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Traditional Lombardy products: wines, oils, cheees, cured meat which are produced in very different territories in Lombardy thanks to the diverse environments. Among the most important products of Lombardy are the Bresaola di Valtellina, made with tasty and hard beef meat, Salami from Cremona, characterized by an unmistakable taste, amd the famous cotechino alla bergamasca, a peculiari boiled salami usually eaten in the winter season with potatoes or polenta. Talking about cheese, Bagoss is probably the most prestigious product. However it is impossible not to mention the Bitto della Valtellina or the Gorgonzola in its sweet and spicy versions to be consumed on ots own or as an ingredient in the many traditional Lombardy dishes. On the wine side, Lombardy offers authentic gems like the Spumante metodo classico Franciacorta, excellent white wines from Lugana on the Garda Lake and the incredible Nebbiolo della Valtellina. The territory of Lombardy is characterized by prominent mountain chains and the Po valley interspersed with morenic hills created by the melting of ice at the end of the last glacial era. Lombardy is considered the region with the most productive industrial activity in Italy, but it is also a territory extremely rich in food and wine excellences. Lombardy has an important agricultural tradition that spreads from the Alps to the last southern parts of the Po valley, just before the Apennines.


Cavalleri is a winery in Erbusco, in the heart of Franciacorta. The Cavalleri family was owner of agricultural land since 1450. In Cavalleri is preserved a purchase agreement dated 1842 testifies the purchase of a vineyard which is still owned by Cavalleri called Rampaneto. Even then, the company is producing white and red wine that was sold in bulk, and only after 1967 when Franciacorta reached DOC Cavalleri began to bottle. The first bottles of Franciacorta Cavalleri saw the light in 1979 when Gian Paolo and Giovanni Cavalleri abandoned the ancient wine cellar and built it a more modern one. Today Cavalleri winery is a landmark of style in Franciacorta believing strongly in the concept blanc de blanc so thy use Chardonnay grapes only trying to express at the top level cru potentials in Franciacorta.

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