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...

The region of Umbria is blessed with the perfect conditions for growing truffles of all kinds, and we were lucky enough to learn all about it. We joined our friends Tony and Chris in the small town of Citerna just close to Montone for a guided truffle hunt with a company called Tartufi...

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...