Inhabitants of Chiusi organised a wine festival last friday and since I had never been to Chiusi (and neither had my guests) we jumped at this opportunity. Chiusi is a lovely village in Tuscany just over the Umbrian border. Fortunately we had lovely guests since the...
During a wonderful dinner made by the owners of apartments we rent out, mentioned that not too far away from our house there is a place which sells the cheese they produce. Most evenings a simple dinner was served they said. It is in Ponte Valleceppi just before the...
No, sorry no recipe. It is the time of the year that the majority of the grapes have become sweet enough to be called ripe. So in the morning you stroll over to your vineyard, eye a nice bunch or two, snip them of and dive back into your home to let them join the...
Earlier this year a friend gave us some, what I thought of as 'canes' with a few tiny springily roots on them. Figs, hazelnuts the lot he said. Now I know that you can make big trees out of almost nothing but certainly in the Umbrian climate one would like to have...
Don't ask how but last week we ended up in a very nice osteria in the via dei Priori in Perugia. The name of the place is, drumroll........ Osteria dei Priori. They try to only serve local Umbrian produce. It is a bit trendy tables and chairs are made from very light...
Last sunday my colleague, me and some friends and family went to have lunch at a cheesefarm for which we have been renting out apartments for years. Great place, great people and great food! We started with antipasti most of it their own products: salad, capocollo,...
If you like wine festivals you'll like Italy. Take this one for example, vini nel mondo in Spoleto. In exchange for some euro's you are handed a wineglass and a 'winemap' of Spoleto. You then head into town and dive into one of the buildings marked on the map to get...
Few years ago at the Vini di Vignaioli we talked to some winemakers from Sicily who produced some very nice wines. To be more precise they make wine but also olive oil, olives, peperoncino, oregano etc. Last time at the Vini Veri we were enthusiasticly pulled over to...
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...
... 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...
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