Tag: apulia

  • WHEN IT’S SAINT NICHOLAS EVERY BEAN HAS A BLACK HEAD

    WHEN IT’S SAINT NICHOLAS EVERY BEAN HAS A BLACK HEAD

    WHEN IT’S SAINT NICHOLAS EVERY BEAN HAS A BLACK HEAD.

    A popular Barese way of saying: “A Sanda Nicol, ogni fav la cape gnore” (“When it’s Saint Nicholas every bean has a black head”) because it is in this period beans are harvested and sold to be eaten raw as fresh vegetables.

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    it is a news by www.biodiversitapuglia.it

    The day May 8, in Bari (Apulia, Italy) (link: goo.gl/maps ), is celebrated Saint Nicholas, the patron saint of the city.

    After the celebration day of Saint Nicholas, however, the “nasello” (the tuberculous proliferation that grow on the seed: the caruncola) becomes dark and the seeds are no longer tender and no longer good to be eaten raw.

    Apulian peole eat a lot of fava bean, they have a dialect way of saying that could be translated into the italian language: “Among all legumes the fava bean is the queen / cooked in the evening, re-cooked in the morning.”

    Text taken from the project Biodiverso;
    (link: www.biodiversitapuglia.it)

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    The main purpose of the integrated project BiodiverSO is to help achieve a significant reduction of the current rate of erosion of the biodiversity of Apulian horticultural species.

    You can read all news, all info and all research about the project Biodiverso – Biodiversity of Apulian horticultural species.
    (link: www.biodiversitapuglia.it)

    Ii is a project by ATS “RETE PER LA BIODIVERSITÀ DELLE SPECIE ORTICOLE IN PUGLIA” “BIODIVERSO
    (link: www.biodiversitapuglia.it)

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  • PUGLIA, OR LE PUGLIE

    PUGLIA, OR LE PUGLIE

    PUGLIA, OR LE PUGLIE.

    Across the Apulian territories among sea, countryside, historical cities and an important culinary tradition.

     About 800 km of coastline distributed between the Ionian and Adriatic seas, give the traveler a colorful spectacle.

     Because the color is the main character of Puglie, or better, of Puglia, with a thousand shades of blue and emerald sea green, yellow and white of the sandy beaches; gray coastlines that slope sometimes gently at times to peak in the deep waters.

     For those who want to know and be surprised by the authenticity of the places, this region enjoys the wonders of the natural landscape that alternates between the spontaneity of the Mediterranean olive trees silver, the changing colors of the vineyards and gardens that alternate with deep red of the land.

     Also charms with blinding white light of the fishing villages or Baroque buildings, it is to live the unique experience of places and hospitable people, conquer curious palate with intense flavors of simple ingredients that cause important dishes.

     From north to south, Puglia is to discover!

    Across apulian territories:

    Murgia

     The Murgia‘s Culture and Traditions. In addition to a lot of green and with some of the most beautiful landscapes of southern Italy, Murgia capture and it is to be appreciated for many activities, fot its scents and for the flavors of local gastronomy.

    Bari’s land 

     The Bari area extends between the last step of Murgia and the coastline. It is a karst area, with altitudes almost constantly decreasing from 300-400 meters above sea level in the inner points to the sea.

    Alberobello, Valle d’Itria and Costa Merlata

     Alberobello, Valle d’Itria and the Costa Merlata welcome visitors with expanses of olive trees dotted with trulli … unparalleled, trees that dominate the red of the land and buildings that in the historic center of Alberobello became a UNESCO heritage created by the skilled hands of men and that make the scene around a succession of wonderful color effects, till the sea.

    Ionian coast

     The Ionian coast is characterized by wide beaches and a limpid water gently sloping into deepness. Karst hills just as an arch protects Taranto, known as the ‘city of two seas’, the capital of a region that got a strong tourist vocation and popular food and wine tradition.

    Puglia Imperiale

     Crossing the territory of Puglia Imperiale, from the plateau of the Murgia descend to the Adriatic coast between Barletta and Trani, with the feeling review the history of a land that is rich in evidence with a beautiful countryside that serves as a background to big farms, historical cities heart, cathedrals, castles .. with Castel del Monte that catches the eye throug all the way.

    Gargano, Capitanata and Daunia

     The territory extending from the Gargano to Daunia presents a variety of scenarios: sweet hills in Fortore river valley, Daunian Apennine area and Ofanto river valley, the plain of Tavoliere, the Gargano National Park area view on the untouched archipelago of the Tremiti Islands.

