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Il Tiglio – an amazing Food Experience.
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Il Tiglio – an amazing Food Experience.

A Quick Trip to Le Marche to sample the extraordinary dishes from Chef Enrico Set high in the Sibillini mountains in the beautiful little hamlet of Isola San Biagio, Montemonaco in Le Marche, you will find Il Tiglio, risen after 3 years away at the Adriatic coast like a phoenix from the flames – or…

Appeal For Donations not Birthday gifts!
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Appeal For Donations not Birthday gifts!

My blog, my rules! I can do a personal appeal if I want to!  😂 I’d like everyone who reads this to think about supporting a cause that is very close to my heart. In 2016 there were devasting earthquakes in central Italy and many lives were lost, still more were made homeless and in…

Addition to our Auction appeal – An article in The Local by Catherine Edwards.
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Addition to our Auction appeal – An article in The Local by Catherine Edwards.

‘After the earthquakes, we must pull together and show that central Italy is open for business’ Sarah & Mark. “Our little valley spoke to us like nowhere else had before and we both said together “This is it!’” said Sarah Topps, who set up a holiday rental business in Le Marche in 2007. Together with…

Auction to raise funds for Earthquake affected friends in Le Marche.
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Auction to raise funds for Earthquake affected friends in Le Marche.

This upcoming Auction is to raise enough money to pay for a temporary home for Mark and Sarah. Save the Date!  Sunday 19th March at 9 am Italy time!  Running for one full week and ending on Sunday 26th March at 11.30 pm Italy time https://www.32auctions.com/SarahandMark2017    We have amazing donations for the auction… From…

Certificate Of Excellence 2016 !
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Certificate Of Excellence 2016 !

  Thank you to all our wonderful Gusto Wine Tours guests! We have won the Certificate of Excellence from Trip Advisor for the FIFTH year in a row – and it’s all because of you! We continue to strive to exceed your expectations and we hope that we do just that.  We love what we…

**UPDATE**Not Wine Related! A Shelterbox Appeal!
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**UPDATE**Not Wine Related! A Shelterbox Appeal!

  WE raised a massive €1,768.15 at the end of play!  Plus there were other donations made for this appeal, but not through my Just Giving page – I don’t know what those amounts were, but if I know my friends at all, they were generous!  😀   We raised enough for the TWO #Shelterboxes plus…

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Gusto Wine Tours – Grand Prize Draw! *** WONDERFUL UPDATE****

13th March 2015   We are DELIGHTED to say that we have now sold 101 tickets!! This means that the Grand Prize Draw will take place after midday (Italy time!) on Friday 3rd April!  Now we want to reach 200 tickets!  Only €5 per ticket!  A bargain … and to sweeten the deal, we have…

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A Very Happy and Exciting 2015 for us all!!

I’ve put together some snapshots of our lives in 2014 and look forward to creating more fabulous memories this year!  It’s a big year for us!  We are celebrating five years doing what we love to do!  I (Giselle) turn the big FIVE .OH. later in the year, and I plan on having many adventures…

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Business e Via Italy’s Case Studies – Expats in Italy.

Business e via Italy’s exclusive series of case studies featuring expats starting businesses in Italy. This week – Gusto Wine Tours Thank you to Fiona Tankard for this interview with us at Gusto Wine Tours – This is a a little snapshot of why we are here and why we do what we do!  …

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Venice here we come! Gusto Wine Tours On Holiday!

Venice is always a great city for a celebration! Although we have missed the Carnevale, we can’t wait to get to Venice next week and try some of the local wines of that region! While we have never been big fans of fizz, we are keen to have a sip or three of the Prosecco!…

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Looking back, to look forward …. Our Loves and Life in Umbria.

Sometimes all it takes is to flick through past photographs to relive the loves, laughs, the memories, the friendships …… I took a peek at just the past few months. Here’s what I came up with …..   There were, of course, so many more photos I could have included, but perhaps there should be…

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Our Transplanted Life in Montefalco, Umbria – Gusto style …

Life is funny sometimes – the longer you stay in one place, the more you can take it for granted. Then something happens or you see something that brings you right back to why you chose to be in that particular place way back when! Home Life Simple pleasures, walking right near our house with…

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