This harvest season, if you’d like to explore the “imaginary” Italy of the North Bay, we’ve got your passport and itinerary ready. We asked some of our favorite Italian-inspired chefs, farmers and winemakers to chime in on the question: How do you live like an Italian in Wine Country? Cue the soundtrack of “Il Postino.”

Growing your own Costata Romanesco zucchini then frying it up without a recipe? Check. Filling up one jug with olive oil and the other with wine? Check. Slurping up briny oysters and washing them down with prosecco, all while drinking in the ocean air? Check.