Cinque Terre Italy

Cinque Terre specialties, you don't have to miss:

Trofie or trenette al Pesto: pasta with the typical famous ligurian sauce "Pesto" (Pesto receipt).

Pansotti con salsa di noci: pasta filled with ricotta (a soft white italian cheese), borage flower and herbs with a sauce made of walnuts, bread, garlic, marjoram, olive oil and cream.

Focaccia: this is something you have to taste, simply go to a "panificio" (bread store) or "focacceria" and order one slice with "cipolle" (onions) or "formaggio" (cheese). You'll love it!

Farinata: a baked flatbread with chickpea flour typically cooked in a wood-burning oven. It's a perfect afternoon snack.

Acciughe: Anchovies in different styles; salted, fried, marinated, stuffed or tossed - served with vegetables or pasta. Prepared in the Levanto lab (Fattore) are then sold in Monterosso. Monterosso each year has two anchovy festival, salted anchovies festival mid September and fried in mid June.

The salted anchovy festival in mid September and the fried anchovy festival in mid June.

And....what about drinks?

Cinque Terre wines

Vino Cinque Terre

Wine: Cinque Terre
Type: white wine
Grapes: Bosco 60%, Albarola 25% and Vermentino 15%.
Alcohol content: 12,5%
No. of bottles production: 150.000
Color: pale yellow, more or less intense.
Profume:good intensity and persistence, fragrant and floral, with aromas of broom and limoncelle
Taste: Clean, distinctive, pleasant.
Good with: sea food, from starter to second courses. Salted anchovies, anchovy stuffed breaded and fried, pies, cakes Ligurian pasta with shellfish, seafood risotto, seafood noble fish in the oven (turbot, sea bass, sea bream, St. Peter).
Description: Il Vino Cinque Terre è un vino DOC (Di Origine Controllata) la cui produzione è consentita esclusivamente nell'omonimo territorio della provincia della Spezia. Si produce con i vitigni Bosco, Albarola e Vermentino.

 

vino-sciachetra

Wine: Schiachetrà (also called Schiacchetrà)
Type: fortified wine, sweet white wine
Grapes: Bosco 80%, Albarola 15% and Vermentino 5%.
Alcohol content: 14,5%
No. of bottles production: 6000
Color:
Profume:
Taste: from sweet to nearly dry
Good with: good with spicy cheese, cakes like "pandolce genovese"
Description: è un vino pregiato passito DOC (Di Origine Controllata), dolce e liquoroso prodotto nelle Cinque Terre. Lo sciachetrà viene prodotto con le qualità d'uva Bosco (60%), Albarola e Vermentino (40%). Si tende comunque a preferire l'uva Bosco in quanto la buccia degli acini è più resistente e quindi si presta meglio all'appassimento senza rompersi.

Indicative price: 35,00 Euro / bottle

 

vino-costa-de-campu

Wine: Cinque Terre COSTA DE CAMPU DOC
Type: white wine
Grapes: Bosco 60%, Albarola 25% and Vermentino 15%.
Alcohol content: 12,5%
No. of bottles production:  7.200
Color: pale yellow, lievi riflessi dorati
Profume: Ample and persistent. Flowers and herbs
Taste: Sweet but not cloying. Savory and soft.
Good with: Excellent with seafood dishes, particularly those typical of Ligurian cuisine, it also goes well with pasta dishes based on pasta.
Serve at: 10-12 degrees celsius
Description: Il vino delle Cinque Terre COSTA DE CAMPO DOC (Di Origine Controllata) è un bianco secco composto da vitigni di Bosco (60%), Vermentino (25%) e Albarola(15%).
Indicative price: 12,50 Euros / bottle

 

vino-costa-de-sera

Wine: Cinque Terre COSTA DE SERA DOC
Type: dry white wine
Grapes: Bosco 65%, Albarola 20% and Vermentino 15%.
Alcohol content: 12,8%
No. of bottles production:  4.200
Color: pale yellow, golden hues
Profume: smell of freshly cut grass field
Taste: balanced, fruity and soft
Good with: Excellent with seafood dishes, typical Ligurian cuisine. Pasta dishes.
Conservation: It's not a wine for aging. Drink it within 2-3 years. The bottles should be laid horizontally in a cool cellar, dark and damp.
Serve at: 10-12 degrees celsius
Description: Il vino delle Cinque Terre COSTA DE CAMPO DOC (Di Origine Controllata) è un bianco secco composto da vitigni di Bosco (60%), Vermentino (25%) e Albarola(15%).
Indicative price: 12,50 Euros / bottle