    Salento

     The sun, the sea, the wind … the Salento. It is the nature the first thing that strikes coming in this land stretch between two seas. The Salento has its heart in the province of Lecce and reaches the Adriatic to Brindisi and Taranto, on the Ionian sea.

    Puglia, or Puglie

     Puglie, or rather, Puglia has many qualities and if the lack of high mountains is compensated by the proximity to the Abruzzo and Basilicata, from Gargano to Salento there is really everything.

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  • Press Tour in Apulia and in Basilicata – Availability Request

    Press Tour in Apulia and in Basilicata – Availability Request

    Press Tour in Apulia and in Basilicata – Availability Request.

    Dispensa dei Tipici promote Apulia and Basilicata and has activated a search for stakeholders with which to activate synergie.

    Press Tour and Educational Tour are organized by public agencies and by associations and promotion agencies to invite journalists, bloggers and professionals who can nourish the visibility of the territory's characters.

    We ask you to fill in the form below to show your availability to be contacted to be involved in Press Tour and Educational Tour to promote Puglia and Basilicata, their typical products and the link with their production territory.

    The areas in which we operate and which we want to promote:

    • Wine
    • Food
    • Food Chain / Agribusiness
    • Food and Wine Tourism
    • Cultural Tourism
  • The Network Dispensa dei Tipici

    The Network Dispensa dei Tipici

    A Network with Nice People and Places.

    Dispensa dei Tipici was born by an idea of Nico Paulangelo. A project that aims to be something more than a simple e-commerce.

    Starting by the love for Murgia, Apulia and Basilicata lands – in southern Italy – we want to travel a bit trough Italy and trough the world to improve our products awareness, also inviting to travel in our production areas and to discover companies, culture and traditions.

    The food & wine as a business card of the production area .. cause the territories are alive, and within them there is so much more …

    From this idea we started, everything else is a journey.

    Follow us,

    step by step, with a smile, always. (:

  • April 30, 2018 | A journey throug culture and territory

    April 30, 2018 | A journey throug culture and territory

    April 30, 2018 | A journey through culture and territory.

      it’s an event by Nel Gioco del Jazz + generAzioniLAB + Dispensa dei Tipici

    INTERNATIONAL JAZZ DAY
    A journey throug culture and territory.

    April 30, 2018, start h 15:00 @ Castel del Monte, Andria, BAT, Puglia, Italia.
    Info: info@nelgiocodeljazz.it – Tel. +39 3389031130 – Tel. +39 3339203871
    Web: generAzioniLAB.dispensadeitipici.it

    On 30th April, for the International Jazz Day, Associazione Nel Gioco del Jazz,  wtih the I-Jazz network, with the partnership of UNESCO and the contribution of MIBACT, organizes an entire day dedicated to music, culture and territory, between Castel del Monte and the city of Andria.

    The idea is to propose a day in which the music bring attention on apulian culture, passing through traditions and handicraft productions, to enhance the great enogastronomic heritage exalted in its typical territoriality.

    The main lap of this experience will be Castel del Monte, venue of the concert of the Roberto Ottaviano QuarkTet (*free concert, reservations required), the Confettificio Mucci Museum, the Torrevento Winery, the Andria historical centre.

    Event in collaboration with: Dispensa dei Tipici, generAzioniLAB e Pasticceria Ladisa.

    30 aprile 2018 giornata internazionale del jazz andria torrevento mucci - ridotta-min (1)

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  • Dispensa dei Tipici supports Compact Show

    Dispensa dei Tipici supports Compact Show

    Dispensa dei Tipici supports Compact Show.

    A quarter of an hour to relax and to know new musicians, famous and young talents, time to time.

    Compact Show is a real concert lasting just over 15 minutes.

    A few songs, an exchange of opinions, anecdotes and smiles, virtually sitting in a real living room, together with exceptional artists; with the technology that is used to “digitize” and to promote art, in a new way.

    Compact Show is a format born from an idea of Gemini Music and Arts that comes from passion .. and the desire to share those emotions that music can unleash … that’s why we support it!

    If you are here, you have the same passion of the Compact Show, and we will be happy to let you discover the excellences that the lands of Puglia and Basilicata produce.

    Cause even food and wine, like music, are culture.

