Annual initiatives

We organise many initiatives and events during the course of the year, inspired from local and national traditions and festivities. Details of these initiatives will be published on our website. However, please do let us have your email address if you would like to keep informed, and we will include you in the mailing list for our periodic newsletter.  Similarly, if you have any ideas and suggestions for new events, do let us know!

Our initiatives are seasonal and have included in the past. We always provide a menu inspired from the initiative, using seasonal produce.

• Feast of the Epiphany
• Feast of Sant Antonio, with grilled meats, singing and tarantella in the farmyard
• “Maialate” focused on pork dishes, when our pigs are butchered
• Carnival, with lasagne and pignata
• Spring feasts based on the first produce of the land following winter
• Easter, with lamb dishes, our own salame and salted ricotta from Montella
• Wellbeing days, with guided walks, outdoor sports, beauty treatments, and activities such as painting, drawing and drama
• Guided visits of the vineyards of the areas, including lunch and wine tasting
• Feast of the San Mango fig
• Magic night of San Giovanni, when we gather herbs and flowers to dry (oregano, rosemary, etc) and the ingredients for our liqueurs (bay leaves, basil, black cherries, strawberries, mint)
• Preparation of preserves: tomatoes, aubergines, peppers, mushrooms, artichokes
• Autumn feasts: harvesting of hazelnuts, apples, olives, chestnuts, blackberries
• Grape harvest
• Preparations of jams and compotes: apple, quince, fig, blackberries, chestnuts, etc
• Preparation of liqueurs: fennel, blackberries, bay leaves, black cherries, basil
• Feast of the new wines
• Christmas, including the preparation of nativity scenes with local experts
  
  

Events

• Tasting course for honey, olive oil, cheese, beer
• Sommelier-led wine tasting, including a discussion on wine-food combinations
• Alternative cuisine workshop: for intolerances, vegetarian, etc
• Meetings with wine producers from the region, including wine tasting
• Guided visits to producers of DOP and IGP food, as well as to crafts workshops in the region
• Chef for a night
• Poetry and short story competitions
• Murder mystery dinners
• Themed lunches and dinners with entertainment
• Lunches and dinners with card games tournaments