2019 reloaded >> ready for 2020!
2019: another unforgettable year, rich of important events in the region, full of fun and great memories for us. Time to celebrate it and to start planning our 2020. A brief end-of-the-year sum-up on what […]
Category Archives: FOOD and WINE
Terrawine Festival: 30th Nov. – 1st Dec. 2019 in Todi
Too rainy in these weeks for a wine tour? No worries! We have the answer! On NOVEMBER 30/DECEMBER 1, 2019 in Todi there’s Terrawine Festival! For this event, in cooperation with the festival, we are […]
New EVOO 2019 special tour
The new Extra Virgin Olive Oil season has just started in the region! For the lucky travelers who are visiting Umbria in the first decades of NOVEMBER 2019, we are happy to offer an unforgettable […]
Shades of Green: biologico, biodynamic and natural wines
In recent years environmental sustainability has influenced many aspects of our lives. More and more consumers are interested in organic and healthy food and products and wine is one of them, obviously. As green has […]
Muffa Nobile, the golden nectar from Orvieto
Dry full-bodied red-s and crispy white-s, Umbria is one of the top makers of high quality wines in Italy. Even if the region is one of the smallest producers in terms of quantity, “the green […]
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 […]
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 […]
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 […]