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  • A little patience

    A little patience

    We do not call it “bad weather” at all.. we enjoy to look at our land with other colors!

    Please have patience if you are waiting for your order,
    because the snow, the frost and low temperatures can cause delays for few days.

    Thank you ♡
    Staff Dispensa dei Tipici

    photo credits www.sipuglia.net
    Minervino Murge, Barletta-Andria-Trani, Puglia, Italia

  • Origins and Itineraries of Primitivo – part one

    Origins and Itineraries of Primitivo – part one

    Origins and Itineraries of Primitivo – part one.

     it is an article by Mediterranea Onlinemediterraneaonline.eu

    The good propensity for journey of Primitivo grape…

    The existence of grapes in Puglia is made before the relationships between native populations and the Phoenicians who went along with their ships along the coasts of the region from 2000 to. C. for commercial purposes.

    The ancient sailors introduced in these lands new vines and techniques to make vine more effective and just as did the Illyrian people of the “Histri” that populated Istria, the Valley of the river Arsa and the bay of Kalavojna (name given later by Greeks: “kala” and “oenos” mean “good wine” in fact).

    Around 1200 a. C. from Illyria, a region bathed by the Adriatic Sea corresponding to most of the Western Balkans, including Dalmatia, began the first migrations in Puglia, especially towards the southern area of Salento; the first Illyrian tribe to populate the region was that of the Japigi (from the name of Iapige son of Daedalus and head of the Cretans settled in Taranto, or of the son of Lycaon and brother of Dauno and Peucezio); to these people probably originating from Albania followed, in the seventh century. B.C. the subtribes of Peuceti and Dauni.

    Between the ninth and tenth centuries BC new migratory flows of other tribes pushed towards Puglia as well as the Dorians: the Choni and the Messapi.

    The latter were probably credited with a name inspired by the legend of Messapo, a Beota warlord, proving to be a branch of populations far more archaic than the Illyrians of which they were part, or at least had contact … the inhabitants of Boeotia and Euboea , whose lands were already famous for the renowned wines. However, according to the literary testimonies of Herodotus, the Messapians were supposed to come from Crete. However, strong of the language and of a civilization defined by customs and common customs the Messapi merged with the Japigi giving birth to the culture and the people of Messapia, the “Land between the two Seas” corresponding to the Murge and Salento, up to to be confused with them (Strabo is no coincidence that he considered Messapia and Japigia the same thing).

    Although historical sources are uncertain, and the tribes of the Japigi and the Messapi are often considered a single ethnic group, born at the dawn of the great Indo-European migrations towards the Mediterranean area and their languages, the Illyrian and the Messapic, almost identical, to be equated with the aegean-anatolian phonetics. It is certain that new forms of viticulture were introduced in Puglia, as the Greeks did in the 8th century. a.C., with whom they maintained relations of mutual respect and cultural independence.

    Between reality and legend, migrations and crossings of civilization, the primitive vines of Primitivo attested their presence in the Balkans and in the land of Japigia, the vast territory including Daunia, Peucezia and Messapia, surviving the time and the dominations that changed the face of the territories joined by the Adriatic Sea.

    And the migrant vine with man brings civilization and knowledge for man everywhere takes root …

     

    read also ORIGINS AND ITINERARIES OF PRIMITIVO – PART TWO (coming soon)

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  • The golden triangle – part two

    The golden triangle – part two

    The golden triangle – part two.

    it is an article by Città Meridianecittameridiane.it

    The rock settlements between Monopoli and Fasano.

    Returning to Lama d’Antico, it was certainly one of the largest and inhabited settlements where nothing was missing: houses into the rock with chambers and cisterns for collecting rainwater, shelters for animals, mills for the milling of olives, spaces to host work environments and the magnificent church, completely painted with frescoes.

    It is a true cathedral with a central dome, one of the largest cave churches all aroung Puglia. Inside you enter through a monumental entrance that leads into a distinct environment in two apsed naves. Originally the church was completely frescoed but today most of the paintings are faded. A Maiestas Domini is still visible on the lunette of the central apse and on the left wall there is the figure of the apostle Giovanni Evangelista who blesses.

