Short notes...

Hi there!

As titled, this will just be some short notes about the Tenuta.

Grape picking time!

Our neighbours (they own and work the farm that you pass through when coming to the Tenuta) are harvesting their grapes this week, starting last weekend. The first grapes they picked were Merlot - blue/black grapes that are used to produce predominantly dry red wines. The Merlot vines are new, and this is only the second harvest from these vines. The white grapes (don't remember the type) are being harvested this week. There are many more vines, and the vines are more mature, so the quantity of grapes is much greater. Both types are "DOC" qualified for the area "Colle Perugini".

Our neighbors generally use some of their grapes to produce their own wine (which is usually very nice, although it varies in style from year to year). The rest of the grapes are sold to the local wine-growers cooperative in Marsciano. The wines produced there are sorted by type, but also by location of the grapes -- my guess is that there are about 15 different local wines, and about 6 or 7 different types and styles of wine, including a sparkling wine called "Perugino". We use Perugino as a mixer in our house cocktail, along with Xango(R) juice (for more about Xango(R) juice, click on the advertisement in the sidebar column). If you would like to help with the grape harvest next year (it's a family outing), plan on sometime during the first two weeks of September - although we can't guarantee that it will be then, of course!

The New Website : New Room Rate Savings!

The new website is functional and the on-line reservations system as well! To celebrate this, we have initiated an Autumn Special rate for weekly stays. There are actually to rates, one fixed in Euros and one in USDollars. For you bargain hunters, either one has at least 14,28% savings (7 nights for the price of 6), and if you play the foreign exchange game, maybe more. :-)

Try out both! Try out the website, and try out a week with us here in Italy!

That wasn't so short, was it! But I guess that's all, so

Ciao for now...

Craig