Country Rich - Officina Vesuviana, Somma Vesuviana (Na)
Allora, Karen...I'll send you the GPS coordinates. Let's hope that it doesn't rain.... And that's how my day in the country Campania began with Giuseppe Rea and Francesco Manzo of Officina Vesuviana began. Well, sort of. I had been hoping to have a visit - in the country - in the shadow of Mt Vesuvius for quite some time. Years maybe. I don'y know how many times in my 25 + years of living in the Campania region have I seen these pieninelo tomatoes hanging by the roadside during the summer months. But it wasn't until recently that I decided to take a bite, so to speak, of these pomodori - those special ones - that can only be found in the Vesuvius area. Those ones label PDO. Those that only grow in this particular territory. This pear shaped tomato with a pointy end. Full of strong acidic flavors thanks to where the soil that they call home. Yeah, I could have done a little research on the internet, but I wanted something di piu'