Food, Wine & Friends Page 167
LUNCH & DINNER
in
UMBRIA
I was motoring around Italy the week before
Easter and stopped to see the Antonelli family in Umbria's Montefalco region.
Sagrantino is the hallmark grape, but they also make a Sangiovese-based red
called Montefalco Rosso.
Filippo Antonelli.
The table was being set and lunch was on the horizon.
There was an old "bottle" of
Antonelli wine displayed in the room.
I'm not sure what "vintage" it is...
We sat down and Filippo's Mom began the
festivities with the pasta.
It snowed on Irene's piatto di pasta.
Tuna.
Bistecca Umbriana.
Dessert was an Easter cake...
Lidia e Irene.
After lunch and a tour of the cellars, I drove to
Montefalco for a quick walk around town.
I drove towards Todi, about 20 minutes from Montefalco, in
search of Tenuta San Rocco.
Giovanni Perni is the proprietor of this small wine estate and agriturismo.
It's a lovely little cellar.
We drove into Todi to pick up Giovanni's Milanese
daughter...
The debris scattered to the left of the candle-lit circle was in honor of the
earthquake victims from nearby Abruzzo in the city of Aquila.
We drove back to "Due Santi" and found two saints
preparing food in the agriturismo kitchen.
Fresh pasta...
Fresh fish.
Giovanni opened a bottle of his white wine.
The San Rocco Grechetto was a delight with this seafood
pasta.
Giaovanni served the grilled fish with a fantastic bottle
of his Super Sangiovese, Palombaccio.
Many thanks to the Perni family for the hospitality at San Rocco and to the
Antonelli family in Sagrantino-Land.
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