I wake to a chill wind and a clear sunny morning after an overcast weekend. Lunch plus dinner each day is starting to take its toll on the waistline so a morning walk along the ridge to the next town is not a bad idea. The sun is about to rise over the valley Vineyards …
The tiled roof at the edge of our garden hides a secret wine-making centre. I discover a little hive of industry this afternoon as a tractor laden with grapes heads down the drive. I put my head over the side and the grandmother beckon me down. We now have two bottles of “dolce”, sweet grape juice …
Vineyards, olive groves and “turned earth” surround the Villa Chiara in Torgiano in the Umbrian countryside where we are staying for two weeks. We are located about 12 kilometres either way from the regional centre and university town of Perugia, and the hill town of St Francis of Assisi. We witnessed the first pickings today It”s still …