Umbria Food & Wine Tours
Umbria is Italy’s green heart, and its larder is built on the black truffle of Norcia, the powerful Sagrantino of Montefalco and the crisp Orvieto white, the pork craft of the norcini, the lentils of Castelluccio and the chocolate of Perugia. This is our Umbria hub. Below are the top-rated experiences, then our truffle and wine pages.
Top-rated Umbria food and wine experiences
Truffle hunts and tastings
Why Umbria? Because it has Tuscany’s hill-country beauty with fewer crowds, a world-class black truffle, a distinctive red in Sagrantino, and a deep pork-and-lentil peasant cuisine.
Formats: truffle hunts with dogs and a tasting; wine tours in Montefalco and Orvieto; food tours of Perugia and the hill towns; olive-oil and chocolate tastings.
What to taste: black truffle, Norcia salumi and prosciutto, Castelluccio lentils, porchetta, Sagrantino and Montefalco Rosso, Orvieto Classico, Umbrian olive oil, and Perugia chocolate.
The black truffle and the norcineria
Umbria is truffle country, above all around Norcia, Spoleto, Gubbio and the Valnerina, where the prized black truffle (tuber melanosporum) is dug in winter and the summer scorzone the rest of the year. Norcia is also the home of Italian pork butchery — the word norcineria means a fine pork shop anywhere in Italy — so the region’s food is truffle, cured pork, and the tiny sweet lentils of Castelluccio. A truffle hunt with dogs and a tasting is the signature experience.
The wines
Umbria’s flagship red is Sagrantino di Montefalco, one of the most tannic and age-worthy wines in Italy, grown only around the hill town of Montefalco and historically made sweet as a passito too. Alongside it, the softer Montefalco Rosso, the Grechetto-based whites, the famous Orvieto white from the tufa cliffs of the west, and Torgiano. See our Umbria wine tours for the cellars.
The towns and when to go
Perugia, the capital, is a chocolate city — home of Baci and the October Eurochocolate festival — and a good food-tour base; Assisi, Spoleto, Montefalco and Orvieto are the hill towns to eat and taste around. Autumn is the season: truffles, the olive harvest, and the wine. Umbria is an easy add-on to Rome or Tuscany.
Frequently asked questions
What is Umbria famous for, food-wise?
Black truffles from Norcia, cured pork and Castelluccio lentils, the powerful Sagrantino wine, Orvieto white, and Perugia chocolate.
When can I go truffle hunting in Umbria?
Year-round: the prized black truffle is winter, the summer scorzone the warmer months, so hunts with dogs run in every season. See our truffle hunting page.
Is Umbria easy to reach?
Yes; it borders Tuscany and Lazio and is a short train or drive from Rome and Florence, making it a natural add-on.
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