    Also in the Archeological Park of Lama d’Antico, the church of San Lorenzo is included, in which a particular iconostasis is conserved and strongly linked to the Greek-Orthodox religious services. And it is precisely here that we find the two Holy Fathers: St. Basil of the Orthodox Church and St. Benedict of the Latin Church. Remarkable are the other wall paintings that are painted with pictorial ability and accuracy for the use of colors and the intensely expressive features of the faces that make this church one of the most fascinating examples of Byzantine art in the canyons of Fasano.

    Among the most interesting houses there is Sant’Andrea and San Procopio, in the territory of Monopoli, which can be reached from Masseria Rosati. In the Assunta’s canyon there are numerous cave-dwellings, a mill, an oil mill and other rooms for handicraft use, and the crypt church with a sculpted front with great care and skill. Very interesting is the long inscription engraved in Latin above the lunette that dates the church to 1073.

    Also the bema of this church is unusual in the area, as it has a double separation in stone 50 cm high with two openings in the direction of the apses. With regard to the wall paintings, a Saint George on horseback, the saint of the Crusades, is still visible. In the paintings of San Procopio one can perceive the passage from the Byzantine tradition to a new pictorial current of western inspiration with Norman-Swabian matrix.

    Angevins paintings are present in the depiction of Sant’Eligio painted with bright colors and the symbols attributed to him by tradition as patron of the farriers: two nails, a hammer, a pincer, a horseshoe and a small black mule.

    Our tour ends in the canyon near the Masseria Ottava Grande (Provincial Road 10, Contrada Ottava, Montalbano di Fasano – phone +39 320 6844285 – www.masseriaottavagrande.it – info@masseriaottavagrande.it), a ravine with high walls rocky with a system of large caves of which some used as a oil mill consisting of three large rooms and other small rooms and equipped with millstone working until the ’50s. In front of the farm, the oldest example of a fortified tower, the church of San Pietro from the 12th century which – as explained by the archaeologist Roberta Mussardo, who in the meantime has been added to us – is a typical example of a domed building in axis, whose scheme spread widely in Puglia from the 8th to the 13th century.

    The church is a small jewel in which the simple exterior architecture does not predict the extent and the internal richness.

    Impressing are the pillars that extend upwards and support the arches of the three domes made with cross vaults.

    Subsequently, San Pietro was decorated with elegant floral motifs.

    It should be noted that the building has returned to being usable thanks to the Indelli family that owns it, after a long period of neglect. Together with the church the rural house has also been recovered, which is located in the canyon next to which stands an ancient style and a fragrant citrus grove closed by high walls covered in cocciopesto and equipped with stone channels to bring the water from the cistern.

     

    read also THE GOLDEN TRIANGLE – PART ONE

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  • December 4, 2017 | Wine & Food Tasting | by Città del Gusto Lecce @Torre del Parco, Lecce, Apulia, Italy

    December 4, 2017 | Wine & Food Tasting | by Città del Gusto Lecce @Torre del Parco, Lecce, Apulia, Italy

    December 4, 2017 | Wine & Food Tasting | by Città del Gusto Lecce @Torre del Parco, Lecce, Apulia, Italy.

     it is an event by Città del Gusto Lecce.

    At the beautiful Torre del Parco venue in Lecce, let will be the tasting of wines awarded with the Tre Bicchieri, the maximum score by the Gambero Rosso Italian Wines Guide 2018

    December 4, h 19:00 @ Torre del Parco, Lecce, Apulia, Italy.
    Info: gamberorosso.it

    The most awaited event, the one with the wines awarded with the highest score – Tre Bicchieri – by Guida Vini d’Italia 2018 Gambero Rosso.

    Event will be in Pugli for the first time.

    After the appointments at Rome, Naples and Turin, the “Tre Bicchieri” tour reach Lecce: Monday, December 4, in the historic Torre del Parco residence (Viale Torre del Parco, 1, Lecce), from 7.00 pm to 10.00 pm, it will be possible to taste wines of some of the Italian companies awarded, with the participation of the expert Gambero Rosso William Pregentelli.

    It will be an unmissable opportunity to know and appreciate the national enological excellences and to share info with producers and wine lovers.

    Puglia confirms the trend of recent years, in which it has grown and found a high-level production continuity, difficult to imagine even just ten years ago, aspects linked above all to the awareness of having vines, vineyards and unique territories in the Italian wine scene and worldwide.

