Festival del Gusto

This year the Festivaldelgusto was again held in the Le Marche region of eastern Italy, this time at the historic venue of the Castello de Monterado near the beautiful Adriatic resort of Senigallia. We were determined to build on the success of the first Festival in Italy in 2013 so this year we decided to hold the event at the Castello as we knew this beautiful venue well and were also encouraged and supported by the enthusiasm of the owner Orlando Rodano to hold our event there. The Castello di Monterado is a perfect place to hold events and is a stunning venue situated in the small village of Monterado which was founded in 1267, it is about 15 km from the Adriatic coast and the beautiful seaside resort town of Senigallia. The weather in Italy this year has not been very good with storms, a great deal of rain and high winds on and off over the spring and summer, indeed only a few days before the event there were very high winds and storms on the coast which had done a lot of damage

We are very pleased that the Festivaldelgusto at the Castello di Monterado in Le Marche this coming September has proved so popular with both the local Marchgiani producers and also with our many overseas guests this year. We now have our maximum of fourteen local artisan producers and unfortunately we have had to turn down some fantastic local producers as we are fully booked for space, but next year we are planning that we will be able to have up to twenty five artisan producers at this prestigious event in Le Marche. This year the Festival organisers had the choice of several excellent venues where they could hold the event but it was decided to hold it again in the Ancona province of Le Marche, and we were pleased that with the help and encouragement of the owner of the Castello di Monterado that we were able to base this years Festival at this beautiful historic castle in the village of Monterado near the Adriatic resort of Senigallia. The Marche producers have also proved very

The plans for the second Festivaldelgusto that is being held in Senigallia, Italy this September and also the planned Festival in Malta in co operation with  Malta Sunripe  are well advanced and we are pleased that as well as these two exciting events we are now working closely with  Olivaverde  and Slow Food in England to hold several small promotional events in London and the south east of England this summer and autumn. The UK based events will take place at venues mainly located in London but we hope to also hold one promotional event at the famous and iconic Forum  building in the city of Norwich in East Anglia. We recently visited the exciting new venue,  Maida Hill Place   in west London and we will now be holding two tasting and promotional events at this great new arts and food centre on 21st August, one to be held on a lunchtime and another slightly larger event in the early evening later that same month. Maida Hill Place was originally a derelict and unused building and w

We are very pleased to be holding this years Festivaldelgusto at the Castello di Monterado in the Marche region of Italy, and we are now planning for other food and wine events and also tours to be held at this beautiful venue in the future. The Castello di Monterado is an absolutely stunning venue situated in the small village of Monterado in central Marche which was founded in 1267, it is about 15 km from the Adriatic coast and the beautiful seaside resort town of Senigallia. The present building dates back to the early 1700's and was designed by architect Luigi Vanvitelli, but is close to an ancient church which was part of a Hermitage which dates from the year one thousand. It has a long and varied history belonging to many noble families over the centuries and was badly damaged in the second World war by bombing, but the present family have undertaken a long and detailed restoration of the main Castello building. Siamo molto lieti di poter organizzare il Festivaldelgusto d

The team at Festivaldelgusto are have started the planning on the next Festival in the Le Marche region of Italy for September 2014. This years event will be held on Saturday 27th September at the Castello di Monterado  and followed on the Sunday morning by one of our popular "pop up" olive oil schools with lunch and music in the afternoon at one our of oil producers olive groves. The festival will start in late afternoon on the Saturday as in previous years, with talks and workshops from the wine, olive oil and food producers present, this followed by a meal which is prepared only from the produce that has been supplied by the producers at the event. On the Sunday morning there will be a workshop and talks given by one of the olive oil producers who had attended the previous days event, this will last most of the morning with a tasting of several types of olive oil, including single variety, organic and biodynamic. After the olive oil workshop, guests will be taken to a n