Food matching: Lessons in Lambrusco

South of Modena in central Emilia, vines on the edge of Levizzano Rangone village, looking towards its castle.The Emilia region in northern Italy is home to all but one of Italy’s DOC and IGT denominations for Lambrusco – a wine name that’s still well known in the UK and US especially, thanks to its heady popularity in its simple, fun fizz guise back in the 1970s and ’80s.
Lambrusco’s historical success has proved to be both a blessing and a curse for the Emilia reg