Appennino Modenese

The only small Italian fruit to enjoy institutional protection is a wild blueberry : it is the blueberry nero dell'Appennino Modenese.

The "Mirtillo nero dell'Appennino Modenese" (Bilberry of the Modena Apennines) protection label was created in 2011 b...

In many mountainous areas of northern Italy blueberry is still better known in its wild type than in its cultivated form. The wild blueberry (Vaccinium myrtillus) is in fact a plant that grows wild on the slopes of the highest mountains in...