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1. • • Cicchetti are usually accompanied by a small glass of local wine, which the locals refer to as an ombra. Ombra means shadow or shade in Italian. It is either a small glass of house red - ombra rosso - or white wine - ombra bianco.
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   What does Ombra mean in Italy?

   • Yes, ombra means shadow in Italy. But in the dialect of Venice and the Veneto, including the languages spoken in the land of Prosecco, an ombra means a small glass of wine to be shared with a friend or consumed in a bacaro or cicchetteria, where Venetian “small plates” are served.

   Ombra: How it came to mean a “small glass of wine” in Veneto dialect

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   What is Ombra wine?

   • Ombra means shadow or shade in Italian. It is either a small glass of house red - ombra rosso - or white wine - ombra bianco. The bacaris serve what is known as Vino della Casa - house wine. It is a type of wine that belongs to the least strict wine classification in Italy: VdT or Vino da Tavola.

   Giro d’ Ombra - How to eat and drink like a Venetian. - 1 Sip At a Time

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   What does Ombra mean in Venetian?

   • However, as I said, the word ombra in Venetian, has a very different meaning. It means a drink, or aperitif, usually, but not necessarily, alcoholic. The meaning is said to come from the fact that, as evidenced by Canaletto’s paintings, there used to be stalls selling wine at the foot of the Campanile di San Marco.

   Venetian word of the day: ombra - Luca's Italy

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   Why do Venetians drink Ombre?

   • What’s more, Venetians have created a whole set of social rituals, local mores, and popular wisdom around the ritual of small goblets of wine, also known as ombre. Ombra – literally, shadow, shade. It’s the word Venetians use to mean a glass – one tenth of a litre, to be precise – of wine. Why? It’s unclear.

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   Ombra – literally, shadow, shade. It’s the word Venetians use to mean a glass – one tenth of a litre, to be precise – of wine. Why? It’s unclear. The most likely explanation seems to be linked to the dominating shadow cast by el paron de casa, aka the belltower of St Mark’s.

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   Nov 28, 2017 · The phrase, andar a ombra, means to go on a bar crawl. The traditional ombra was a glass of malvasia wine, or more recently, prosecco. However, since the Venetian drink apérol spritz took the world by storm the shadow is just as likely to be orange.

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   Aug 31, 2016 · But in the dialect of Venice and the Veneto, including the languages spoken in the land of Prosecco, an ombra means a small glass of wine to be shared with a friend or consumed in a bacaro or cicchetteria, where Venetian “small plates” are served.

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   Ombra is Italian for shadow, or shade. The small measure of red wine had been poured from a 1.5 liter, unmarked bottle. We settled in for the evening, squeezed around the corner of the table, with the barman ready to top us up when the shadows got low. I wanted to know why Venetians call a small glass of wine a shadow.

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   Apr 4, 2021 · The name stuck, and a small glass of local wine in Venice remains an ombra. If you order a "Un bicchiere di vino", you will be served a glass of higher-priced fine wine that is currently uncorked and available by the glass.

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   But the real ritual is consumed as an aperitif: the time of the famous Cicchetti e ombre (tastings and wine). “Baccalà mantecato, per favore” (“Creamed salt cod, please”), in the Venetian bacari (wine bars) a few words in the language of Casanova are enough to make a great appetizer.

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   Sep 2, 2024 · Choose a selection of cicchetti from the overflowing platters in the display case and wash them down with a small glass of house wine—or an ombra, in Venetian—ordering just enough to whet the appetite for your upcoming meal or going back for more to satisfy your hunger completely.