Villa Inglese Picinisco

VINI TAGLIO BORDOLESI AND A LOT LOT MORE

from 11/12/2020
to 12/12/2020territory

The white roads of the valley are filled with small cantinas producing not only the doc Atina Rosso and Atina Cabernet, but also indigenous grapes have been reintroduced, part of a new trend in Italian wine making. Maturano, Pampanaro, Capolongo e Lecinate are now challenging the classic taglio bordelese doc wines.

A MOUNTAIN GUIDE'S GUIDE TO THE MOUNTAIN

15 February 2020territory

Debora D’agostino a young mountain guide from the Valle di Comino describes the mountains around Picinsico. You can explore the mountains and head out trekking with highly qualified guides who are passionate about these spectacular untouched mountains and can't wait to share their world with you. (Photos below) Monte Forcellone...

PICINISCO - A WORLD HIDDEN IN THE MISTS OF TIME

15 February 2020events

D. H. Lawrence called Picinisco ‘staggeringly primitive’ when he sojourned her whilst writing ‘The Lost Girl’. We prefer to say ‘stubbornly independent’. Located at the gateway to the National Park of Abruzzo, at times Picinisco definitely has the feel of a frontier town. It's the perfect example of a small...

PROBABLY THE BEST INGREDIENTS......

14 February 2020ingredients

The principle motivation for my coming to Picinisco and the idea of opening a restaurant here was, in my not so humble opinion, that I would be surrounded by the best selection of ingredients in the world with which to prepare delicious food.

MORE THAN JUST A LICK OF PAINT

13 February 2020news

Under the watchful eye of Elio Perella and his team, Villa Inglese is having a total facelift, inside and out, to sympathetically bring this grand old lady back to life and into the 21st century.

FORAGING IN THE WOODS AROUND VILLA INGLESE

from 11/02/2020
to 29/12/2020territory

The woods, hills and mountains around Picinisco are abundant. It is an herbalist, mycologist, fauna, foraging, truffle hunting, wildlife paradise. We at Villa Inglese are completely immersed in this culture and we are organising events so that you can join in too.

DAVIDE GARGARO - A STORY OF TRANSHUMANCE

11 February 2020ingredients

Tradition as a way forward for a better future.

VALLE DI COMINO

11 February 2020territory

Exactly where this beautiful valley begins and where it ends has always been open to debate, but it exists up high in the Apennine mountains at the meeting point of the provinces of Abruzzo, Molise and Lazio and at the entrance to the vast, spectacularly wild and untouched National Park of the same name.

A GIDDY POTION. PICINISCO, CULTURE & TRADITION.

from 30/11/-0001
to 15/05/2020territory

The magical ingredients; One bear's claw, at least half a bottle of gensiana, a relic from the black Madonna di Canetto, one ciocara, (or traditional clog) twenty eaten and relished arrosticini skewers, a tablespoon of grated ram's horn, several glasses of cabernet or maturano, 12 fennel seeds, some ice from Monte della Meta and three drops...