Vermouth: the magic behind a great Italian tradition
Vermut, Vermutte or Vermouth (in the French spelling) is a special drink officially born in Torino, Piedmont, around 1780. How is it made of? Is it a wine or a drink? It is both: a […]
2018: The Year of Italian Food in 10 specialities from Umbria
Last January The Ministry of Cultural Heritage and Tourism and the Ministry of Agricultural, Food and Forestry Policies declared 2018 the Year of Italian food in the World. The fact that Italian Food is part […]
New 2018 Website Mobile Responsive NOW LIVE!
We’re happy to inform you that our new website is working! If you have any trouble in finding the right page on Google search, please just click on the menu above! Grazie! More info and […]
Arrivederci 2017!
Christmas holidays in Italy: time to relax for us and to start planning the next tourist season! Our off-season:Olive picking As you all left our region, beginning of November, we picked our olives at our […]
Wine in Etruria: Orvieto, an extraordinary journey back in time
The tufa flat rock of Orvieto from a vineyard When they reached the Central Italy, in the sixth century B.C, the Etruscans noticed this isolated plateau of volcanic rock rising up over the plain […]
Wine: a story of a migration
The history of the vine is a story of a migration from the Middle East, the cradle of wine, through three main paths: the first, via the Central-Western Europe; the second through our Alps; the […]
2017 belongs to us! Umbria proud and resilient
Dear Friends and Followers, 2016 has been a peculiar year for Umbria: in the first 9 months tourism has increased around the 4% [+3,96 arrivals*] in our region, data that clearly show the success of […]
Amaro and Piccante: the taste of Extra Virgin Olive Oil
For almost 10 years, in this blog, we have spilled rivers of ink to celebrate one of the top products of our Umbria: wine. We also talked about another great product of our land, the […]
Todi Fiorita 2016 – Flowerpower in the historic centre
From next Friday 20 to Sunday May 22, 2016 Todi Fiorita, flower and gardening exhibition – organized by the local association Verdetodi and the City Hall of Todi – is back in town! The event […]
Umbria: a “plain air” painter’s heaven
We are very happy to host a new guest post&interview to our friend Caridad Barragan. Caridad is a professional painter originally from Southern California, now living and working in Umbria. Caridad, tell us where are […]
Merry Sagrantino 2015: in the Court of the King
It is not the first time I write on Sagrantino wine on this blog. I think that in several years of blogging and touring wineries with travelers, the amount of ink and words that I’ve […]
EXPO 2015: “Feeding the planet” or just a Big Show?
At the end of this week, on the 31st October, the Universal Exhibition 2015 held in Milano, EXPO2015 is going to close its gates forever. Opened last May 1st, during this six-month period, Milano has […]