A Deep-Rooted Family

A Deep-Rooted Family

by | Jul 21, 2021 | Cesanese, Lazio

“Today we are off to the City of the Popes,” I announced and Vinnie, my corkscrew, immediately perked up, for he loves the Eternal City. He was less than impressed when I explained that we were not, in fact, heading for the capital but instead we would be...
Four Popes, A Poet and The Cesanese Grape

Four Popes, A Poet and The Cesanese Grape

by | Jan 20, 2021 | Cesanese, Lazio

As a tour guide I often travelled along the Autostrada del Sole – the motorway of the sun – and when close to Rome I would see the sign for Anagni with the words ‘City of the Popes’ beneath it. Many times I would wonder what it meant and, like so many...