Montelfalco

Wow, we've arrived! Umbria! I almost wept as we arrived at our villa....it's just as I thought it would be! We're staying at a restored villa from the 1700s. It's so beautiful!

We did a quick change and found our way to a traditional 'slow' dinner. THIS is what I came for!

This was my appetizer

 

Peccorino soufflé and a pear cooked in Sagrantio. About the most wonderful thing I've ever had!

Primi was this

Pasta with a wild boar ragu. Very wonderful! We had a sagrantino wine, which is the wine of this region. It's big, tannic, and very flavorful, with lots of black pepper flavor. 

I totally forgot to take a picture of my secundo...which was roast pork loin. I could almost cut it with my fork! The flavor was so much better than any pork I've ever had! Dessert was a fresh strawberry dish, shared with my neighbor's ginger gelato., which was the second most amazing thing I've ever tasted!



And then....out came the Grappe! I learned what it is...distilled from the pressing material after the grape crush in making wine! Tonight was moscato grappe. Still kind of like lighter fluid....but better than the first one in Padua!

By now...3 bottles of wine and grappe later, we stumble back to our beautiful villa and sleep very soundly!