Photos - Wine, Cooking, Truffles & Chocolate: A Foodie's Paradise in Umbria and Tuscany

Photos - Wine, Cooking, Truffles & Chocolate: A Foodie's Paradise in Umbria and Tuscany

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The valley of Castelluccio blooms with poppies in June, creating amazing photo opportunities for our Umbria guests The winery tour in our Umbrian vacation includes an in-depth Sagrantino wine tasting experience We love giving our guests the chance to learn about and explore the diversity of Italian wine The Experential week in Norcia and Umbria includes local town market and local shops where buy food before cooking class Our guests learn how to make tagliatelle from scratch during our Norcia cooking classes The Perugina chocolate is the perfect time for everyone to let loose and be silly Cooking classes with locals in Umbria. Our week includes classes with michelin star chef and local "mamma" or Norcia it is a small village in Umbria, in the national park of sibillini mountains, base of our experential and cooking Tons of Sausages and Cold Cuts are everywhere in Norcia where it is centenary tradition make them Our Norcia vacation features a visit to a Sagrantino winery for a tasting and tour of the intimate location Pizza Experience making pizza with a local masterchef or mkaing the traditional umbria pizza in a loca pastry shop Enjoying the largely undiscovered beauty that is the Umbria region Hunt Truffle it is a team work of hunter and his dog. Experience the most famous and traditional umbrian food Our cooking classes in Umbria always include alternatives for vegetarian and vegan guests The Michelin star dinner we are treated to in Norcia is a wonderful culinary experience During harvest season in Umbria, we take our guests to a local farm to pick and press their own olives Umbria, like the rest of Italy, has no shortage of breathtaking views and unique beauty In Norcia, we have the opportunity to hunt for black truffles with locals. This is a unique activity to Umbria Winery Experience in Umbria, visint local winery with lunch and wine pairing included. We spend the day with local truffle hunters and their award winning dogs during our Norcia vacation in Umbria Cooking class of handmade pasta in Umbria, making ravioli with ricotta from scratch During our Norcia vacation, we discover Castelluccio in the National Park of Sibillini Mountains Our day trip to Montefalco includes a tour, tasting and lunch at a Sagrantino wine cellar in Umbria Norcia is home to what is known all around Italy as some of the best salami in the world Harvesting umbrian olives from an orchard with a family run mill Sometime happen that during a truffle hunting in our experential holiday in Umbria we found a lot of truffle Our Norcia cooking classes feature a diverse menu of both land and sea culinary specialties Tagliatelle with balck truffle of Norcia are a must in Umbria cusine...and we will not miss them One of the calss of our Norcia and Umbria Vacation will be at Perugina Factory. A chocolate Master will be our instructo Our Norcia vacation features making fresh pecorino and ricotta cheese from scratch, taught by a local shepherd Harvesting umbrian olives from an orchard with a family run mill Our Norcia vacation is a great opportunity to discover some of the rare untouched beauty of Italy Harvesting olive it is one of the experience we offer in our Umbrian Vacation. Spend a day harvesting and press olives The black truffles of Norcia are known all around Italy as the best in the country Walking in Norcia in Umbria you can experience a lot of butcher shops selling traditional salami, prosciutto, sausages We will drive up to Castelluccio in the National Park of Sibillini to enjoy poppies field during the end of June During harvest season we like to pick, press and pour our own olive oil during the Norcia vacation we host in Umbria Our Norcia vacation features a trip to beautiful Assisi to explore its well-known basilica Shops like a local and experience Umbria visiting local small fruit and butcher shops before cooking with your chef Oilve oil it is an experience we cannot miss in Umbria. During our cooking vacation we visit an ancient family run mill Our week in Norcia features a visit to a free range pig farm to see the special pigs that can only be found in this area