Hello my dear Gourmets!
🌞 Summer is here and I’m excited to share our latest newsletter with you! Get ready to embark on a culinary journey with our top 21 gourmet destinations for midsummer.
From wine and olive oil tasting experiences to cooking classes and farm-to-table restaurants, and country side accommodations with breathtaking views we’ve got you covered.
Bon appétit! 🍽️
Vini Ioppa
Via Delle Pallotte, Fraz Mauletta, 28078 Romagnano Sesia NO, Italy
Family tradition and values handed down from past to present are the essence of how this estate operates and lives by. The winery is located on a hilltop just outside the municipality of Romagnano Sesia overlooking the south west facing rolling vineyards, the Sesia river and the Monte Rosa, the second highest and most emblematic peak of the Alps.
Bodegas Nodus
Finca el Renegado, S/N, 46315 Caudete de las Fuentes, Valencia, Spain
It was Adolfo de las Heras Marín who in 1985, driven by his passion for winemaking, founded Bodegas y Viñedos de Utiel, acquiring one of the most ecologically and oenologically valuable estates in the Valencian Community.
Castel di Salve
Via Gaetano Salvemini, 32, 73039 Depressa LE, Italy
Castel di Salve was established in 1885 by Antonio Winspeare. After more than a century, it has been renovated by his grand-nephew, Francesco, who continues to run it with care and passion.
Castel di Slave selected old vineyards with potential and chose just the very best terrain to plant new vines. Then, the century old winery was painstakingly restored. Just one goal in mind: create exceptional wines.
Al Ronc Fragielis
Via Fragelis 133, 33040 Prepotto UD, Italy
Situated in the eastern Hills of Friuli, the company begah thirty years ago whith the first vineyard plants, This practically abandoned locality has been transformed with important earth moving works to revive it.
The current farm with adjoining rustic farmhouse from the 1800s, has been renovated and is destined to become a modest farmhouse with rooms where to host travelers or groups who are looking for good quality wine and deserved relaxation in the silence of nature away from the chaos of inhabited centers in a lovely and green place.
La Gramigna
Via del Paretaio 2, 50065 Pontassieve, Firenze, Italy
La Gramigna is a small organic farm in Sieci on the hills east of Florence where Renata began to cultivate the land around her house in 1190. The Tuscan landscape with its balance between nature and culture inspired the choice of organically producing extra virgin olive oil, Vin Santo, wine, vegetables, legumes, and fruit.
Manuelina
Frazione Ruinello di Sotto 3/A, 27047 Santa Maria della Versa (PV), Italy
Manuelina winery is located in the town of Santa Maria della Versa right in the heart of the Oltrepò Pavese wine region. The history of the winery dates back to the first half of the XX century when Luigi Achilli and his brother Guido decided to produce wine not only for their family and friends, but for commercial purposes. The Achilli Luigi winery was born! Success came soon and many people from the cities came to the winery on weekends to buy Achilli wines, especially bulk wine.
Quaresima
Via Torre, 16A, 60034 Cupramontana AN, Italy
Azienda Agricola Quaresima is a small family business located in Cupramontana (Ancona). The story of its wine began with Aurelio Quaresima, known as Lello, owner of a three-hectare Verdicchio dei Castelli di Jesi Classico vineyard.
Villa Maria Spumanti
Via San Francesco 15, 31010 Farra di Soligo, TV, Italy
The Panigai family has ancient origins. It was born in the 11th century and since then has cultivated a unique relationship with its territory, transforming Villa Maria into a place where history is savored in every glass of wine.
Our hill is an ecosystem that we labor and preserve, an example of coexistence between man and nature that gives life to an excellent production of Prosecco Superiore DOCG.
Aurelio Settimo
Frazione Annunziata, 30, 12064 La Morra CN, Italy
Welcome at Aurelio Settimo’s cellar from Tiziana SETTIMO winemaker and owner. We are in Frazione Annunziata, a small hamlet under the Municipality of La Morra, one and the bigger of the 11 villages in the delimited area where we can grow Nebbiolo grapes for Barolo wine. Aurelio was my father and together with my sons and niece we are now at the fourth generation, always focused on quality and tradition. My grand parents begun this wine adventure in 1943, but till 60′ they practiced a mixed farming cultivating vineyards, fruit trees, hazelnuts and breeding animals.
Cà di Cairé
Borgata Valle Casette 52 12046 Montà (CN), Italy
The vineyards are situated on the gentle slopes of the Roero hills, with good exposure to the sun. Thanks to the favourable climatic excursion and the sandy soil rich in fossils, we obtain fragrant and aromatic white wines, whereas clayey and gravel mixed soils support intense and strong red wines with good equilibrium.
Le Sode di Sant’Angelo
Loc. Montebamboli 58024, Massa Marittima (GR), Italy
The “Sode di Sant’Angelo” estate is located in the hilly area of Montebamboli, in the heart of the Tuscan region of Maremma, in an area between the picturesque coast of Tuscany and the heights of the metalliferous hills.
