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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A foodie week in Norcia cannot miss a visit to a local free range pigs farm Winery Experience in Umbria, visint local winery with lunch and wine pairing included. Norcia it is a small village in Umbria, in the national park of sibillini mountains, base of our experential and cooking During our Cheese Experience we will make pecorino and ricotta chesse using the traditional recipe The hands-on chocolate class at the Perugina factory are highly customizable and always come out delicious Our cooking and experential vacations in Italy often include a pizza class with a pizza masterchef.. We spend the day with local truffle hunters and their award winning dogs during our Norcia vacation in Umbria Fun cooking classes in Umbria. Great food, good company and great wine are the good ingredients for your vacation Our Norcia vacation features a visit to a Sagrantino winery for a tasting and tour of the intimate location Harvesting umbrian olives from an orchard with a family run mill Harvesting umbrian olives from an orchard with a family run mill Enjoying the largely undiscovered beauty that is the Umbria region Pizza Experience making pizza with a local masterchef or mkaing the traditional umbria pizza in a loca pastry shop Sometime happen that during a truffle hunting in our experential holiday in Umbria we found a lot of truffle Our vacations are all about cultural immersion. Teaching our guests the most we can about Italian culture fuels us The valley of Castelluccio blooms with poppies in June, creating amazing photo opportunities for our Umbria guests Cooking class and Chocolate experience in Umbria During our Norcia vacation. We visit local butcher shops to discover the specialty cured meats of Umbria Our Norcia vacation in Umbria features a tour of a wine cellar famous for its Sagrantino wine We love giving our guests the chance to learn about and explore the diversity of Italian wine During our week in Norcia we meet a local shepherd and with him we make fresh ricotta and Pecorino cheese Experience a truffle hunting in Umbria. With a local hunter and his dog we will walk in the forest Experience local family run farms. Pig farmer, lentis farmes, cheese and sheppard in Umbria One of our night during Norcia cooking week we will enjoy a party night with some local friends Norcia is home to what is known all around Italy as some of the best salami in the world During harvest season we like to pick, press and pour our own olive oil during the Norcia vacation we host in Umbria Oilve oil it is an experience we cannot miss in Umbria. During our cooking vacation we visit an ancient family run mill Cooking classes with locals in Umbria. Our week includes classes with michelin star chef and local "mamma" or Food is a great way to learn about the rich culture and tradition of Norcia and the Umbrian region of Italy One of the calss of our Norcia and Umbria Vacation will be at Perugina Factory. A chocolate Master will be our instructo We love the appreciation our guests show us and we love discover the hidden gems of Italy with our groups Shops like a local and experience Umbria visiting local small fruit and butcher shops before cooking with your chef The black truffles of Norcia are known all around Italy as the best in the country Experential holidays in Umbria in touch with locals. Visit to a small family run olive mill to enjoy a good Bruschetta Getting everyone involved during our Umbrian cooking classes makes the fresh pasta that much better During our Norcia vacation, we discover Castelluccio in the National Park of Sibillini Mountains We like to do our own shopping for our hands-on cooking classes any chance we can. It is a great time to meet the locals We will meet local friends for a BBQ night that will be an unforgettable Umbria Experience. In Norcia, we have the opportunity to hunt for black truffles with locals. This is a unique activity to Umbria Cooking class of handmade pasta in Umbria, making ravioli with ricotta from scratch We will make tagliatelle with truffle from scratch during our cooking classes in Norcia and Umbria. We use the special Norcia black truffles we find ourselves later on in our hands-on cooking classes