By Appointment to
Her Majesty the Queen
Suppliers of Fine Cheese
Valvona & Crolla Ltd
Established 1934
Sunday Night Swing Jazz with
Dick Lee’s Swingtet
VinCaffè, Multrees Walk
Dick's hot new quartet featuring the music of Benny Goodman, Django Reinhardt,
Glenn Miller et al.
Sunday 26th May 6pm – 8.30pm
Entry FREE OF CHARGE - Booking Recommended
The show will become a fortnightly event from the 26th.
For full details please click here
Explore Wines from North East Italy
Shop, Elm Row
Thursday 20th June 2013 6pm - 7:30pm
Discover the wines that the Trentino and Friuli regions have to offer at this tasting
and enjoy 8 classic wines from Pinot Grigio via Pinot Noir to Gewurtztraminer.
Tickets £7.00* BUY *Includes a 10% discount on all food and wine purchased on the night
Pecorino and Capretta Tasting Tutored by Giancarlo Russo with Paired Wines
Shop, Elm Row
Friday 28th June 2013 6pm - 7:30pm
We are delighted to welcome back Giancarlo Russo after last years oversubscribed and well received tasting.
His expertise is in Pecorino and Caprino and not least in matching different
styles of these cheeses with fine quality Tuscan wines.
Tickets £10.00* BUY *Includes a 10% discount on all food and wine purchased on the night
Cheap & Very Cheerful Offer
www.valvonacrolla.co.uk
Three of our favourite wines at a very cheap and very cheerful price of only £20,
plus only pay £1 for delivery!
Offer price £20
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V&C Events 2013
Various locations We have prepared a full calendar of exciting events for 2013.
Click here for more details. Download our Events programme here.
Mixed Fresh Vegetable & Fruit Boxes www.valvonacrolla.co.uk
A beautiful selection of the fabulous seasonal fruit & veg we receive daily from Italian and East Lothian markets.
Three types to choose from.
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Wine Tasting News
www.valvonacrolla.co.uk
To read Francesco’s wine@valvonacrolla.co.uk brief tasting notes from his recent Spring tutored wine tasting please click here.
A full list of notes from all events can be found here.
Gregg Wallace
"FAVOURITE FOOD SHOP... Valvona & Crolla, an Italian deli in Edinburgh. I remember the first time I went; I'd heard a lot about it, but I saw this tiny little shop front with black-out windows and thought, "Is this it?". But what they've done is buy up the building behind them so you just walk through this amazing cave of Italian produce. Whenever I go to Edinburgh for the rugby, I always try to stop by."
- Independent On Sunday Magazine, March 2012
"Arguably the best Italian delicatessen north of the Alps."
- Wall Street Journal, September 2011
Read full article click here
Corking time on the menu-
Edinburgh Evening News, April 2012 "Enjoying a Champagne picnic to get in the mood for the summer event were, from left, Capital cooking gurus Mary Contini of Vincaffe, Paul Whitecross of ..." Read more
"The thing that makes Valvona & Crolla special is the knowledge that the food you buy is authentic and fresh"
- Olive Magazine August 2011
"Valvona & Crolla wins new hamper business" - Herald Scotland, December 2012
Read full article click here
Valvona & Crolla still slow after almost 80 years
We are proud to support Slow Food selling products by local and global companies committed to the Slow Food philosophy.
VALVONA & CROLLA warmly welcomes you to our web site and online shop. From market stall to dot com, we now serve the nation from our original premises in Edinburgh. We are Scotland's oldest Delicatessen and Italian Wine Merchant; one of Europe's original Specialist Food Shops, founded in 1934. From our humble beginnings, serving the fledgling immigrant Italian community in old Edinburgh, we now list food products and wines from around the world, and supply the entire UK with an efficient, speedy delivery system that boasts a next-day service to 90% of the population.
We are an independent family business - free to place before you new and exciting products together with our more traditional food and wine. Our roots are firmly planted in tradition - our growth is nourished by technology - our future lies in the pursuit of ever increasing quality, value and service in all that we do.
In the online shop you will find our own-baked bread, cakes and biscuits, and an extensive range of cheese, champagne, cookery books, coffee, tea, kitchenware, pasta, rice, salami, sausages, oil, vinegar, port, dessert wine, whisky and wine - lots of wine!
We hold tastings and cookery demonstrations in our Caffè Bar throughout the year. We also have an on-site gift room and book shop which is converted into a 70 seat theatre during August to become a venue in the Edinburgh International Fringe Festival.
Do not hesitate to email us from the contact page with any enquiry or problem.
Best wishes and thank you for your custom.
Cav. Philip Contini Chairman & Managing Director
"Elm Row is home to an impressive deli in the heart of Leith Walk's strongly Italian area: Valvona & Crolla. " Read full article
"The thing that makes Valvona & Crolla special is the knowledge that the food you buy is authentic and fresh" - Olive Magazine August 2011
...and Valvona & Crolla is the best trattoria/cafe. - AA Gill, Sunday Times November 2010.
"arguably the best Italian delicatessen north of the Alps. - Wall Street Journal, September 2011
Read full article click here
TELEPHONE:
Deli & Caffe Bar
Elm Row, Edinburgh:
0131 556 6066
