After our wine tasting adventure in Bordeaux, France, our palates were prepped to explore Umbria & Tuscany. Spending just over a month in Italy gave us lots of time to taste the wine (about a bottle a day at least!), and learn more about their wine from a few organized tastings.The wine...

In Rome we picked up our rental car and drove to Umbria, the green heart of Italy right next to Tuscany, known for its hilltop medieval towns, truffles and sagrantino wines. We stayed at a small countryhouse or “agritourismo” as they are called in Italy, named L’Ariete, just...