Dominated La Valtellina it has been in time a crossroads of great arteries of communication and a place of several invasions and occupations. This has produced strong influences on alimentary customs but it has also served in order to construct, as a defence, a strong territorial identity, thus every country and village conserves its recipe, its products and its vegetable and animal identities.
A land of great naturalistic beauty la Valtellina does not hide its art of wine making: every piece of land, even those situated in inaccessible zones are covered with tidy lines of chestnut trees. A real true winegrowing mountain constituted from a millenary tradition e a lot of passion. The predominate grape in the valley is the "Nebbiolo", here it's called "chiavennasca", with which is produced, together with other local vines which are clearly a smaller, the various denominations of the valley dwellers: the DOC Valtellina and the DOCG Valtellina superior divided into four areas Sassella, Grumello, Inferno e Valgella.
A full bodied wine and a very wide reputation are "lo Sforzato" or "Sfursat" produced by squashing the grapes, slow fermentation of at least 24 months of sharpening (between wood and glass).
A tour of food-and-wine between one of the most spectacular scenes of Italy inside of which there are numerous activities amongst some: walks in an unforgettable, visits to historical places, antique castles, appetizing pauses from delicious local dishes in some of the best restaurants of the zone, wine tasting near the best local wine cellars and visits of some of the terraced vines among the most characteristic areas of Valtellina.