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Solenida di Podernovo, the last Sangiovese born in the Lunelli house – Italian Cuisine

A Sangiovese of character, with intense aromas, the result of a selective harvest of the best grapes

It has an intense ruby red color, smells of black cherry and plum and in the mouth it is a structured wine, with still explosive tannins despite being already 5 years old. Is called Solenida and its name owes it to one of those shells that characterize the soil of the hill where the Podernovo Estate stands, a substrate of fossil residues dated over 3 million years, when these hills were a seabed. This is the last born in the Lunelli house, a Sangiovese Costa Toscana IGT, result of the best Sangiovese grapes coming from the mass selection of a historic vineyard, whose vines have been replicated throughout the land. The Lunellis, undisputed lords of Trento Doc in Trentino, they bought this estate of 80 hectares of which 40 are vineyards, in the municipality of Terricciola, in the province of Pisa. "It is a wine designed to represent the maximum expressiveness of the place where it is born", says Alessandro Lunelli, CEO of the Estates, "And it is the encounter between innovation and tradition, two concepts that we constantly pursue in the cellar".

Innovation at Lunelli

Solenida is the result of a sartorial harvest, obtained thanks to the project Animavitis, a method that allows to harvest separately micro zones with small bunches and light and concentrated berries, to get the best out of each grape. Author of this work Luca D’Attoma, winemaker of the estate and great expert in Tuscan reds, who for years has been working alongside his colleague Corrado Dalpiaz, Mauro Lunelli's fellow student, with 53 vintages behind him. "Here innovation coexists with ancient traditions, such as green manure and vinification in amphorae", Explains D’Attoma," all practices to obtain the best that nature can give us. The new label is, like all, certified organic and comes from Biodiversity Friend vineyards . The wine ages for 24 months in French and Slavonian oak barrels and barrels, and then ages for two years in the bottle.

360-degree sustainability

The organic certification of the wines of the Estates is part of a great project of the Lunelli family. It arises from the desire to pay attention to one sustainability that is at 360 degrees, in the economic as well as in the social sphere. All the work also translates into the search for biodiversity in the vineyard, with the creation of environments suitable for various species of insects, guaranteeing healthy soils and vines. "For some time we have introduced hives into the vineyard", explains Alessandro Lunelli, "because these insects, with pollination, help the spread of new plants, promoting biodiversity". Sometimes predatory insects are released between the vines, which by eating the harmful insects, protect the plants from disease. Everything is done in a long-term perspective, an investment that does not allow for immediate results, but, once a balance is reached, greater resistance is achieved in the entire vineyard. A philosophy, that of time, that permeates every aspect of the work in the Lunelli Estates. Time as deus ex machina that accommodates everything: the earth, the plants and the wine, which, left to rest in amphorae or oak barrels where the wood slowly releases its aromas, is enriched with sensations and aromas. All those that are released to our nose, once we have it in the glass.

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NAPA is born: make Naviglio Pavese great again – Italian Cuisine

After Nolo in Milan, NAPA arrives. Naviglio Pavese chefs and restaurateurs focus on the self-determination of the neighborhood

The Naviglio Pavese is the “return” canal, it flows towards Ticino, while the Naviglio Grande is the one that feeds the dock. The sense of the waters, however, also tells about the attraction of the two most well-known canals in Milan and their adverse destinies.

The Naviglio Grande is today the most crowded with clubs, restaurants and shops. The other ship, the one in via Ascanio Sforza which today appears sadder, with abandoned boats and deserted premises, if compared with those of the twin, was, however, until the 1990s IL Naviglio, that of the night, of live music, of the creation of the myth of this area of Milan. Here there was Le Scimmie and the movida the real one, from the nineties, but now the glories of the past seem distant. But only if you look at the city center, because beyond, beyond the ring road, where the sixties barracks begin and the bohemian charm is breathed very little, is it quite another thing: new clubs, restaurants and a group of restaurateurs and traders who have decided that it's time for Make Naviglio Pavese great again.

freight it was an invention of three architects looking for a neighborhood brand, on the false line of SoHo or Tribeca (hence the English definition "NOrth of Loreto") that could re-evaluate the area, until 2016 rather popular and peripheral. It worked and so also on the other side of Milan those who work here decided to believe in the right to self-determination of peoples and create a new neighborhood. Na.Pa.
Na.Pa is a committee of merchants, associations and citizens born with the aim of enhancing the neighborhood that, beyond the ring road, runs alongside the Naviglio Pavese. A territory that deserves to be known and experienced for its history, for its identity and for all the opportunities it can offer.

