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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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Brugnato Caciotta
Features: Fat cheese obtained from cow's milk. Cylindrical shape, 10cm high and with a diameter of about 18cm - 30cm. Weight can vary from 0.2 to 5-7 kilos; it has no rind at all or a very thin rind according to the maturation. If the cheese is mature,...
Category: Cheese
Features: Mozzarella is a pulled-curd cheese, round and with a milk-white color. It is always preserved in its own whey. Production Area: medium Val di Vara Curiosities: The name probably derives from the practice of "mozzare" (literally, "to chop off")...
Category: Cheese
Features: High-quality fresh pasteurized and partially-skimmed milk produced in the Province of La Spezia, in the Farmstead of Marinella di Sarzana and obtained from cows bred on the spot. The market is almost entirely local and the milk is sold through...
Category: Cheese
Ricotta
Features: Ricotta obtained from cow's milk. White-yellowish color. Very tasty, since it contains a high percentage of fats. Production Area: Inland of Liguria Curiosities: The term ricotta derives from the Latin "recoctus", which refers to the whey...
Category: Cheese
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