Asiago

Stop 195 of 265 · Italy

One cheese on the loop, with something to drink beside it, something for the driver, and the road either side.

The cheese

Asiago PDO

  • cow milk
  • alpine
  • hard
Drink
Jura Chardonnay or a dry alpine whiteNutty oxidative whites echo what long ageing already put in the wheel.
Driving
Roasted barley teaToasted and nutty, matching rather than contrasting.
Eat with
Rye bread, cornichons and air-dried hamWhat keeps through an alpine winter is what is eaten with an alpine wheel.

Derived from the milk and the style of the cheese, not from local custom. A local will have opinions.

Asiago PDO on Wikipedia

The road

Arriving fromTreviso90 km (56 mi) by road, about 1 h 33 min driving.
On toMoena129 km (80 mi) by road, about 2 h 16 min driving. The road is 2.2× the straight line — an estuary, a pass or a lake is in the way.
AsiagoTrevisoMoena

Every cheese on the loop has a drink for the driver as well as one for the passengers. On a driving tour, somebody is always driving.