"Orvieto itself is built on a plateau of volcanic rock, overlooking the Tiber valley, where it stoically watches over the Autostrada del Sole and a steady stream of tourists passing between Rome and Florence. This is a shame because Orvieto is a charming town and definitely worth a visit. In the surrounding countryside you can find some beautiful white wines and this was to be the...

Beautiful grapes make beautiful wine. This unusual white grape variety wins over with its sensual fragrance and elegant notes of citrus fruit, peach and apricot. The most famous Viognier until this very day hails from the Condrieu community within the Rhône Valley. It were the Romans who brought it there, more precisely the Emperor Marcus Aurelius who supposedly had given order to...