Our Italy: Recommendations for Wine, Events, Restaurants, Places to Stay
Traveling to Friuli? Great Wine, Food, Mountains and People. Bring your bike.
-A beach in Puglia more your style? Can you keep a secret? Go to the Gargano.
–Or a gorgeous, rocky beach with outstanding mussels? Go to Monte Conero in Le Marche
-Umbrian Wines and Vineyards:
Enologica Montefalco Festa: an amazing annual tasting event of local releases showcasing wines specifically of the Montefalco/Bevagna region. If you are here in September, this is an event not to be missed! Read more…
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Local Umbrian vineyards and wine bars: There are some very special wines being produced in Umbria today, but you just might have to come visit to be able to taste them, as production is generally small.
Azienda Agricola Dionigi, Bevagna
Syrah Wine Bar, Citta di Castello
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Events:
A sagra, or festa is a town festival, and apparently Umbria has more sagre (plural of sagra) than any other region in Italy. I recently read that in Umbria alone, there are 627 sagres being held this year. For a very small region, that is a lot of festas. These are just some of the best ones we’ve been to and highly recommend.
Trestina Beefsteak Festa (June)
Sagra del Pesce (Fish Festival), Calzolaro (June)
Umbria Film Festival, Montone (July)
Preggio Opera Festa (July/Aug)
Donazione della Santa Spina Festa, Montone (Aug)
Perugia EuroChocolate Festival (Oct)
Pietralunga Potato & Truffle Festival (Oct)
Festa del Bosco, Montone (Oct)
Monte Santa Maria Tiberina (Oct)
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Extraordinary Restaurants:
Locanda al Gambero Rosso, Bagno di S. Piero
Le Loggia Ristorante, Citta di Castello
Triangolo Pizzeria, Pietralunga
Ristorante San Giorgio, Umbertide
Il Saraghino, Numana, Le Marche
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Places to Stay:
Belle Vacanze (apts in Montone)
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Local Artisanal Cheese Producers:
Francesco Monni: Sheep cheese producer
Valle di Mezzo: Goat cheese producer