The property covers 40 hectares in the Maremma DOC (Controlled Designation of Origin) region, divided among vineyards, olive groves and various kinds of arable land. These lands, located between Grosseto and Siena, have been known since the time of the Etruscans for the presence of iron ore, copper, lead, zinc and deposits of gypsum.
Adega do Monte Branco
Monte Branco, 7100-145 Estremoz, Portugal
The Adega do Monte Branco project was created in 2004, in Estremoz, and its foundations are simple: Portuguese grape varieties, authentic wines, respect for nature and history.
The limestone and schist soils of the 48 hectares of vineyards, together with the microclimate of Estremoz, clearly mark the profile of the wines of Adega Monte Branco: wines with balance and a freshness unusual in the Alentejo region.
Cavalier Bartolomeo
Via Alba Barolo, 147, 12060 Castiglione Falletto CN, Italy
We are small producers, five generations, three hectares, 15,000 / 20,000 bottles. Located in the heart of the Barolo area, we produce 3 types of Barolo, the Altenasso, the San Lorenzo and a Riserva Fiasco, the Barbera d’Alba, the Dolcetto d’Alba, the Langhe Nebbiolo, the Langhe Rosso, the Barolo Chinato and the Grappa of Barolo. All the wines we produce are vinified from the grapes of our vineyards.
Beppe Marino
Via Monsignor Natale Bussi, 3, 12058 Santo Stefano Belbo CN, Italy
Beppe Marino winery was founded in 1972 in Santo Stefano Belbo, a town located between Langhe and Monferrato and a typical production area for the famous Moscato d’Asti.
Family unity is the company’s secret: together with his wife Rosalba and son Maurizio, Beppe cultivates his vineyards high up (400 meters above sea level) on the hills of Santo Stefano Belbo, Mango d’Alba and Castelnuovo Calcea.
Quinta do Zambujeiro
Quinta do Zambujeiro, Monte do Zambujeiro, Rio de Moinhos 7150-343 Borba, Portugal
Quinta do Zambujeiro was founded in 1999 and has achieved an excellent reputation during the following years, to be internationally recognized as one of the most prestigious, distinct and character wine producer of Portugal, soon to be addressed as a cult brand, through constant efforts in improving wine quality standards.
The base of Quinta do Zambujeiro´s wines is the vineyard and each grape is a treasure. All of our wines evoke unforgettable moments of pure emotion both among lovers and conoisseurs.
Socrates Olive Grove
Kirras 24, Itea 332 00, Greece
The estate is located in the traditional olive grove of Delphi. The largest continuous olive grove in the Balkans. There you will see the centuries-old trees, in a monument which is protected by Unesco.
Weingut Bernhard
Laimgrubgasse 158, 3610 Weißenkirchen in der Wachau, Austria
We are a family operated winery in third generation. First as a mixed agriculture, later specialized on production of high quality wines.
Domaine Bléger
23 Grand Rue, 67600 Orschwiller, France
Claude & Christophe Bléger estate is located in Orschwiller, center of the Alsace wine route and stronghold of the prestigious Haut Koenigsbourg castle.
The vine and the wine are family traditions that have been perpetuated for nearly four centuries among the BLEGERs. We have been independent winegrowers from father to son and daughter since 1630.
Accordini Igino Winery
Via Dell’industria 21, 37029 San Pietro in Cariano , Verona , Italy
The story of the Accordini Igino Winery began in 1821 in t
he heart off Valpolicella, an area with strong and deeply rooted tradition of viticulture and wine making.
The successful story started here , from a domestic production to a national and international business, thanks to the tireless and devoted work of Guido Accordini, Igino’s son, and his wife Liliana , who are managing the winery towards oenological innovation, never forgetting tradition.
Cascina Goregn
Via Roma, 3, 12050 Castagnito CN, Italy
A few kilometers from Alba, on the left of the Tanaro, in the heart of the Roero, lies the town of Castagnito.
Right here in the historic center is the family-run winery ‘Cascina Goregn’ by Allerino Gaudenzio. The name Cascina Goregn, in particular Goregn, is not accidental: in Piedmontese it means ‘to be tough’, strong. This name was given to Grandfather, born in 1898, so since then we have been known as the Goregns.
Château Bellini
Chateau Bellini. 1484 RD79, 83170 Brignoles, France
This domain was established along the Roman road “Via Aurelia” in the heart of Provincia during the 10th Century : long before Giovanni Bellini (the Venetian artist) or Vincenzo Bellini (the Sicilian composer) or the cocktail Bellini (from Harry’s Bar in Venice) had yet been born.
The Château is situated on a bluff overlooking a large watery area, Fontlade. It was frequented by the Counts of Provence who were resident in nearby Brignoles. It also gave shelter to St Thomas Aquinas in 1252 when he moved from the University of Naples to Notre Dame in Paris.
Enjoy!
The Good Gourmet