Category: Events

• Cooking with Mamma

  

  Want to learn how to cook real authentic Puglian food? Who best to teach you than an Italian Mamma who has learnt the family secret recipes which have been handed down from Mamma to daughter for generations. Check out our YouTube video of Cooking with Mamma Puglian food is considered ‘cucina povera‘, which literally translates […]

  Valerie Knott

  23/05/2019

  Cooking like a local, Culture and Traditions, Events, Food and Wine, Tours

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• Olive Oil & Mozzarella Tasting

  

  Puglia is one of the largest producers of olive oil in the world and the quality is second to none! At Sant’Oro they strive to be the best, and the awards and accolades speak for themselves. This family-run oil press, ‘Frantoio‘ has been in the family for generations and the young siblings, Cataldo and his […]

  Valerie Knott

  23/02/2019

  Culture and Traditions, Events, Food and Wine, Uncategorized

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• Not your average ‘Wine Tour’

  

    What do you look for when visiting a foreign country? Do you want to get to know the local culture? Sample the local food? Taste the local wine? And meet local people who are passionate about all of the above? Then why not join us on our Puglian Pleasures, ‘Food, wine & cultural experience’? […]

  Valerie Knott

  06/05/2018

  Culture and Traditions, Events, Food and Wine, Tours

  Award winning Wines, blogging, Cultural, Culture, family run business, Food and drinks, home cooked lunch, pasta making, pasta making with mamma, Puglia, Puglian Pleasuress, Puglian wine tasting, Puglian wine tours, traditional lunch in Puglia, Vineyard, Vineyard Tours, What to do in Puglia, wine events, Wine tasting

• Trip Advisor

  Puglian Pleasures wine experience is now live on Trip Advisor. If you have attended one of our tours, please feel free to leave a review on our site. Happy New Year to you all!

  Valerie Knott

  02/01/2018

  Events, Food and Wine, Recommendations, Tours

  Brindisi region tours, food and wine tours, food and wine tours with Puglian Pleasures, Puglian Pleasures reviews, reviews, things to do in Puglia, Tourist attractions in Puglia, Trip advisor, Tripadvisor, wine tastings, Wine tours

• Festive Fun in Puglia: 2017

  

  Pugliese people are just starting to think about Christmas and although there aren’t any festive lights up yet, things are starting to gear up to that Holy day. In fact, only the other day I heard my first Christmas song, no, not on the radio but in a local bar/restaurant, and not just one random […]

  Valerie Knott

  18/11/2017

  Culture and Traditions, Events, Food and Wine, Uncategorized

  art and more in Puglia, Christmas concerts, Christmas events, Christmas events in Puglia, Christmas Markets, Festive Fun, Festive lights of Puglia, Food and wine events, Food festivals, Puglia at Christmas, puglia holidays, Street food, street food Puglia, Things to do in Puglia at Christmas

• Friends, food and wine…….. What’s not to like!

  Come and join us for an evening of fun with friends, whilst sampling the award winning wines from La Pruina at the very stylish bar in the historic centre of Ostuni; Evò! 30th November at 9 pm. Contact Puglian Pleasures for more information or to reserve your place! Hope to see you there!  

  Valerie Knott

  23/11/2016

  Events, Food and Wine

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• Celebrate San Martino at Corso Vittorio Veneto 11th November 2016

  Autumn is here and it’s time to enjoy hot roasted chestnuts and novello wine. So why not come and celebrate San Martino 11th November at Corso Vittorio Veneto with Puglian Pleasures!!! In addition to the regular menu, there’ll be some traditional San Martino offerings, such as Baccalà, roasted chestnuts, fried cauliflower and of course the […]

  Valerie Knott

  08/11/2016

  Events, Food and Wine

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• Pizzica in the Piazza: 22nd September 2016

  

  Come and join us for a fabulous evening at Corso Vittorio Veneto, San Michele Salentino for ‘Pizzica in the Piazza’ from 9pm onwards. Summer is drawing to an end but we’re not letting it go just yet! Let’s festeggiare insieme!!! Watch the ‘Senature’ Pizzica group perform live in the small piazza outside Corso Vittorio Veneto, vineria […]

  Valerie Knott

  20/09/2016

  Events

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• Rosato at Sundown

  There’s nothing quite like watching the sun go down, whilst sipping on a delectable rosato, and sharing that special moment with friends. So what better way to celebrate the opening of the new roof terrace at Vox Popvli than doing just that? Come and join us Wednesday 3rd August for ‘Apericena’ with a glass or […]

  Valerie Knott

  28/07/2016

  Events

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• What’s Happening in May 2016

  Here’s a few dates for your social calendar! 8th May Ostuni Street Music Festival Location: Ostuni Piazza & Centro Storico Time: 15:30-22:00 Price: Free! For more information, check out their Facebook page. 8th-12th May October Beer Festival in Spring! Plus live music. Location: Macondo, Ostuni. Time: 21:30 Price: Depends on how many beers your have! For […]

  Valerie Knott

  08/05/2016

  Culture and Traditions, Events

  Brindisi, Cortili Aperti, Culture, events, Events in Puglia, Italian Culture, Italy, Lecce, live music, music, Music Festivals, Open Courtyards, Ostuni, Puglia, Puglian Pleasures, Salento, wine, wine festival, Wine tasting