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Fattoria Cerreto Libri Cantine Aperte/Open Cellar
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Our 'home' up on the hill/la nostra 'casa' sopra la collina
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The entrance/L'entrata
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Our home/Casa nostra
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This is where the group of us slept, at the top floor of the...
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Valentina and Andrea really made sure we had a good stay, with nice...
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My comfy bed/il mio letto commodo
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The view from my window/La mia panorama dalla mia finestra
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Fattoria Cerreto Libri seen from a distance/La Fattoria da una distanza
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Our work on the vineyard consisted mainly of tying up the vines, which...
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The vinyard/La vigna But the work went by fast, especially since we were surrounded by a beautiful...
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Taking a break/Prendando una pausa
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La Raffia (or as we tried to pronounce like Faustino,...
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Young grapes/L'uva giovene
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Still not ready for wine/non sono ancora pronti per il vino
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"Lascia! Lascia! Lascia!" Faustino, our hardworking, funny boss/Faustino, nostro capo, chi...
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the surroundings ... i dintorini It was hard for us to believe we got to work in such a beautiful place/Era...
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Hills of yellow & green/Le colline gialle e verde
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Putting the labels on the bottles - it's nice to work as a team/Mettiamo...
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Lots of different kinds of wine - red, white, sweet wine (Vin Santo) and...
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The kitchen/La cucina
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The cook/La cuoca Elisabetta Elisabetta did most of the cooking on the farm, which was DELICIOUS. Typical...
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Oregano, salami, cheese & red wine ... Lunchtime - a special time when everyone from the farm comes together to eat,...
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One big family/Una famiglia grande
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Takao, the chef extraordinaire Takao was by far the most passionate about food, and one night he...
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The good life/La dolce vita We ate so well at the Fattoria. I'm telling you, this is the good life:...
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Friends/Gli amici Meeting other WWOOFERs was really interesting. It is nice to have friends all...
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Il vino a tavolo An endless supply of wine fresh from the barrels in the cellar.
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A very old villa/Una villa molto antica Remember, this farm was founded around 1797/ Ricordate che questa...
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Sandra's house/La casa di Sandra Sandra lives on the property, in the house next to the villa, and makes very...
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Lots of old trinkets/Tante antiche
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Fresh olive oil/L'olio d'ulivo fresco They also make their own olive oil, which Valentina called "Their...
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The Villa - Agritourismo For agritourismo, there is a villa tourists can rent to get a countryside...
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Inside the villa
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Dentro la villa
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Remnants of the past ... Here you can see on the wall where there used to be an old fashionned window
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The garden/Il giardino
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The sunset/Il tramonto It was nice to watch the sunset in the olive grove/Era bello vedere il...
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The pool in the olive grove The farm even had a pool in the olive grove. Such luxury for us to...
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Hanging laundry Best place for clothes to dry? In the olive grove/Il posto megliore...
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Good walking ... buon caminare When we weren't working (and had enough energy!) we'd go for...
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The countryside/La campagna
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Green green green - verde verde verde
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How many rows did we do??? We worked really hard in the field, but sometimes it seemed as if the...
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Oink Oink! Some little (hungry) friends at the bottom of the hill/Qualque piccoli (che...
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Figs/I fichi
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After the sunsets, the night is filled with little fireflies everywhere,...
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The group of us/Il gruppo Jeremy, me, Sebastian, Marco, Ben, Sophie, Melissa (and don't forget Takao)
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Andrea e Valentina - the bosses! Well, technically they were our 'bosses', but they really seemed more...
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danke Sebastien for the photo.
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Grazie Valentina per la foto.
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