There is a particular moment in Veneto when summer begins to soften. The light becomes warmer, the vineyards grow quieter, and among country gardens and old farmhouses, Venetian figs reach their perfect ripeness.

Sometimes the most memorable journeys begin in places you weren’t expecting to find.

There are places you visit, and places you remember by the way they made you feel.

There are places you visit, and places you slowly discover. Monte Berico, overlooking the elegant city of Vicenza in the Veneto region of Italy, belongs to the second kind.

There are some places in Italy that you remember for their monuments, others for their landscapes. And then there are places you remember for a taste.

There are places you visit for the sights, and then there are places that slowly change the way you feel.

There are places you visit because they are famous, and then there are places you discover almost by accident and remember for much longer.

There are places you visit, and then there are places you slowly discover.

There are some dishes that feel like recipes, and others that feel like memories. Sugoli veneti belong to the second category.

There are places in Italy that seem to exist outside time.