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...
For all Italy fans out there, check out the to do in umbria site for a very Italy oriented quiz. A nice way to update your knowledge of the Italian language and at the same time have a look of what is going on in Umbria. Want to see Umbria and practice your Italian...
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...
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...
Just back from the Viniveri and Vinnatur. Two events that can be marked as the 'wilder cousins' of Vinitaly. You'll undoubtedly see, in the near future, some short posts on some wines we picked up there. But first up is a recent visit to a small natural winemaker in...
If you love music as well as Italy a good time to visit 'il bel paese' would be the month of July. Not only can you sip a nice espresso on a lovely Piazza of your choice but you can also enjoy some of the worlds finest musicians. Where? Umbria Jazz naturalmente! The...
We are approaching the month of Italy's biggest wine event, the famous Vinitaly. As you might have guessed, year-round there are lots of smaller events held throughout Italy. Last Saturday for instance we visited Vinix in Perugia. Because of the...
Clicking through all pictures on my camera I hit upon these. I took them in December walking some lovely hills near my house. Now growing a nice patch of grass is not an easy thing to do in Umbria so I was amazed when I hit the top...
Where in November we were talking about new olive oil and truffles at the moment Umbrians are visiting the Christmas fairs. A small collection from our previous twitter feeds: • Gubbio Chistmas tree (the biggest in the world). • Christmas market in Castel Rigone...
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