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Montefalco can be seen in a day, but understanding it really means stepping inside at least one winery. The area is small, the estates sit a few minutes apart from each other and from the medieval hil...

The label on a Montefalco wine says DOCG or DOC, and it's tempting to read one as the better badge. It isn't: they're two different sets of rules, governing how much grape can be harvested and how lon...

Before it became the tannic red found on wine lists worldwide, Sagrantino was almost always sweet. The Secco that now defines the denomination is actually the younger of the two: it wasn't properly la...

Sagrantino di Montefalco is often compared to Barolo for its tannins and to Brunello for its aromatics, but the wine's real story is in the ground it grows on and the handful of families who rescued i...

Umbrian chicken liver pâté is one of the most distinctive starters in the region’s cooking. Creamy, savoury and lightly tangy, it is usually served on warm toasted bread, often at the start of a festi...

Vernaccia di Cannara: the near-extinct Umbrian passito that almost didn't make it A grape variety on the edge of disappearing, an Easter ritual older than memory, a papal sommelier from the sixteen...