Foligno on the fly

Last Saturday we visited “Umbria in un Bicchiere”, the yearly Umbrian slowwine gathering.. After 6 hours of wine tasting we needed food. Nixy obviously came up with a place that offered una “Fiorentina”. It was 7 pm and our train was at 8:50.’ At 7:10 the Restaurant still did not accept orders, but we simply…

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Friday, October 27, 6 pm: We taste 6 rose\’

It\’s getting winter and we have still some Rosati in the cellar. We counted 6 types and decided to make a comparative tasting. The tasting is open, No registration needed. Just call 3665010443. Contribution:15 Euros. We will taste Terre San Nicola Di FIlippo  14% 2021 Rosat Santa Croce 12.5% 2022 Antheia      Brizziarelli 15%…

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Osteria a Priori

..run by Eat Umbria SRL We visited on October 17, 2023. If you don’t want to go there for the food, go for the wine, I think they can challenge most orher Restaurants in Perugia for the quantity of Umbrian wines, they offer. L’officina might have more international labels, but for Umbrian wines Osteria a…

Il Giardino

The name is a program. And this charming place is just 5 steps from our flat in Perugia. It is a Restaurant garden with stunnig views on the walls of part of the city center. What we did not realize at the first visit; They cook also very well and it is worthwhil to eat…

Verticale “lunato” 2018-2022

italian whites can age. We tried and proved this many times, and we try this again today. we have a vertical tasting of an orvieto classical, 2018-2022 vintages from le Velette, which is made of 60% of grechetto and other autochthonous grapes. All the 6 tasters decided unanimously that, amongst the 5 vintages, the older…

Se Serena aumentasse i prezzi un pò?

“Il Conte” è anche Buonrespiro e probabilmente ci sarei molto più spesso, se non ci fosse sempre la folla. Si mangia bene da Serena e si paga poco. Il Conte non appartiene alla categoria “fine dining”, Ciònonostante ho mangiato dal Conte uno dei carpacci migliori. E mia figlia Matilde, lei stessa una gran cuoca, sostiene…

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Il Frantoio

We wanted to make a trip out of Buonrespiro. An incentive to have dinner outside was a block of the draining pipes to be repaired only the next day. So we decided to go to Lubriano a charming village just on the other side of the Umbria/Lazio border. On the way we visited Casa Vespina…

A drinking trip in the core of umbria wine

usly there are many good wines from other parts of the Umbria too. Some really brilliant sangiovese and elegant but resistant orvieto classico for example. But  they are made of grapes also growing in other regions. while montefalco makes important wines made of typical umbria grapes exclusively. Sagrantino and trebbiano spoletino, this trip is all…

29th October: Cannonau and Gamay del Trasimeno

Tasting: October 29, 5 pm, Buonrespirio 37 |Online Registration| Phone: 3665010443| 38 Euro Grenache (Garnacha) is an important grape in Southern France and Spain. In Italy, there are some expressions of Grenache, especially Cannonau in Sardegna. Also in Umbria this grape is present as \”Gamay del Trasimeno. For years we are working with Duca della…