What grows here
Favale di Malvaro
6 protected denominations overlap in this municipality.
Favale di Malvaro, a municipality of just 420 inhabitants within Liguria's Metropolitan City of Genoa, benefits from a unique microclimate shaping its distinctive produce. Here, within a delimited zone encompassing only 36 municipalities, Portofino DOC wines express the region's coastal influence, alongside Colline del Genovesato IGT. This small corner of Italy is also integral to the broader production of Riviera Ligure DOP olive oil and the prized Olive taggiasche liguri IGP. In total, six protected denominations intersect Favale di Malvaro, highlighting its significant contribution to Italy's diverse food and wine heritage, rooted in this particular Genovese landscape.