Colour feast
Spring is in full swing here in Umbria. A feast of incredible colours. Some pictures.......
Sunny days in Umbria
We have some bad weather coming our way but for the past few days we really had lots of sunshine. The olive tree was the last to receive a 'haircut'. The other pictures is the field one of the houses here looks out over.
Visit the Abbey of Montelabate near Perugia
This year we, Villa in Umbria, are organising for our guests a visit to the Montelabate abbey. This is a unique possibility to view this recently restored abbey, usually closed for visitors. After the brief visit we will taste some of the locally made products of the...
Umbria Wine Festival 2010
Yesterday we had a lovely afternoon, tasting some of Umbria's wines. Some nice, others not so ... but taste is rather personal and difficult to judge! There was a cheese stand as well which had excellent cheeses (Formos from Foligno). A few pictures below: [gallery...
Vinnatur
... continued from a few posts ago ... Next day off to Vinnatur in Villa da Porto also known as 'la Favorita'. Great place with some marvellous views over vineyards and industry. Really special. Well they seem to go together these days so nothing worrying going on...
Lilae
In Italian these are called 'Lilla' (in Dutch 'Sering'). The Italian and English make a lot more sense than the Dutch word for these impressive flowers that come accompanied with a wonderful smell.
Heading North.
As mentioned in the previous blog we recently visited the Viniveri and Vinnatur. These 'fiere' used to be one but at some point in the past the group split up. Now we have two natural wine fairs. Not a lot of Umbrian wine producers on either (unfortunately) but we did...
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