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Soave Castello
Soave may refer to: * Soave, Veneto, commune in Veneto region, Italy * Soave (wine) Soave ( , ) is a dry white Italian wine from the Veneto region in northeast Italy, principally around the city of Verona. Within the Soave region are both a ''Denominazione di Origine Controllata'' (DOC) zone and since 2001 a ''Denominazione di O ..., a dry white wine from Veneto region * Moses Soave (1820–1882), Italian Hebraist * Robby Soave, American libertarian author and journalist {{disambig, surname ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Soave, Veneto
Soave is a small ''comune'' of the Veneto region in the Province of Verona, northern Italy, with a population of roughly 6,800 people. It is known above all for its Scaligeri Castle and for the typical wine that bears its name. Geography Soave is located approximately east of Verona and is reachable by use of the A4 motorway exit Soave-San Bonifacio. History Soave was a Roman center on the via Postumia that connected Aquileia to Genoa. There are different names about the origin of current name: according to one theory, it could derive from the Suebi (sometimes called ''Soavi'' in medieval Italian). The castle was cited for the first time in occasion of the Magyar invasions (934). In the 13th century it was a possession of the Counts Bonifacio, which installed a capitano here. The walls still visible today, were built in 1379 by Cansignorio of the Scaliger family. Their rule was followed by those of the Visconti of Milan and the Carraresi from Padua; the latter lost Soave i ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Soave (wine)
Soave ( , ) is a dry white Italian wine from the Wines of Veneto, Veneto region in northeast Italy, principally around the city of Verona. Within the Soave region are both a ''Denominazione di Origine Controllata'' (DOC) zone and since 2001 a ''Denominazione di Origine Controllata e Garantita'' (DOCG) designation known as ''Soave Superiore'', with both zones being further sub-divided into a general and ''Classico'' designation for the wines produced in the heartland of the Soave region around the sloping vineyards of Verona. Throughout the Soave production zone Garganega is the principal grape variety, though Trebbiano di Soave and Chardonnay are permitted in varying percentages. While most Soave is dry, still wine within the DOC zone a sparkling (wine), sparkling ''spumante'' style is permitted as is the passito ''Recioto'' style, that in 1998 was granted its own Recioto di Soave DOCG, DOCG designation for grapes grown in the hilly region. History Soave saw a peak of popularity ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Moses Soave
Moses Soave was an Italian Hebraist; born in Venice 28 March 1820; died there 27 November 1882. He supported himself as a private tutor in Venetian Jewish families, and collected a library containing many rare and valuable works. Two years before his death he gave up teaching, and devoted himself entirely to study. In addition to numerous articles which appeared in Italian Jewish periodicals he wrote biographies of Sara Copia Sullam, Amatus Lusitanus, Abraham de Balmes, Shabbethai Donnolo and Leon de Modena Leon de Modena or in Hebrew name Yehudah Aryeh Mi-Modena (1571–1648) was a Jewish scholar born in Venice to a family whose ancestors migrated to Italy after an expulsion of Jews from France. Life He was a precocious child and grew up to be a re .... He was, besides, the editor of Isacco Israelita's ''Guida dei Medici'' (''Manhig ha-Rofe'im''), translated from an old Hebrew manuscript (Venice, 1861); and wrote ''Dei Soncino, Celebri Tipografi Italiani nel Secoli XV.-XVI.'' ( ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
