They return walks in the Umbrian countryside, characterized by hills cultivated with vineyards and olive groves, but also by villages, abbeys and oil mills. The first date of ‘Walks & good taste 2024’with experiences of oil tourism, between nature, culture and food and wine in Umbria along the Road of Umbria DOP extra virgin olive oil.
This year the format is enriched with the review “Music and tastings among the olive trees and in the abbeys of Umbria”presenting a trio of walks to discover the Umbrian villages with a high olive-growing vocation, among the olive trees and in the farms and oil mills, places where you can do tastings of extra virgin olive oil. in combination with the others excellent local products and direct experiences in the production sites, with a musical ending. The first appointment in Perugia, followed by Todi, closing in Foligno.
Saturday 22 June, Perugia
Abbey of S. Pietro, Perugia
First afternoon walk of the event among the olive groves around Perugia by the association The olive tree and the broom, with the tasting of the award-winning Dop Umbria oil. Departure is scheduled for 4pm (info and reservations: Louis Montagnoli – 347 1715155 or by email [email protected]). The stop is at Batta oil mill of Perugia, a company with over three thousand olive trees grown on 12 hectares of owned land, where it will be possible to taste the award-winning Batta Olio Dop Umbria, which comes from the Leccino, Dolce Agogia and Frantoio varieties, recently ranked first in the Ercole Olivario 2024 national competition. Followed by the appointment with art and the visit toSt. Peter’s Abbey, Benedictine complex founded in 966 by Abbot Pietro, which stands where already in the 6th century. it was the ancient Cathedral, in a sacred Etruscan-Roman area. The Abbey of San Pietro, home to the Faculty of Agriculture of Perugia with its medieval botanical garden, will host the concert by the Malastrana Duo composed by Moses Chiavoni, on clarinet and bass clarinet and Luciano Biondini on accordion. The Abbey of San Pietro in Perugia is one of the properties of Foundation for Agricultural Education of Perugia, which promotes innovation, quality and sustainability also thanks to its own Agricultural company which, in addition to safeguarding the historical genetic heritage of the Chianina breed, produces a wide selection of certified products from Extra Virgin Olive Oil obtained from centuries-old trees, to legumes, to wines such as Merlot, Cabernet Sauvignon, Vermentino, Grechetto and Viognier.
Saturday 10 August 2024 in Todi
Oil tourism in Umbria
In 1991 the architect and urban planner Richard Levine of the University of Lexington defined Todi “the most livable city” for its well-proportioned dimensions, for the ideal climate of the hill, for the excellent relationship with the surrounding agricultural environment. According to the scientist, in Todi urban center and countryside they coexist perfectly. The Todi people call it la “ideal city” and certainly Todi is a medieval town of unique beauty and elegance, which stands on top of a hill and dominates the enchanting Tiber valley. A few kilometers from Perugia and Orvieto, Todi is surrounded by three circles of walls (Etruscan, Roman and medieval) which enclose countless treasures. The “Walks & good taste” stage offers one here walk among the olive trees and places of art, with the oil tasting at the end La Casella oil mill of Todi and wines al Eagle’s Nest where the concert of the “Tritone Trio”.
Saturday 7 September in Foligno (Pg)
Walk among the olive trees in Umbria
A walk among the olive trees and in the holm oak forest that surrounds theAbbey of Santa Croce in Sassovivoimposing to the eye, perched on the slopes of Mount Aguzzo, its mass of limestone stands out against the dark holm oak forest that covers the slopes of the surrounding mountains. It is one of the oldest testimonies of the Benedictine presence in Spoleto Valley. To follow, the tasting of the extra virgin olive oils ofClarici agricultural company. Grand finale with the concert by Andrea Rellini, which closes the exhibition “Music among the olive trees and in the abbeys in Umbria”, offers a long program of concerts in evocative places of the Umbrian olive-growing landscape and close to the most representative centuries-old olive trees of the region, true natural monuments, here the program. Live shows in perfect symbiosis with the specificities of the Umbrian territory, music, extra virgin olive oil, art, the cultural heritage and nature of the green heart of Italy. The “Walks & good taste” will make way in autumn, at the 27th edition of Oil mills open in Umbria which this year will be held from 19 October to 17 November 2024.
