Time is flying and we have covered
about a quarter of Italy by now with our Italian Food, Wine &
Travel (#ItalianFWT) group including Tuscany,
Piedmont, Emilia
Romagna, the Veneto and now
today we talk about the Trentino-Alto Adige region.
Fortunately, I just returned from this region a few weeks ago visiting the town of Trento, the capital of Trentino. Trentino-Alto Adige is considered 1 region, but the southern part is Trentino and the northern part is Alto Adige and they both have their respective capitals with Bolzano serving as the capital of the Alto Adige.
This is the 2nd alpine region of northern Italy I have visited and am in love with the way the mountain ranges dominate over the valleys and small villages. The air is crisp, clean and there is no better way to enjoy the outdoors and peace and quiet than in regions such as this.
Fortunately, I just returned from this region a few weeks ago visiting the town of Trento, the capital of Trentino. Trentino-Alto Adige is considered 1 region, but the southern part is Trentino and the northern part is Alto Adige and they both have their respective capitals with Bolzano serving as the capital of the Alto Adige.
This is the 2nd alpine region of northern Italy I have visited and am in love with the way the mountain ranges dominate over the valleys and small villages. The air is crisp, clean and there is no better way to enjoy the outdoors and peace and quiet than in regions such as this.
I ventured to the town of Trento by
train, which was only about an hour on the train coming from Verona
where I was based. I love being able to wake up in the morning and
jump on a train making it easy to enjoy a multitude of regions and
towns conveniently. Trento is an easily walkable town in the
downtown center much closed off by cars. I first started my journey
around the city center from the Piazza Duomo, a magnificent large
square with the Fountain of Neptune serving as the center and the a
tower and church as the borders along with cafes and shops with the
Dolomite mountains as a backdrop. It doesn't get much better than
this to start with a deep breath and enjoy the surroundings.
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| Piazza Duomo ~ Trento |
Here are some of my highlights
architecturally of Trento that I enjoyed.
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| Buonconsiglio Castle Museum |
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| Duomo ~ Trento |
After exploring and wandering
throughout the day and taking in the sites and prior to my return in
Verona I took a much needed rest and stumbled upon a place called
Duo. Duo serves as a restaurant downstairs and upstairs where I
enjoyed window side seating at the bar that serves a variety of
tapas, which is always so fun especially when you are getting a feel
for what a regions cuisine has to offer. I decided to go with a
dish typical to the Trentino region, which was canederli. Canederli
are small dumplings made with stale bread and speck. If you aren't
familiar with speck it's a ham that is salt cured and smoked. It's a
simple cuisine that can be enjoyed by itself as I had or in a soup.
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| Canederli with Muller Thurgau |
The Trentino-Alto Adige has many
Germanic influences and this can be discovered by the grapes found in
this region. Enjoying my canederli I chose a local white wine, 2013
Cembra Cantina di Montagna Muller Thurgau Vigna delle Forche. This
particular winery located in the Cembra Valley is set up high on the
Trentino mountains making for very difficult harvesting. The winery
is a cooperative that consists of about 400 growers that was
established in 1952. This area is home to a special type of red rock
known as porphyry. The Muller Thurgau of Cembra Cantina di Montagna
was fresh, crisp with lots of minerality balanced with good fruit and
some slight herbal notes.
FoodWineClick – Trentino-Alto Adige is Different: Goulash and Teroldego
Orna O’Reilly – The Italian Dolomites: A Foodie’s Paradise
Rockin Red Blog – Wine and Dine in Trentino-Alto Adige with #ItalianFWT
Enofylz Wine Blog – A Taste of Alto Adige – Cantina Terlano Classico
Cooking Chat - Italian wine with Indian Curry
The Palladian Traveler - Under Doctor’s Orders in the Trentino
Make sure to join us live on Twitter today and throughout the weekend at #ItalianFWT to chat about the Trentino-Alto Adige region and your experiences. We can’t wait to hear from you. Check back at #ItalianFWT throughout the month as well for additional blogs on food, wine and travel of Italy. Next month on April 4th we feature Sicily so stay tuned. Ciao ciao!
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