{"id":1354,"date":"2023-05-10T12:55:49","date_gmt":"2023-05-10T10:55:49","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.stradaviniesaporiferrara.it\/?page_id=1354"},"modified":"2025-02-11T14:48:19","modified_gmt":"2025-02-11T13:48:19","slug":"chi-siamo","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/www.stradaviniesaporiferrara.it\/en\/chi-siamo\/","title":{"rendered":"About Us"},"content":{"rendered":"

We are a nonprofit association of public and private companies, interdisciplinary and provincial, that has operated in the Emilia Romagna region since 2001. Our aim has been to pursue the historical, cultural, environmental, economical and social identity of the Ferrara Province and its territory.
The reasons why this association was set up are numerous and just a few are mentioned below:<\/p>\n\n\n\n

\u2022 To promote the production of wine and agricultural goods, local food production, local food and wine products and services within an eco-compatible structure;<\/br>\n\u2022 To promote the historical, cultural and environmental attractions situated along the ROUTE including the association members;<\/br>\n\u2022 To Promo the image and popularity of the ROUTE with promotional events, press campaigns, information centers, marketing campaigns and exhibitions at trade fairs and trade events;<\/br>\n\u2022 To Publish promotional and informative material about the ROUTE and the Ferrarese territories.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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The following public members are included in the Food and Wine Route: the Chamber of Commerce, the Provincial administrative offices, the Po Delta Park, the county Councils of Ferrara, Argenta, Bondeno Cento Copparo; Comacchio, Mesola, Migliarino, Jolanda di Savoia, Poggio Renatico, Portomaggiore, Ro Ferrarese; Tresigallo, Goro, Masi Torello, Massafiscaglia, Vigarano Mainarda and Voghierae- Its private members include all the main associations operating throughout the territory.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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The Ferrara Province: Itineraries and Local Products<\/h2>\n\n\n\n

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An evocative landscape of misty cultivated fields, rice paddies and rivers, salt marshes and grand palaces from the Estense era is the backdrop for the Ferrara Province Food and Wine Route. Itineraries that extend along the Po river bed, the Reno river and as far as the Adriatic Coast.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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The \u201cGreat River Route\u201d<\/strong>, follows the course of the river Po from the reclaimed lands of Upper Ferrara as far as the sea; an itinerary that crosses the boroughs of Bondeno, Berra, Migliarino, Massa Fiscaglia to the magnificent Castle at Mesola and the Abbey at Pomposa. The Abbery bears witness to the arduous land reclamation work carried out by the Benedictine fathers, fighting against the water of the river on one side and the waters of the sea on the other.\nHere the culinary tradition reigns sovereign and beats time with the ancient, unchanged rhythms of the seasons thanks to the \u201c pearls\u201d of this territory. The local pumpkin dishes and salami meats lend themselves to even the finest of palates.<\/p>\n<\/div><\/div>\n\n\n\n

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The \u201cRoute of the Estense Court\u201d<\/strong>: a route that runs from Upper Ferrara, towards what is considered a boundary area between , Veneto, Emilia and Lombardy, passing glorious royal palaces, genuine \u201c Delights\u201d of architectural elegance: \"Belriguardo\", \"Il Verginese\", Copparo and the Mesola Castle evoke memories of great hunts, games and jousts, shows and sumptuous banquets where Tasso and Ariosto read their poems to the delight of intellectual Isabella and the feared Lucrezia. We recommend that all food lovers take a break from their travels to sit back and enjoy the tasty recipes of rice, truffles, garlic and, what is considered the \u201cqueen\u201d of the local table, salama da sugo, a seasoned, wrapped sausage that undergoes unique preparation.<\/p>\n<\/div>

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The \u201cDelta Route\u201d<\/strong> is perfect for everyone, Nature lovers will be able to explore the wilder and more evocative side to a territory that has been shaped by canals, salt marshes, pine forests and sand dunes. Comacchio is the capital of these areas, it is world famous for its unique historical town centre, for fishing and for its eels.\nThe local wines produced from grapes grown on the sandy coastal dunes are very much part of the local table- Fortana, Merlot, Sauvignon and White with Doc wines from Bosco Eliceo.<\/p>\n<\/div><\/div>\n\n\n\n

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A few famous quotes about local products<\/h2>\n\n\n\n

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In 1584 the \u201cDello Scalco\u201d recipe collection was published in Ferrara. It included the recipes of Giovan Battista Rossetti, cook for the court of Alfonso d\u2019 Este II. Here we find the first reference to \u201ctortelli di zucca con il butirro\u201d, pasta with a pumpkin and cheese filling. The ingredients are the same as the present day recipe apart from a couple of the original spices, ginger and pepper, that are not used today but in that era were very common.
The salama da sugo was applauded in the 18th century work \u201c La Porcheide\u201d by Scipione Sacrati Giraldi. The most recent testimonies to the salama da sugo include that of Mario Soldati ( in his 1958 television program entitled \u201c A journey through the Po Valley in search of genuine food\u201d), the work entitled \u201c Ferrarese Food\u201d by Folco Quilici (1997) and the food expert Massimo Alberini who, in 1969, referred to Ferrara as \u201c Epic in poetry\u201d but ignored in cookery: \u201c that sort of spiced pork sausage\u2026.. merits a more widespread fame\u201d.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

The \u201ccoppia ferrarese\u201d, famous local bread, is described as, Bacchelli wrote \u201c that divine piece of bread made of two rolls, tied like a ribbon in the middle, each with its ends twisted, forming a fan with four points \u2018curnitt\u2019, the points are called \u2018grustin\u2019. Folco Quilici describes it as \u201cthe best bread in the world\u201d: the Ferrarese bread PGI, unequalled in the whole world and \u201c king\u201d of the Food and Wine Route hamper.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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E\u2019 un\u2019associazione di enti pubblici e privati, intersettoriale e provinciale, senza di lucro \u00e8 stata riconosciuta con delibera dalla regione Emilia Romagna ed opera dal 2001 con grande impegno perseguendo l\u2019affermazione dell\u2019identit\u00e0 storica, culturale, ambientale, economica e sociale della provincia di Ferrara e dell\u2019intero territorio.Gli scopi per cui \u00e8 nata sono molteplici e tra questi […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":3,"featured_media":2076,"parent":0,"menu_order":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","template":"","meta":{"footnotes":""},"class_list":["post-1354","page","type-page","status-publish","has-post-thumbnail","hentry"],"meta_box":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.stradaviniesaporiferrara.it\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/1354","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.stradaviniesaporiferrara.it\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.stradaviniesaporiferrara.it\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/page"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.stradaviniesaporiferrara.it\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/3"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.stradaviniesaporiferrara.it\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=1354"}],"version-history":[{"count":5,"href":"https:\/\/www.stradaviniesaporiferrara.it\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/1354\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":3097,"href":"https:\/\/www.stradaviniesaporiferrara.it\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/1354\/revisions\/3097"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.stradaviniesaporiferrara.it\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/2076"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.stradaviniesaporiferrara.it\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=1354"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}