Parco Naturale Regionale di Montemarcello-Magra-Vara: Products

Products: Fruit

The territory of Montemarcello-Magra Park offers several local wine and gastronomy products and many traditional dishes characterizing the various areas of the inland and seafront areas of La Spezia, different for environmental and cultural features. Over 15 products have already been added to the regional atlas of traditional products (including different apple varieties, Birindella peach, Alberello courgette, etc.) and others will be added soon. The rich wine and gastronomy heritage includes quality agricultural products mainly coming from Val di Vara, like onion and Pignone potato, local traditional dishes like testaroli, mesc-ciua, lard paté, prosciutta castelnovese and Pignone sausage, Brugnato cheese, Sarzana sweets and, last but not least, the mussels of La Spezia Gulf.
Riviera di Levante extra-virgin olive oil has obtained the PDO label, Colli di Luni wine (white and red) the DOC label, Calice al Cornoviglio honey the PAT label (Traditional Agri-Foodstuffs). Val di Vara also boasts an autochthonous chicken breed: Gigante nera.

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Birindella Peach

Features: The plant has a variable height and, if it is left growing freely, can reach 4-5m of height. It has a smooth trunk with greenish branches that become reddish if exposed to the sun. It has lanceolate leaves, green in their upper part and grey...

Category: Fruit

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Traditional Agri-Foodstuffs

Durone Cherry of Sarzana

Features: Fruit tree ripening in spring, it belongs to the family Drupacee, genus Prunus, species Cerasus. The big-size tree can also reach 15-20m of height when it is adult. The leaves are oval and serrated. The fruit is a dark red, bright, and attractive...

Category: Fruit

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Traditional Agri-Foodstuffs

Razzola Olive Tree

Production Area: Province of La Spezia Product Description: Local cultivar used for the production of oil. Similar to Taggiasca, but with less hanging branches. Big and tapered black fruit, slow-ripening, very rich in oil.

Category: Fruit

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Traditional Agri-Foodstuffs

Traditional Apples (Beverino Apple, Bianchetta Apple, Musona Apple, Pipin Apple)

Production Area: Province of La Spezia Description: Beverino Apple - small-size fruit, with yellow and prominently rusty skin, hard and white pulp, thin structure. Bianchetta Apple - small-medium size fruit, with white-greenish skin, not rusty, soft...

Category: Fruit