Gourmet products local specialties and wines Italy

This is one of the oldest markets in Naples, and one of the most popular, along with the Pignasecca market in the historic center. It takes its name from the nearby Porta Nolana, a city gate flanked by two sturdy circular towers, built in the ^15th century by the Aragonese rulers. Originally a food market, it was renowned in the city for its fresh fish; today, you'll find a little bit of everything. The atmosphere is that of a small, lively, traditional market, but one where the poverty of this part of town can be felt...

Good stores are often to be found outside the city center. This is the case for Stragù, which offers a rich gastronomy of fresh and artisanal local products with dishes cooked on the spot that highlight the traditional recipes of the region. Choice and quality are not lacking. Ideal for a quick meal to eat in or take away, but also for an aperitif while enjoying succulent cold cuts and cheeses of character. The wine window is well diversified, from the classics to the natural ones.

Located next to the main entrance of the Umberto I Gallery, almost opposite the San Carlo Theatre, this shop sells typical products of the region, a souvenir surely more appreciated than a new useless magnet for the fridge . Here you will find everything: dried pasta, cheese, good wines, cold cuts, dried peppers, limoncello... Antonio, the owner, will be delighted to let you taste his pistachio liqueur, proudly homemade, or his lemon juice from Sorrento. In summer, the lemon granita is also very refreshing.

L'Antico Forno ai Serpenti is a pizzeria located in the Monti district of Rome. It's one of the area's historic stores, offering a variety of delights from bread and cookies to pizzas and desserts. The restaurant offers focacce, pizze, but also good crostate alle visciole, a cherry pie. Ideal for a quick bite to eat in the Monti district! You can also have breakfast here (the cornetti and doughnuts are delicious), or an aperitif at the end of the day.

Simply delicious! What more can be said about the products of this laboratory, which makes artisan pasta whose recipe has not changed over time? Agnolotti, raviolini, cappelletti, gnocchi: all Piedmontese specialties prepared with the freshest ingredients, from flour and eggs to fillings (meat, cheese or vegetable) and accompanied by 100% natural sauces. Enough to fill up your shopping basket before you leave - the pasta in question will last a few days!

This pretty boutique is a cheese shop, delicatessen and caterer in one. Here you'll find the best cheeses from the region, and indeed from all over Italy, to accompany cold meats and wine. Among the best cheeses of the region: bra, raschera, murazzano, Tumin del Mel, raw-milk goat's cheese, and many others. This is what makes you dare to discover new and delicious flavors! What's more, the staff are very helpful.

For a gourmet stopover during your day of sightseeing, don't miss the Almonte café-pâtisserie, which makes some of the best rum saluzzesi in the region. These delicious sweets are indeed the local specialty: pralines in a heart of rum-flavored cream, wrapped in meringue and dark chocolate... Pure pleasure! But the other patisseries are also worth a detour, each as pretty and tasty as the next. Everything is very fresh and the staff are really friendly. An excellent address!

MaCam is a gelateria like no other. The flavors of the moment are marked on a slate, and, surprise, alongside the classics, you can find some truly surprising tastes, such as carrot ice cream or basil and pine nuts! The ingredients used in our ice creams, smoothies and soups of the day are of the freshest quality, and you'll soon notice the difference when you taste them. And as the ingredients are only seasonal, there's no question of finding a melon or fig sorbet here during the winter!

A small family-run estate specialising in the cultivation of vineyards, olive groves and saffron. Remaining faithful to the tradition of the terroir and its family, even today, it remains a reference for its products, all certified with the organic label. Its high quality wines are made from ancient native grape varieties such as Vernaccia de San Gimignano, Sangiovese, Ciliegiolo. To discover its flavour and richness, the owners organise wine and extra-virgin olive oil tastings, accompanied by cheese and charcuterie.

Since 1881, the specialty of this chocolate factory, now run by the passionate Giancarlo Torta and his children, has been Baci di Cherasco, a blend of Piedmont hazelnuts and dark chocolate. They're a sure-fire hit to pack in your suitcases! But the other sweets are just as delicious... The setting of the patisserie, under the arcades, has not changed and has kept its wooden shelves, marble tables and paved floor from over a century ago. A true temple to gourmet delights!

