This wine is most definitely streets removed from the ‘pick the grapes; crush them; stick the juice in steel tanks for a few months; bottle it; sell it’ philosophy that produces the consistently enjoyable wine that those of us living in Abruzzo are lucky enough to drink every day.

In contrast, here’s a wine of astonishing depth, illustrating the extraordinary versatility of the Montepulciano grape – and the extraordinary skills too of the Monti cantina.

(Here’s a truly memorable Italian red wine. Click on the main headline title above to find out more…)

One sip was enough to realize that this is an Italian wine for people who don’t really like Italian wine, but feel uneasy about ordering a bottle of something Chilean to go with the lasagna.

(A wine that’s very much The Old Curiosity Drop. Find out more by clicking on the main headline title above…)

Not – judging by the appreciative way in which it was usually quaffed – was there too much wrong with the complimentary bottle of red or white wine that’s awaited each of our guests on their arrival.

But since we arrived in Abruzzo and launched Villasfor2, we’ve discovered local wineries making wine we think you’ll enjoy at least as much as our ‘house originals’ – and hopefully more.

(With heart in mouth, we ignore the principle of “if it ain’t broke – don’t fix it” by introducing a new Villasfor2 House Red and House White. Click on the main headline title above to read all about them !)