Claudio Sadler, chef and Milanese doc, he arrived on the Naviglio Pavese in 1996. "These were the years of the antiques, students and painters' naviglio. It was the most bohemian Naviglio and I wanted to tie myself to this story. Then this canal to the ring road of viale Tibaldi became commercial, the nightlife area. The Milanese nightlife was born there. " In 2007, looking for more space brings starred restaurant and modern trattoria into today's spaces. "Here there was practically nothing", but today the position can be defined as in front of Distreat and between the Osteria GrandHotel and Cantina Urbana. Fifty meters and two banks in which to count five addresses that are worth a visit. "Together with Distreat and the Altavia agency, we decided to team up and give voice to our neighborhood, an association", he told me in March 2020, as soon as the lockdown began. In July Na.Pa., the urban redevelopment project wanted to give life to an area that for years has been revived only by the few daredevils.

«It is useless to act alone, we must give voice to a neighborhood that otherwise lives only thanks to the single light of a restaurant. We have a mind in mind calendar of initiatives which will tell the centuries-old history of the canal, the link with the Oltrepò Pavese, the Leonardo locks. Not to do business, but to make culture. There will be a road redevelopment, a road modernization project with a cycle path that will arrive from Milan to the Ticino Park ", he told me well before the boom of bikes and scooters," and initiatives that will feature wine, rice and countryside products Milanese". The plan was to start with the Salone del Mobile, postponed to 2021, but Na.Pa. he does not want to wait and in October we will start with an initiative together with the Historic Buttafuoco Consortium. Because the Naviglio to be rediscovered is also the Oltrepò wines and the excellence of the surroundings of Milan.

4 Luppoli Lager was born with an Italian hop – Italian Cuisine

Of American origin, but entirely grown in Italy, Cascade has been included as the dominant hop in this beer to give it very floral hints

Is called Cascade, it is American, but entirely cultivated in Italy. It is the predominant hop present in 4 Lager Hops, the new beer born in the Poretti house.
It is a real novelty in the made in Italy brewing scene, and wants to represent the Italian "reflowering" after the experience of the Covid-19 pandemic. The Valganna brewery has in fact decided to start again with an even more local product to bring a message of optimism and trust. The project was born thanks to the collaboration with a Modenese start up, the Italian Hops Company, engaged since 2014 in the production and marketing of hops. "We chose it because it pioneered the change that is taking place in the Italian beer sector today," say Angelo Poretti Brewery, "creating a quality hop industry, sustainable and transparent, in which the information flows between brewers and farmers are close and continuous .

The Cascade was born in a volcanic area in America. The one grown in Italy has different characteristics from the citrus and slightly spicy ones which are typical of the hop grown in the USA. As for wines, the concept of terroir: a variety grown in Italy develops a different aroma than the same grown overseas.

In the glass, the 4 Luppoli Lager enhances the fragrant and balanced bouquet of the four hop varieties with which it is made. Its foam has one delicate sparkling medium-bodied. In the mouth it develops floral notes and a moderate bitter sensation. It is perfect if served with medium-aged cheeses or with parmesan. Also good with Mediterranean cuisine rich in vegetables, too spicy as can the Moroccan and Senegalese ones. It goes very well with pasta dishes with meat or vegetable sauces or, again, with fish dishes such as soups, baked sea bream or sea bass with crazy water. It is served in tall, round glasses and never frozen, so as not to vanish all its aromatic equipment.