A candied fruit merchant worthy of the Thousand and One Nights! The store alone is worth the detour: wooden counters, shelves covered with glass jars and marble worktops set a deliciously Belle Époque tone. Over a hundred varieties of dried and dehydrated fruit, including Thai papaya, Sicilian pistachios, Tuscan pine nuts, Calabrian figs, and even ginger, kumquat, cedar, wild strawberries and red berries. A brand whose quality has been guaranteed since 1908.

A stone's throw from the cathedral, a gelateria that attracts with its neat décor and large windows, and even better, by the smell of the dough of the cones cooking, which is prepared as the ice cream leaves. Yummy! Everything here is homemade. The flavours of artisanal ice creams vary according to the season and the ingredients available; be aware that fior di latte is their specialty. The house also offers pancakes, bagels, piadine, coffee, smoothies and other sweets. It's hard to make a choice if you like sweet as well as salty!

Sogni di latte, "Dreams of milk", a name that suits this temple of cheese perfectly! Ripened and semi-ripened, hard, soft or blue-veined cheeses, mozzarella and ricotte, products made from cow's, sheep's or buffalo milk, the brand offers a rich variety of Italian, but also French and English cheeses. Numerous advices for the consumption and for the most successful accompaniment, with wine or beer. Tastings are organized, sometimes suggesting curious associations: cheese and chocolate, cheese and coffee, cheese and vermouth...

Since 1958, Focacci has been the grocery caterer for the greedy and gourmet Romans! Hams, cheeses (exceptional buffalo mozzarella), but also olive oils, balsamic vinegar, bottarga and fresh pasta, enough to fill your gourmet basket and make people happy once you get home! Be careful with excess baggage anyway! A word of advice: fall in love with olive oil, so tasty in Italy, pecorino (Roman cheese par excellence, made from sheep's milk) and take a look at the vast selection of wines that will surely inspire you.

Founded in the early 1990s, this family-run cantina has won numerous awards and prizes. It produces an excellent range of wines, from Taurasi DOCG to table wine. A tour of the estate takes you down into vaulted cellars dug up to 12 metres deep. This is where the barrels are kept. There is also a small museum of the farming tradition, with a centuries-old press and various old tools. It is possible to book a wine tasting with cheese and salted meats from the region.

The Tornillos have been butchers since 1957, working with pork in an artisanal way, favouring local products, rural tradition and the rejection of intensive farming. The sausages are made by hand from the meat of local pigs fed on natural feed. In their butcher's shop in Calitri, in addition to the meat, you can buy all the typical pork products of southern Italy: soppressata irpina, salsiccia calitrana, pancetta, capocollo, guanciale, spianataand other quality products.

Thefarm produces excellent cheeses from the fresh milk of the day from local farms. The star of the dairy is the caciocavallo, a string cheese that is matured for between six months and a year in the tuff caves scattered around the historic centre of Calitri. The cheeses are hung in rows from wooden beams at a constant natural temperature of 13°C. Also worth trying among their range of cheeses are the conzato calitrano, with its powerful taste, and the stellato, a pecorino with star anise.

Probably the favourite ice cream parlour of the locals. The various flavours are made with ingredients and products from Irpinia and Campania. If available, try the IGP chestnut ice cream from Montella, which is as creamy as you like. In addition to the classic flavours, the company does not shy away from original flavours, such as the IGP onion ice cream from Montoro. The company was founded in Mirabella Eclano in 1990 as an artisan gelateria , and has built up a solid reputation. It now also markets its products in the hotel and catering sector.

A delicatessen where you can also eat. La Latteria has been operating since 1945 and offers a selection of typical regional products in its first room: cheeses, local meats and cold cuts, wines, olives, vegetables marinated in oil and other gourmet delicacies from Basilicata. In a second room, a few tables invite you to take a culinary journey. Ask for a patchwork of the different specialities, the sample will surely be a success!

