will, and i hear the locals like it that way. they re like flames aren t they? i m heading deep into the heart of sagrantino territory, umbria s luscious world-renowned red wine, to meet a man who fell in love with this rustic region over 25 years ago. we re going to meet big george, in italian known as giorgione. he s a chef and restaurateur who lives at one with nature on a secluded farm outside montefalco, with an assortment of animals, including the porcine pride of umbria. good morning. oh look, wine grapes, only the best for pigs around here. carlotta.
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yeah. umbria is nature. that s why he is so representative of umbria. i could stay in here all day. but it seems matteo s mind has wandered. which is your favorite food? hmm, hard to say. i do like salami. in italy it s never long until someone talks about food. but here in umbria everything comes back to pork. you could say it s like a religion. now with its roots in the sates of asisi but out here in the fo forest primively. food is hunt day and i ve been invited to tag along by claudia.
umbria. [speaking foreign language] it means it s the green heart of italy. not a jealous heart. but a fertile one. arriving in early fall, i chart a course through you remember debra s ancient forests and misty mountains. this is italy before the romans. a place where families live close to the land, a land of saintly legends, impossibly perched hill top towns and rustic cuisine. wow, stop filming and just eat it. cheers. i m stanley tucci, italian on both sides and i m traveling across italy to discover how the food in each of the country s 20 regions is as unique as the
people and their past. [speaking foreign language]. umbrian food isn t about expensive restaurants or tricky techniques. it s all about the skill and hard work that goes into producing precious raw ingredients, from innovative farmers to noble hunters. and let s not forget the chefs and butchers preserving the traditional ways to cook these treasures of the land. [speaking foreign language]. and a note for any vegetarians watching. umbrian eat a lot of meat. a lot of pork. like a lot of it. huge amounts of it. i surrender to the pork. umbria is named after the umbri. one of italy s most and i shen