Umbrian Food and Wine
What can we say about Umbrian cooking, other than that's really excellent. Wherever you might go, village festivals (sagras), simple trattoria's or fine restaurants, you will undoubtedly taste purely simple and delicious products. Products which come mainly from own vegetable gardens and the meat is quite often the meat of the restaurant owner of from one of his friends.
Food
Some typical Umbrian products: olive oil, black and white truffle, porcini mushrooms, good quality wines, lentils, saffron from Città della Pieve, pici pasta and a lot of roasted high quality meat. Don't miss the experience of going to a village festival (sagra): any one you might decide to go, from the wild boar festival to the onion one, you will taste for sure typical Umbrian products in their original context.
For the updated list of festivals you can browse the web site of the region of Umbria: www.lifeinumbria.com
Wine
A separate chapter has to be dedicated to the wine routes, ways to go along by car, motorbike, bike or by foot among the sweet Umbrian hills, with visits to the wine cellars:
La Strada del Sagrantino
Since centuries, one of the most precious Italian vine is cultivated in the nearby of Montefalco: the Sagrantino. Less expensive, but also high quality is the Rosso di Montefalco. 27 footpaths available in the area and many cantina's open for tastings.
La Strada dei Colli del Trasimeno
5 itineraries winding around Lake Trasimeno, among woods, abbeys and good wine.
La Strada dei Vini Etrusco Romana
Trip within one of the oldest wine territories in Umbria, in between Orvieto and Amelia. You will have to taste one of the most fine white wines: Orvieto Classico.