Festa dell’olio nuovo in Tuoro
Last weekend was party time in Tuoro sul Trasimeno, a small village near the house of my colleague. As normal with these village parties there were quite a few places where one could do some 'liver maintenance' or...
Pasta and white umbrian truffle
As mentioned we scored some white truffle at the yearly Citta di Castello truffle madness. So what do you do with them? Well pasta or egg secondo me. We got a special price which is very welcome since these...
Harvest report 2011
So what does two days of removing tiny fruits from olive trees get you? Wel apart from some sore muscles and loads of small wounds from the aggressive trees ('ignorante' they say here in the local...
Olive harvest 2011
Last thursday in three we started at 7.30 till 13.00 and had 'collected' 4,5 crate full of olives. In the afternoon in four we came to 4 crates (about 80kg). We planned to finish work in two days and we managed! Hard work but very satisfying thanks partly to the...
Truffle time in Citta di Castello.
Every year Citta di Castello hosts a very agreeable truffle market. Besides all truffle products you can dream up, you'll find lots of new olive oil to taste and buy, new wine, roasted chestnuts and a covered market with loads of regional Italian products (cheese from...
Heartfelt….. (?)
As mentioned, we went to a natural wine fair. Always nice to see old friends, especially when they point you to something you have not seen before. You see, these wine fairs can be quite busy and it is all ciao here, salve there and before you know it time has flown...
Feedback customers
Last week one of the houseowners told us that a client had made him a proposal. He would write a positive review if he would get a discount! The proposal was made on the day the guest was leaving, after a pleasant stay without any complaints (apart from the one day of...
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