We can call Dianetti, the artisan winemaker. Imagine, the winegrower is mainly the mum, and the son…read morehas a good job in the local bank. Love & passion for this work are the keys of their success. Their small wine production travel the world and ends up on the table of estimators from the four corners of the globe. A must see place ones in the area.

This is a wonderful Winery and vineyard up in the Hills in Acquaviva Picena…read moreRoberto was our personal guide. We got to look through all the underground wine making process and viewed all the grape vineyards. We had a sample of all the different wines and as well as the different stages of the wine. They did Natural wine and sulfate free wine. It was very nice and they distribute to all sorts of places in Italy and Prague, London and some other places in Europe. They are not a huge place and the family is fully involved in every part of making the wine as well as bottling. If you are ever in this area please check it out. One more thing they only take Cash,Euros.

The food and service was incredible! They were actually closed for tours, but we had the best…read moreexperience ever! Very friendly and accommodating for our party of four.

The owner and winemaker, Paolo Montioni, and his wife met us upon our arrival with warm welcomes…read moreand gave us a quick tour of their olive harvesting and olive oil production. We lucked out to be here during their olive oil season. We then started a private wine tasting with Paolo to taste 5 of his wines and 2 olive oils on toasted breads (bruschetta). It was only €10! He was such a great host! Nothing beats having the owner and winemaker lead these wine tastings. It was informal and fun. He even made lunch reservations for us at a nearby restaurant. And lunch at the restaurant he booked us in was fantastic too! We all loved his wines and ended up ordering 6 cases to be shipped home.

We visited Montioni Frantoio e Cantina with family members on our last pre-COVID trip to Italy…read more Here we enjoyed a fabulous food and wine tasting -- our pranzo (mid-day meal that day). Paolo Montioni is an excellent host! Their Umbrian wines and olive oils are excellent. I have also ordered wine by email from Montioni for delivery at home. The process was easy, invoiced and paid through PayPal, and shipped to my front door. As Paolo last wrote to me: "We are safe and we are working very hard ......the Nature is outstanding in this moment." We look forward to our next visit to Montefalco and Montioni!

My husband and I had a private visit to the winery, thanks to our "Discovering Umbria" tour. The…read morewines were complex and delicious. Filippo treated us to a wind tasting with Umbrian meats, cheeses, and bread. We found ourselves ordering cases to be shipped back to the states.

We did a great wine tasting here on our visit to Umbria. Filippe (not sure about name or spelling,…read morebut I think that's it) was a warm and gracious host. They are located down a country lane in the hills northeast of Todi, with beautiful vistas in all directions, and a fantastic view of Todi perched on its hilltop not far away. The vines march off in their rows; the old monastery that once owned the land sits quietly on the hillside below. Umbria stands in the shadow of the more famous Tuscan wines, but Peppucci's 4 offerings are all lovely. The presentation is thorough and comprehensive but not tedious. The wines are served with a nice assortment of bread, cheese, sliced salami, and olive oil. Speaking of olive oil, Peppucci also makes and sells its own. People reading this will fall into 2 categories: those who say "big deal. Olive oil. They're all the same, right?" and those that have learned about the mystical qualities of high-grade extra virgin olive oil, which can transform ordinary foods into culinary delights. This place sells that kind of olive oil. We left a few Euros lighter, having ordered cases of wine and olive oil to be shipped stateside, plus carrying some bottles and cans for use on the remainder of our journey, but it was money well spent. The only thing that might have improved it would have been a tour of the wine-making facility and process, but I have done that elsewhere so I was ok without it.