We keep in our soul the taste for genuine food: our ancient flavours are famous, maily our wines.
Oltrepò pavese, with his 16.000 hectars of land cultivated with wine, is a reality which is unique in Italy and products D.O.C. wines: you have to notice that the geographic conformation of this land reminds a wine grape!
The origin of the cultivation of wine here in Oltrepò Pavese is very ancient: we can find quotations of it in ancient greek and roman texts, in XI and XVI century and then in XIX century monographies.

D.O.C. trade mark has 20 kind of wines, known in Italy and abroad for their quality. The most important ones are:

Bonarda - Purple color, full flavour, to serve at a temperature of 16°-18°C. It's perfect with red meat.
Barbera - Rubin red color, intensive dry flavour, to serve at a temperature of 16°-18°C. Perfect with Oltrepò Pavese typical salumi.
Pinot nero vinificato in bianco - Yellow color, to serve with fish or white meat. Used also as base for the rich "Classical Method" spumanti.
Pinot nero vinificato in rosso Red intensive colour, with orange spotlight. To serve with "strong" dishes.
Riesling Italico e Renano - Yellow color, dry flavour, to drink young, at a temperature of 10°C, perfect with fish.
Moscato - Intensive yellow colour, with gold spotlight, to drink fresh and young, perfect with dessert and patissierie.

A typical Zavattarello wine is called Rossarone, for his rose colour.

Visit also Consorzio Tutela Vini Oltrepo Website and Strada del Vino e dei Sapori dell'Oltrepo Pavese website, with information about itineraries to discover food and wine.