One expects that besides eating food, talking about it is as important here in Italy. A friend of ours, over dinner, talked about bread and wine. I said that while I like bread fresh from the oven, the taste from a days old bread is far superior. Ma si! he replied,...
One of our trusty spies told us that the Slow Wine guide was going to be presented in Montefalco so we grabbed the tasting glasses and hit the road. It is amazing how little information sometimes is available about these events but then you can trust the todoinumbria...
It is truffle time in Umbria, well it basically always seems to be and though the crop this season is by no means fantastic there is some to be found. At the Citta di Castello truffle event we spoke to the sister in law of a lady running a reliable truffle operation...
Hunt for wild boar or wild hunt for boar? I'd say it is both! Some hunting days you feel like you have been transferred to a war zone. Loud Bangs, screaming, yelling, barking dogs and what have you. We went for a walk one afternoon and hit upon the local hunting...
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...
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...
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...
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...
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...
Just back from two days hard work in Fornovo (close to Parma). Each year we go to wine events, specially the ones which feature small (natural) wine producers. We brought back quite some bottles, many for us and some for our friends. We are not all spoiled for choice...
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