Food and Wine

Follow the wine routes in search of refined tastes

There’s more to a holiday than sea or mountains; rows of vines, country roads, places rich in tradition accompanied by fine wine and cuisine. Wine tourism is the new frontier in the Italian tourism sector, helping visitors to learn about the pleasures of regionally characteristic products. A new type of relaxation through the tasting of typical food and wine specialities, where the palate is enchanted by wines, the product of our land. Local Italian aromas and flavours thereby become the leading players in special tours, genuine wine roads which lead those interested on a trip of discovery through the countryside, the custodian of art, culture and history, taking in vineyards and tradition.
On these taste tours, the different regions of Italy retell the history of their land with their typical products, irreplaceable protagonists of our cuisine, and wines with unmistakable flavours which characterise a unique terroir. Fashionable food and wine tourism has become reality over the last few years, a new concept of holidays immersed in nature, a perspective which has aroused the interest of an increasing number of tourists. Thanks to wine and food holidays, the different regions of Italy have seized the opportunity to tell their stories, inviting the traveller to find their treasures.

Specialities & recipes

Specialities & recipes

Specialities & recipes

PAMPEPATO UMBRO

The recipe for the traditional typical Christmas cakes from Terni in the Umbria region, a bittersweet homemade bread to celebrate Christmas.

Specialities & recipes

STRASCINATI ALLA MAMMA

The recipe for this traditional first course from the Basilicata region, when the art of making homemade pasta was passed down from mother to daughter.

Specialities & recipes

TORTÈI DI PATATE

The recipe for a typical starter from the Trentino region, especially the Val di Non that is ideal for Christmas dinner in either the savoury or the sweet version.

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CENCI (rags)

The recipe of the tipical Tuscan dessert to taste in particular at Carnival time.

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RUSTIC SAVOURY TART WITH PISTACHIO AND RICOTTA

The recipe of the most important dessert of Bronte, which reserves to pistachio the main role.

Specialities & recipes

BLACK BREAD FROM CASTELVETRANO

The symbol of the Sicilian tradition, that can not miss on the table of the housewives.

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Wine Routes

Wine Routes

Wine Routes

FRANCIACORTA WINE-ROUTE

Between Mt. Orfano, Mt. Alto and the Oglio and Mella Rivers, in the central and eastern areas of the region of Lombardia, you will find an area with a ‘sparkling’ history: Franciacorta, home to the king of Italian sparkling wines.

Wine Routes

THE WINE ROUTE OF DOC CASTEL DEL MONTE WINES

In search of the taste of Puglia’s certified wines and typical local products, one can experience to the full the many perfumes and flavours of this region by following one of the nine wine routes: the wine route of doc Castel del Monte.

Wine Routes

THE SAGRANTINO ROAD

A tasty, cultural itinerary full of medieval fascination and deep-rooted Umbria spirituality, a trip among genuine flavours irresistible to the palate.

Wine Routes

CHIANTI RUFINA AND POMINO WINE ROAD

The ancient itinerary through the smells of two Chianti districts.

Wine Routes

THE ETNA WINE ROAD

An itinerary in the heart of the warm Sicily, between scent and taste.

Wine Routes

CHIANTI COLLI FIORENTINI WINE ROAD

A journey through one of sixteen districts of Tuscany and through the mild hills around Florence offering a great wine tradition.

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Wines

Wines

Wines

LAMBRUSCO, SPARKLING PASSION OF THE REGION OF EMILIA

The secrets and the qualities of the well-loved and internationally renowned red wine, protagonist of the lyrics of Italian songs.

Wines

TEROLDEGO, THE PRINCE OF TRENTINO

It is the wine that best personifies the character, the generosity and the quality of the region of Trentino, in particular the area of Mezzolombardo where the vine matures to its best to give life to a ruby red wine with a dry, full flavour.

Wines

THE ELEGANCE OF CHIANTI CLASSICO

The precious and famous red wine from the Chianti area, Chianti Classico, a wine distinguished not only by its elegance but also by its unmistakable aroma of violets, comes from the protected area designated with the symbol of the black cock.

Wines

THE SWEET PERFUME OF MALVASIA

The fruit of grapes left to wither in the heat of the sun in the Lipari islands, Malvasia is a dessert wine which is known and admired at international level and has been appreciated by gourmets since ancient times.

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