‘Rock Star’ Wine Makers! Umbria seems to have more than it’s fair share of Rock Star wine-makers! Young, enthusiastic and innovative guys! We’d like you to meet Roberto Dionigi from Cantina Dionigi near Bevagna, Umbria. The family Dionigi have been in the wine & olive oil making business since 1896. The care, passion and attention …
Enologica Montefalco 2017 – 25 years of DOCG Sagrantino
This year’s Enologica Montefalco celebrates 25 years of the DOCG Sagrantino This year’s Enologica Montefalco is from Friday 15th September to Sunday 17th September when Montefalco once again opens its doors for a weekend of bacchanalian fun! Umbria Domani – (In Italian) Shows the partaking wineries. (I put this link here as a result of …
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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 …
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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 …
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Special Offers from Gusto Wine Tours, Umbria. Come and join us!
Gusto Wine Tours presents Special Offers for 2017 2017 Special Offers! This will be our 7th year of having the best time showing off the wonderful wines, tasty produce and introducing you to the delightful and friendly local artisans! To celebrate and to show how much we appreciate your support, we have a superb offer …
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Sagrantino – Unique Grape of Montefalco, Umbria
The Vendemmia is upon us!! We are very fortunate to live right smack bang in the middle of the Sagrantino area in and around Montefalco. Wine-lovers who take a Gusto Wine Tour at this time of year (September/October) are often lucky enough to see part of the vendemmia (grape harvest). Sometimes, they might even be able to …
Gusto Wine Tours and Cantina Fongoli Twitter-Chat!
TONIGHT ON TWITTER AT 9PM ITALIAN TIME! On Twitter tonight: We are guests of Tina Moray of Protocol Wine Studio (@ProtocolWine & @winescop) (use #winestudio to join in the Q & As). Along with Angelo Fongoli, award-winning wine-maker of Cantina Fongoli (@CFongoli). And Amy Ezrin, Senior VP of Massanois Imports (@massanois) who imports Fongoli wines …
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 …
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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Cantine Aperte – Last Sunday in May – Ground Rules.
Party Time in The Umbrian Wineries! Cantine Aperte Umbrian Views The nationwide Cantine Aperte (Open Cellars) in Italy is always the last weekend of May. This is one of the few days in the year we DON’T work! We use part of the day to go to new cantine that we normally don’t have time to visit in …
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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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A Memorable Gusto Day … Typically Untypical!
Making Memories! What makes a memorable day out? We are asked all the time “What can we expect from a day out with Gusto?” We don’t like to give too much away, as part of the pleasure, we have found, is in discovering those particular pleasures along the way! So, why don’t I tell you …