    The primitivo is by now the most important grape of the region not only in the historical areas, Gioia del Colle and Manduria. Gioia del Colle is building its success year by year also thanks to a strong and compact consortium proposing an idea of quality wine. As for Manduria, it must be noted that some of the most significant companies in the area have chosen to offer their wines out of the denomination, in some cases for some time, in others recently, as a reaction to a disciplinary that seems to be not too clear. If on one hand we are happy about a good number of wineries constantly at the top national quality, on the other we are a bit ‘surprised not to see many emerging news.

    The Tre Bicchieri awards are almost all confirmations, starting from the Gioia del Colle Primitivo, as the Contrada Barbatto by Nicola Chiaromonte, the 17 Montevella Vineyard of Polvanera, the Tre Pini Riserva, the Senatore by Coppi, plus the return of the Marpione by Viglione.

    As for Salice Salentino, the winery cooperative Due Palme and Leone de Castris confirm the role of reference producers, with the Selvarossa and Per Lui Reserva.

    Same situation for Castel Del Monte denomination, where Torrevento by Francesco Liantonio has become the model to follow, in particular with its Riserva Vigna Pedale, a benchmark not only for the designation but also for all wines produced from black grapes of Nero di Troia.

    As for the Primitivo di Manduria, we find the history of this territory side by side, with the Sinfarosa Zinfandel, and the passion accompanied by the technique, with the Raccontami of the Vespa family.

    Tenuta Rubino is confirmed with the Oltremé, to high the flag of susumaniello – autochthonous vine rediscovered by the Rubino family wuth time, resources and passion – while Paolo Leo and Carvinea obtain again the highest recognition with ever iridescent labels: the Negramaro for the first, the Primitivo for the second.

    We close talking once again about the detestable fashion of ultra-heavy bottles: it seems truly unacceptable that cellars decide to use bottles that exceed well the weight of 750 ml of still wine, and a serious lack of consistency for companies that claim to make a eco-sustainable production or carrying out organic or biodynamic viticulture.

    I vini della Puglia premiati con Tre Bicchieri

    Castel del Monte Rosso V. Pedale Ris. 2014 – Torrevento

    Gioia del Colle Primitivo 17 Vign. Montevella 2014 – Polvanera

    Gioia del Colle Primitivo Marpione Ris. 2013 – Tenuta Viglione

    Gioia del Colle Primitivo Muro Sant’Angelo Contrada Barbatto 2014 – Tenute Chiaromonte

    Gioia del Colle Primitivo Ris. 2014 – Tre Pini

    Gioia del Colle Primitivo Senatore 2011 – Coppi

    Oltremé 2016 – Tenute Rubino

    Orfeo Negroamaro 2015 Cantine Paolo Leo

    Primitivo 2015 – Carvinea

    Primitivo di Manduria Raccontami2015 – Vespa – Vignaioli per Passione

    Primitivo di Manduria Sinfarosa Zinfandel 2015 – Felline

    Salice Salentino Rosso Per Lui Ris. 2015 – Leone de Castris

    Salice Salentino Rosso Selvarossa Ris. 2014 – Cantine Due Palme

    Queste le cantine presenti con le loro eccellenze:

    Barone Pizzini

    Biancavigna

    Cantina Tollo

    Cantina Meran

    Cantina Tramin

    Cantine Due Palme

    Cantine Polvanera

    Cantine Settesoli

    Cantine Tre Pini

    Carvinea

    Casale del Giglio

    Chiaromonte

    Coppi

    Cottanera

    Donnachiara

    Felline

    Ferghettina

    Ferrari

    Feudi di San Gregorio

    Franz Haas

    Leone De Castris

    Masi

    Paolo Leo

    Pievalta

    Russiz Superiore

    San Salvatore 1988

    Suavia

    Tenuta San Leonardo

    Tenute Rubino

    Velenosi

    Il food sarà a cura dello chef Gianluca Spedicato (Torre del Parco) e degli chef di Gambero Rosso Academy Cosimo Russo (Ristorante Aqua Le Dune di Porto Cesareo) e Matteo Romano (Ristorante Lilith) arricchito da una ricca offerta di selezionati produttori del territorio:

    – Il capocollo di Terra Terra-Questione di radici;

    – il formaggio Don Carlo dell’azienda InMasseria;

    – i prodotti a base di peperoncino di “Maru”;

    – i sott’oli di Carlino la Famiglia;

    – gli insaccati di mare di Offishina;

    – Panificio Scordella (Taurisano);

    – Essentiae del Salento.