Our Italian Food, Wine & Travel group is ready to share with you another one of Italy's marvelous regions. This week and month we share with you the region of Molise.
Molise is an obscure region more towards southern Italy. It is the 2nd smallest region and least populated in Italy next to the Valle d'Aosta tucked in northern western Italy. Dominated by mountains and barely touching the coastline of the Adriatic it's a lesser inhabited region and is dominated by the agricultural industry.
Molise is an obscure region more towards southern Italy. It is the 2nd smallest region and least populated in Italy next to the Valle d'Aosta tucked in northern western Italy. Dominated by mountains and barely touching the coastline of the Adriatic it's a lesser inhabited region and is dominated by the agricultural industry.
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| Map of Molise copyright of Federdoc |
Molise had been
part of most of it's surrounding regions including Puglia and
Campania to the south and Abruzzo to the north until it stood
independently in 1963. It's 2 main provinces are Isernia and
Campobasso.
The wines of Molise
Most of the wines of Molise have always been locally consumed
and it's one of the regions where the wines don't have a strong
international presence. With influences of the Adriatic and the
Appenine mountains, it creates an overall continental climate for
grape growing. You'll find many of the same grapes of the
neighboring regions also grown here including red grapes like
montepulciano, aglianico, and sangiovese along with white grapes such
as trebbiano, greco bianco, falanghina, chardonnay and sauvignon
blanc. One of the native grapes of this region is the tintilia grape
that is used in the production of the Tintilia del Molise DOC.
The food of Molise
Due to it's
proximity and previous association with the surrounding regions, it
shares very similar culinary similarities to those regions. Sheep are a staple
in the cuisine in both lamb dishes and sheep's milk cheese. Since the region is more mountainous you'll find more meat based dishes here than seafood. Along with the lamb you'll also see lots of salami and prosciutto.
Preview of what's to come on
Molise
Our bloggers this
month will be taking you through an array of Molise has to offer.
Here's a preview and please join us for a live twitter chat this
Saturday March 5th at 11am EST at #ItalianFWT.
Vino Travels - Di Majo Norante of Molise Rocks the Mediterranean
Culinary Adventures of Camilla - Risotto agli Spinaci with a Montepulciano-Aglianico Blend
Rockin Red Blog - Molise: The Land of Gladiators
Food Wine Click - A Molise Sangiovese with a Sauce to Make as the Pasta Cooks
Cooking Chat - Molise Wine Surprise
The Wining Hour - Sausage and Tomato Herbed Focaccia with Ramitello Biferno di Molise
Enofylz Wine Blog - A Taste of Molise: Authentic Italy
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join our Italian Food, Wine & Travel group and write about
varying monthly regions of Italy please email me direct at
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