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Piedmont
Bagna Càuda or Càoda

“salsa calda” in Italian, is a dressing made with garlic, oil, butter and
anchovies that is served hot together with both cooked and raw ve-
getables. It was born in the Middle Ages as a poor dish, which the
farmers prepared to protect themselves from the cold and also for
conviviality because it was a collective dish to be eaten all together,
it was used to gather the family and guests at the table.

Barolo

It is one of the Italian wines that best represents Italian winemaking
excellence in the world. Produced in 11 municipalities southwest of Typical Food & Famous Wine Piedmont
Alba, in the so-called “Langa del Barolo”, Barolo owes its fame to
Camillo Benso, Count of Cavour. Made from Nebbiolo grapes, it is a
well-structured garnet red wine with great personality. The
combination in the barrel gives it orange reflections and the
nose is ample, with scents of red fruit jam such as raspberries
and wild strawberries, flowers such as rose and violet, and
a nutmeg, leather, tobacco and chocolate. It is a long-lived
wine known as “the king of wines, the wine of kings”.

Aosta Valley
Fontina

It is a Protected Designation of Origin cheese with a scent of milk,
sweet taste and soft texture. The name Fontina seems to have origins
from a mountain pasture of production called Fontin; other versions
link it to the village of Fontinaz. The name could also derive from the
ancient French word “fontis” or “fondis” to indicate the particular abi-
lity of this cheese’s paste to melt with heat.

Fumin

We are in Aosta Valley, where wine-making is not only an art, but
also a true dedication and passion. In this is the smallest region of
Italy, a hostile orography and a series of uncomfortable slopes (alpi-
ne landscapes with sandy slopes and mountain temperatures), make
viticulture an act of love, what we wine lovers call “heroic viticulture”.
And the true heroes, the wine producers, have been able to preserve 95
their native grape varieties in these extreme areas. We offer you one,
a red berry: Fumin. The name comes from the berries that are covered
by an evident bluish bloom (the bloom is that kind of almost dusty
film that is found above the skin of the berries), which makes them appear as “smoked” The wine is clear, with an
almost impenetrable ruby red with purple edges. The nose has intense fruity notes of currant, plum and cherry until
it reaches more evolved scents of underbrush, musk, violets. Dry in the mouth, soft, warm and enveloping. Very well
balanced, elegant on the palate. There are also more complex notes of spices, such as juniper, cloves and, in closing,
hints of liquorice and tobacco.