Typical italian food products: Food Valley excellences and delicatessen

Piacenza is a territory waiting to be discovered, home of innumerable typical food and wine products, traditions and magnificent territories, as the name itself says, “Placentia” – a city you like, chosen by the Romans as far back as 218 BC.

This wonderful land is now recognized as Food Valley, an immense garden of delights and eno-gastronomic excellence.

Thanks to the fertility of the area combined with ancient traditions and local enterprise, the main productions of typical cured meats, cheeses, pasta and vegetable preserves of Italy are concentrated today.

Crossed by the river Po and by a real conviviality that in the hot season reaches its peak among village festivals, festivals and toasts with local wines and cold cuts. Definitely the perfect destination for a summer weekend.

Food valley: typical italian products internationally recognized

The Food Valley of this conviviality represents the highest wording, which refers to an internationally recognized quality gastronomy, very rich in DOP and IGP.

History and curiosities

Some curiosities: Piacenza is the only province in Europe that boasts 3 cured meats with Protected Designation of Origin: the Coppa Piancentina, the Salame Piacentino and the Pancetta Piacentina. In addition to these tasty cold cuts, there are cheese -among which the well-known Grana Padano DOP-  tomatoes and other vegetables. But this is not all: Piacenza also features several DOC wines that are traditionally produced on the suggestive slopes of our hills. Taste our red Gutturnio or our white sparkling Ortrugo, you’ll love them.

The territory of Piacenza is a succession of magnificent valleys, each with its peculiarities and its products.

Val Tidone, one of the oldest areas of Piacenza wine production. The Val Trebbia, one of the most beautiful valleys in Italy where the splendid medieval town Bobbio is located, awarded “Borgo dei Borghi” 2019.
The Val Nure which offers splendid views and is the cradle of many delicious products and the Val d’Arda which winds along the river of the same name, a land of cured meats and agricultural productions.

These and many others millenary traditions of specialties and delicatessen are skillfully handed down by our companies, and we are now committed to bring them all over the world, up to your doorstep.

Try our products, Taste Piacenza!