The Valtellina is a long, sinuous alpine valley bordered by the Bernina Alps, part of the Rhaetian Alps, the Ortles Mountains in the northeast and the Orobie Alps to the south. It snakes its way along ...

If you've ever seen images of vineyards situated on steep hillsides, you know that viticulture can be a pretty demanding challenge. There are several areas in Italy where the term extreme viticulture ...

Roula Khalaf, Editor of the FT, selects her favourite stories in this weekly newsletter. Which wine grape is currently most fashionable? The Pinot Noir of Burgundy? I would respectfully suggest it’s a ...

Terrible mountains is what Leonardo da Vinci called the peaks that surround the Valtellina. They take the leading role in this story, which is rendered with the help of spectacular film footage and ...

If you ever doubt the value that humanity has placed on the fermented juice of the grape, take a look at the labor-intensive, death-defying challenges that people have accepted to tend vines on some ...

(ANSA) - ROME, NOV 13 - A full-blown prehistoric ecosystem from nearly 300 million years ago has been discovered thanks to climate-change-induced snow melt in the Orobie Valtellinesi Park in the ...

To make the white pizzoccheri from Valtellina, start with the pizzoccheri dough: pour the breadcrumbs into a bowl, add the ...

After the good start in Andorra, CAMP athletes got great results in the 2nd stage of the 2016 Ski mountaineering World Cup last week-end in Valtellina, Italy. Planetmountain.com is a site about ...

The regional government promoted a working day this week in Sondrio with productive sectors to advance projects linked to Milano Cortina, where jobs, training initiatives and key figures were ...