What grows here
Brescello
16 protected denominations overlap in this municipality.
Brescello rises from the low-lying plains of the Bassa Reggiana, a riverside landscape made famous by Giovannino Guareschi’s fictional tales of Don Camillo and Peppone. This humid alluvial basin yields the sweet Anguria Reggiana IGP, a watermelon cultivated across a restricted zone of 20 municipalities. The same lowlands host vineyards for Reggiano DOC, a sparkling wine thriving in flat clay deposits. Here, the slow-moving Po valley climate concentrates sugars in the melons and acidity in the grapes, feeding the 16 protected denominations that overlap in this historic literary hub.
Municipality
Born on this land
IGPAceto Balsamico di ModenaDOPAceto balsamico tradizionale di Reggio EmiliaIGPAnguria ReggianaIGBrandy italianoIGPCoppa di ParmaIGPCotechino ModenaIGTdell'EmiliaIGPErbazzone ReggianoIGGrappaIGPMortadella BolognaDOPParmigiano ReggianoDOCReggianoIGPSalame CremonaDOPSalame PiacentinoDOPSalamini italiani alla cacciatoraIGPZampone Modena