll down to Carlotta’s food story here. Maybe notContinue reading “Regional virtual tour of Italy through Food and Wine – Romagna”