Since 1914, Latteria Sociale di Cameri has been producing Gorgonzola DOC in both mild and hot varieties. Gorgonzola accounts for 90% of production, but there are other equally tasty cheeses to discover, made entirely by hand. The region's small-scale farmers bring in milk from their cows, and for the lactose-intolerant, goat's milk has recently been added. There's also a small store to fill your basket.

Eataly's traditional format meets Caffè Vergnano. Here, you can find the very best of gastronomy in a large food market, choose from thousands of products and references of the finest Italian wines, and sample seasonal menus made with fresh regional produce. And, of course, stop off for an espresso or to try out the new specialties at Caffè Vergnano. On sunny days, take advantage of the outdoor area on the pedestrian street. Eataly enjoys a privileged position in the heart of Turin, surrounded by the most beautiful Baroque palaces.

After passing under the bell tower of Santa Trofimena, which spans the street, you reach the shop of this artisanal liquorificio , bathed in the scent of citrus fruits. Tasting and sale of limoncello made according to a traditional recipe from lemons of the Amalfi coast. Natural ingredients and flavours are used in the composition of the other liqueurs on sale: Bronte pistachio cream, finocchietto (made with wild fennel), amaro, fragolina (strawberry)... Citrus fruit jams and limoncello baba.

In this pastry shop, which is also a bar, you can discover the traditional taralli "nzogna e pepe " - lard and pepper - those delicious twisted biscuits that, even in the last century, were sold in the streets of Naples by the tarallari, travelling merchants. The brand also offers a range of traditional Italian biscuits and pastries such as babà or sfogliatella, to take away or to eat on the spot. Other outlets in the historic centre, in Spaccanapoli and Via Toledo, as well as in the Vomero district.

The shop is entirely dedicated to the brand created in Benevento in 1860 by the Alberti family. Strega means "witch" in Italian and recalls an ancient legend that made Benevento a gathering place for the witches' Sabbath. The Strega liqueur is obtained by distilling seventy herbs and spices from all over the world, including saffron, and Alberti desserts. Their speciality: nougat, with almonds, lemon or chocolate, but also cakes such as panettone and filled chocolates.

The Circeo region is well known for its extraordinary buffalo mozzarella. This breed of cattle with large hooves adapted particularly well to life on swampy plains before they were cleaned up in the 1930s. As a result, there are many producers of the most famous Italian cheese in the area, but Perseo is by far one of the best. A counter for direct sales has been set up. You would never have believed that mozzarella could exist in so many varieties! Shipments and vacuum packaging are possible

A renowned grocery store and caterer, its small window always filled with good things makes gourmets dream. With a fine assortment of local products, including the tasty cheese of Morlacco del Grappa, fresh or well-made, cold cuts and fresh pasta, this is an address far removed from the supermarkets... Among the musts here, the extra virgin oil of the Colli Asolani (the hills of Asolo), but also the pinza (a sweet focaccia made of corn flour and dried fruit) cooked in a wood fire, not to mention the Venetian mustard, made with candied fruit.

Along the Via Roma, a delicatessen that is like a jewel box of gourmet products. Cheeses and cold cuts, pasta and ravioli, olive oil, jams, preserves, etc. Enough to leave with a full shopping bag, even if the best is in the basement. The cellar is indeed the pride of the Baggio family: the selection of Italian labels immediately makes your mouth water (or rather your wine). Good to know, the store offers every evening an aperitif on some nice little tables on the terrace, to be enjoyed with cheese and charcuterie boards.

Since 1970, Verona's best baccalà! Taken over in 2014 by the current owner, Giovanni Cipriani, the house has made cod its specialty. The fish arrives dried directly from the port of Genoa, then comes the painstaking work of desalting it and making the tender flesh ready for use in the kitchen, notably to prepare the famous baccalà alla vicentina, where the cod is whipped into a cream with milk. If you can't bring home dried fish, the store is well worth a visit, if only to learn about the region's culinary traditions.

