Valle dell’Oasi
TRASIMENO COWPEAS The estate has been owned by the Mainò family for nearly four generations. It was purchased around 1870 and was handed down from father to son ever since. Over the years it was involved in extensive farming (wheat, barley, corn, sunflowers and alfalfa), but for the past ten years it has also turned …
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Cantina Tudernum
TODI SANGIOVESE DOC The Tudernum winery was established in 1958, when 54 vignerons joined forces to make and sell their wine as a cooperative. The winery’s few initial hectares of vineyards grew to around 650 between 1975 and 1995, the year Tudernum started its repositioning process, which led it to downsize to its current 350 …
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Il Tarabuso
SAFFRON, LEGUMES, CEREALS What makes the difference is the quality of the territory where the “Il Tarabuso” farm produces saffron, legumes and cereals. The Colfiorito Nature Reserve – which is also the regional park of Umbria – is part of an immense plateau with exceptional features such as the Colfiorito marsh, where extremely rare species …
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Parco Sereno
CASTELLUCCIO LENTILS The first aspect that distinguishes these from allother lentils is where they grow: the Castelluccio plateau, situated at an altitude of 1500 metres – nearly 5000 feet – above sea level. Castelluccio lentils are unique because they are exceptionally hardy and can face droughts as well as long cold winters. As a result, …
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Nocera Umbra Fonti Storiche
NATURAL MINERAL WATER Nocera Umbra Natural Mineral Water comes from two springs, Angelica and Flaminia. The Angelica spring owes its name to the therapeutic properties for which it has been known since antiquity. It was called “white water”, “holy water” and “virgin water” because its source was considered “whiter than any other and as clear …
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La Valletta
COLFIORITO POTATOES La Valletta is a farming estate that was established by Antonio and Adriana Cappelletti in 1985, but it is backed by a long tradition. Focusing specifically on local customs, La Valletta – now managed by their children, Alessandro and Rosalba – has rediscovered typical Umbrian flavours that had almost been forgotten, such as …
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Grifo
COW’S MILK CHEESE Caciotta is a historic dairy product that has long been a favourite in central Italy. This rather soft cheese is made from cow’s milk and is characterized by its pleasantly mild flavour. Grifo Latte has re-created this delicious product, dedicating it to all those who love cheese and good food. It is …
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Azienda Agricola Goretti
UMBRIAN WINES AND OLIVE OIL The vineyards of Azienda Agricola Goretti stretch over the gently rolling Umbrian hillsides on the outskirts of Perugia. The Goretti estate is dominated by the historical fourteenth-century tower, which is now used for wine tastings. The estate is located in the heart of the area classified as Colli Perugini DOC. Illustrations and stylized graphics of the tower are …
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Granarium
WHITE, WHOLEMEAL AND SPELT BREAD In Cantalupo, situated between Bevagna and Cannara, in the fertile plains between these two municipalities in the green region of Umbria, a farming annex built entirely in the style typical of the turn of the twentieth century is home to “GRANARIUM: where grains become bread”. That is exactly right: cereal grains are turned into bread. The …
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Giuliano Tartufi
WHITE TRUFFLES Giuliano Tartufi Srl specializes in the purchase of fresh truffles, most of which come from central Italy and a network of truffle hunters whose products are selected and bought personally by the company owner, Giuliano Martinelli. Thanks to twenty years of experience gained by its staff of 25 employees, the company uses fresh truffles to make a wide range …
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