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In Piedmont, enclosed between the provinces of Alessandria, Asti and Cuneo (Alba), there are these three territories which in 2014 became a UNESCO World Heritage Site.

Spectacular landscapes, which hide many other surprises, such as wine, white truffles and hazelnuts.

If you are thinking of visiting these places, you can choose between different times, depending on your area of interest.

If you are into food and wine, the best time is certainly between mid-September and the end of October. Period of harvest and village festivals where you can taste the specialties that this land can offer.

But let’s focus on the wines, whose names have certainly been heard before: Barolo, Barbaresco, Nebbiolo, Barbera, Dolcetto, Grignolino, Ruchè, just to name a few.

Reds with character, robust, suitable for meats and the intense flavors of the recipes born here and now available in many parts of the world.

In this region, even among the whites there are excellent wines: Roero-Arneis, Gavi, Cortese and, to accompany desserts Moscato, or Asti Spumante as an aperitif.

If, on the other hand, you like landscapes and walks, from May to September, the Piedmontese summer will welcome you with cycle paths that connect the different villages and castles that dominate them.

For more information on the area and on the tourist routes, you can visit the website https://www.visitlmr.it/en

In the South of Italy, stretching towards Sicily, there is Calabria.
A “peninsula” in the Italian peninsula full of treasures: historical, enogastronomical, artistical and touristic.

The territory, rugged and mountainous, is surrounded by a wonderful and crystalline sea, sometimes with sandy or pebbly beaches or dotted with rocks that create unforgettable landscapes.

For example known tourist resorts, such as Tropea, Scilla or Gambarie (here you can ski in winter with the Stretto di Messina on the horizon), or less known but equally full of magic such as Pizzo Calabro, Diamante, Praia a mare, Capo Vaticano form part of the turistic attraction.

Talking about history in Calabria brings to mind the Riace Bronzes, but there are many features that reveal treasures of the glorious past of this magnificent land where the ancient Greeks founded Magna Graecia.

For lovers of the subject it is worth remembering that there are 9 archaeological parks here.

Like all regions of Italy, Calabria also offers an impressive amount of recipes that seem designed to envelop and daze with flavors and aromas those who approach them.

A land of sheep and goat farming that offers cheeses and ricottas that are impossible to describe, but need to be tasted to fully appreciate the peculiar characteristics given to them by this territory.

Cured meats also offer a panorama full of sensations: Capicollo steccato, ‘Nduja, Soppressata… to name the most popular of a long list.

In the past few years, Calabrian wines have also begun to be recognized and have earned the IGT and DOC certification. Unfortunately, to date, it is not easy to have them available in Costa Rica, although many of our guests have already tried Sambuca alla Liquerizia, a digestive liqueur specific of this region.

It is practically impossible to list all the typical dishes of this marvellous region which has in vegetables and chilli pepper the bases on which to develop an infinite panorama of flavours, without forgetting the meats, especially sheep, and fish.

Pasta ‘ca moddica, stuffed squid, stuffed aubergines, scialatielli with nduja, caramelized Tropea onions… just to name a few.

At the Ristorante Italiano @DolceUvita you can savor some of the Calabrian flavors that we have reproduced in our kitchen.

New on the menu our “Pasta with Calabrian soppressata” and soon new entries such as “stuffed aubergines”, the “Polpette di Melanzane” and the “mollicati peppers” as well as the “stuffed squid”.

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Roero, Monferrato, Langhe

Calabria, colors & flavours