The oldest grocery store in Venice, an absolute reference for food lovers and lovers of rare products. On the shelves you will find an incredible variety of teas, honeys, spices, wines and spirits, as well as precious olive oils and vinegars from all over Italy. Not to mention dried mushrooms, delicious in an infinite number of recipes, and of course sweets such as candies and nougats, dried fruits, cookies and cakes. A model of its kind that you won't find much anymore.

A small shop that smells like the shops of yesteryear, in the Veronetta district, across the river. Elisabetta Gozzo, the owner, is brimming with imagination to perpetuate the culinary tradition of ravioli typical of the town. Everything here is made rigorously by hand, stuffed with the most varied fillings, including original flavours such as donkey meat stew or red onion and fresh cheese or lemon and asparagus. Well packaged, the ravioli will keep for a few days, so don't hesitate to shop around.

More than 1,500 wines, 350 beers, 1,500 spirits and 350 gastronomic specialties, 150 meters dedicated to tasting and a horde of bartenders to serve you! The largest wine bar in Europe, designed as a kind of library. Between the commercial area, the tasting rooms, a school for bartenders and a cellar for prestigious wines, you will find here several sommeliers able to guide you in your purchases. One goes to Ferrowine like to a museum, to find quality labels, but also to have a drink.

Here you can taste the famous torta barozzi, invented by Eugenio Gollini in 1907 and whose secret recipe, kept by the Gollini family, has been handed down from generation to generation. However, the veil is lifted on the ingredients: melting chocolate, almonds, eggs, butter and sugar. Eugenio Gollini decided to give his invention the name "barozzi" to celebrate the memory of the architect Jacopo Barozzi, because in 1907, in Vignola, they were celebrating the 400th anniversary of his birth.

In this shop you can buy typical gastronomic products of Ferrara and its region: pampapato (or pampamper), a typical dessert of the city, fresh homemade pasta and in particular cappellacci di zucca (squash cappellacci), salama da sugo, coppia ferrarese, a hard bread twisted into an X shape, various cold cuts, local beers and wines from the PoDelta . There are also some handicrafts. The company also rents bicycles, to get around the city like the people of Ferrara.

Not far from the historic centre, this glacier is listed among the 50 best in Italy. Founded by a couple of computer scientists converted into ice-cream and pastry chefs, the brand offers traditional flavours as well as some more sought-after and unusual ones, using strictly natural ingredients and favouring the short supply chain: seasonal fruit from the Reggio region, pistachios and hazelnuts bought directly from the producer... To try: the cremino tricolore. The couple has also started making panettoni and focaccine.

Brisighella is famous for the production of a quality extra-virgin olive oil with an intense and balanced aroma, Brisighello, which has a protected designation of origin (PDO). In this gourmet shop, you can buy Brisighella oil, but also local products: jams, cheeses, local wines and condiments for pasta and bruschette. It is certainly not cheap, but the products are of quality; ideal to bring back a greedy souvenir of your holidays. A stone's throw from Via degli Asini.

Not really a restaurant, but a butcher's shop that offers the possibility of tasting on the spot the products bought at the counter, chosen with the help of the staff who will be able to present them to you in the smallest details. If you don't understand Italian, one of the waiters speaks English and will be able to help you if he is there. You will find not only cold cuts, but also excellent cheeses with honey or jam, stuffed vegetable plates and appetizing starters. A recommended address.

On the way back from a beautiful excursion to Punta Campanella or Mount Costanzo, here is a shopping stop to treat yourself or to bring back a typical souvenir for your loved ones. In Termini, a 5-minute drive from Sant'Agata, Nastro d'Oro is a small artisanal workshop specializing in the production of limoncello. It is impossible to miss it, the lemon scent is so intoxicating that it will surely catch your attention. In addition to the famous lemon liqueur, it is also available with fennel, liquorice, melon and walnuts.

Delicious delicacies prepared by famous Salvatore de Riso, elected pastry chef of the year in 2011. A triumph of colours and flavours! It is here that was born the delizia al limone and cake ricotta E will pera. Reference for gourmets of the entire coast, which come here from time to time to taste the new flavours of ice cream or buying good pastries for a special occasion. Unfortunately, the quality of the service is not always worthy of the fame of the establishment, but these delicacies will make you forget this small inconvenience.

