Photos from Adam Gollner’s road trip to the Italian countryside
The hillside above Anversa degli Abruzzi, a fortress-hamlet built into the cliffs in such a dizzying fashion that M.C. Escher actually came here to draw it.
MIdday snacks turn into hours-long feasts when you visit the Cataldi Madonna winery.
The town of Torano Nuovo.
Winemaker Emidio Pepe in his cellar, inspecting a bottle of 1990 Trebbiano d'Abruzzo.
Rosa Pepe and Chiara Pepe, Emidio's wife and granddaughter, preparing stuffed olives (oliva scolana).
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The labels for back vintages at Emidio Pepe winery.
Marcello Spadone and his wife Bruna at La Bandiera restaurant in Civitella Casanova.
Maccheroni la chitarra on a traditional stringed wooden box used to slice pasta (which has strings like a guitar).
