Wine-tasting in Umbria
Umbria offers a good quality of grapes, favored by the favourable climatic and soil conditions of the region. Many excellent wines come from Umbria, like the Grechetto, wine of ancient traditions, lauded by Pliny the Elder, the Rosso of Montfalco, a purple coloured wine with a harmonious and velvety flavour, the Sagrantino Passito, of ruby red colour and delicate aroma, and the Orvieto Classico, the white wine which was already famous in Etruscan times.
The pleasure of drinking excellent wines accompanied by traditional snacks
Visiting the wine cellars of a wine grower near
Assisi:
For years now the owner of the vineyards has
been tending the earth
with love and respect according to the family wine- and olive
oil-making traditions. Synthetic chemicals, pesticides and
herbicides are not used at all and all the grapes are the fruit of their own vines. Skillful experimentation and innovation of the products have brought the family to such a high level of wine making that they have won various regional and national prizes over the years.
Their wines: Bianco di Assisi d.o.c., Assisi Grechetto d.o.c., Rosato di Assisi, Assisi
Rosso d.o.c., Renaro, Marilu', Sacreterre, Muffa Reale, Valditufo,
Spumante, Olio extra vergine di oliva.
Visit winery and wine-tasting with a min. of 2 participants.
Visit winery, wine-tasting and light lunch: salami, cheeses, bruschette, soup or risotto or pasta, dolce min. of 6 persons
Visiting a wine grower near Bevagna, the Montefalco d.o.c.g area
The vineyards of this wine grower are
in the hills around the towns Bevagna and Torgiano, both d.o.c.g. and d.o.c.
areas. In Bevagna, at the foot of Montefalco, they have 15 ha. of vineyards and
in Torgiano 50 ha situated around an old 'casolare'
The two d.o.c.g. master wines of the company are certainly the Sagrantino di Montefalco and the Torgiano Rosso Riserva. But the wine list contains more excellent wines like the Rosso of Montefalco d.o.c., Cabernet Sauvignon d.o.c., Novello Sangiovese d.o.c. and Torgiano Chardonnay d.o.c.
To the wine list can be added Spumante Brut, the dessertwines and the liquor Grappa, all product of an accurate study of wine making and the enthusiasm of the owners.