Refined and elegant shop that has been selling Cetara's specialities since 1950: colatura di alici, anchovies and high quality tuna. But also vegetables in oil, squid ink to colour your rice and pasta, tomato sauce, tapenades and vegetable pastes to spread on bruschette, pesto with almonds and capers, flavoured rice for risotto, homemade pasta, liqueurs... The special recipe is always supplied with the products purchased, to try out at home and try to bring a little bit of Italy back in your suitcases

A family cheese dairy, run by two brothers who "fell into it when they were little": Giovanni will tell you that at the age of three, he was already mixing milk in the vats! In the laboratory at the back of the shop, the master cheesemakers make the cheeses sold in the shop: burrata, mozzarella and ricotta fresh in the morning, but also caciocavallo (taste the one with mucca rossa milk, very fragrant), pecorino and cacioricotta, a typical Apulian cheese that is grated on tomato orecchiette.

A patisserie in existence since 1912 that has preserved its beautiful period woodwork and is bursting with sweet treats. The cakes and sweets would lift anyone's spirits: exquisite stuffed brioches for breakfast, mignardises, pralines and marrons glacés, polentina delle mandorle... Don't miss the Torta del Palio, created in honor of the Palio d'Asti, made with almond flour, honey and drops of dark chocolate. Small cafeteria counter for sipping good coffees. A pleasure for the eyes and the taste buds...

Opposite the Pastis bar, in the heart of Quadrilatero Romano, La Conserveria opened its doors in autumn 2015. A beautiful setting, which has kept the wooden stalls of an old pastry shop intact to house hundreds of cans of every color. Spanish-speaking preserves that the boutique offers for sale or consumption on the spot. The concept is the same as that of tapas: small fish, olives, octopus, vegetables in oil and even small cakes to pick at on the spot, washed down with fine wines!

Here is a small business without equal, where time seems to have stopped. Perfumes, colors, decor and products are almost as they were on the first day it opened in 1936. More than a grocery store, it is a piece of history, where it is good to come back at least once; you will find spices that smell good, candies of all colors in their jar, colored soaps, candles and products for the house. In short, a happy bric-a-brac that surprises and entertains. The owner will even let you take some pictures.

A marvellous little gourmet chocolate shop in a wooded setting in the heart of Pinerolo. Small chocolates of all kinds, pralines, chocolate bars, tarts, marrons glacés, cakes and even ice creams for the summer, all prepared with the finest products and according to traditional recipes, enough to fill your basket and take home plenty of local treats. One of our specialties is Piedmont hazelnut chocolate. Delicious, creamy hot chocolate in winter!

The shop, in the heart of the city, prides itself on being "the best glacier on Lake Orta". It is worth mentioning that it has been awarded the qualification of artisan excellence by the Piedmont Region! It has an assortment of uncommon natural flavours, a truly artisanal production and a special respect for intolerances (gluten-free, lactose-free, etc.), with products of the highest quality. Fruit sorbets in summer, cream ice cream in winter. It's the perfect place to take a cone and go admire the lake.

Probably the chicest market in town. Parallel to via Brera, a stone's throw from its boutiques and pinacoteca, along the elegant via San Marco, in the shadow of the church of the same name, this beautiful market is far from being just a neighborhood market. The Milanese come here to buy a few items at unbeatable prices. Indeed, the sweaters, shoes and jewelry sold here are always at the cutting edge of fashion. Clothes, shoes, flowers but also meat, fish and vegetables, all of which are as beautiful as they are good.

Vittoria, the founder of Gelato Giusto, is a graduate of the Académie Culinaire de France and has worked with Lenôtre and Valrhona... This should be convincing enough in terms of the quality of her ice creams, which have absolutely nothing to reproach themselves for. When she decides to produce a new flavor, she studies it down to the last detail and doesn't stop until she's sure she's achieved perfection. Alongside the great classics, originals such as ricotta, blood orange and pear-chocolate are well worth discovering.