The Vigliano Family Welcomes Us To Their Lemon Farm.
Valentina, Ida, son Luigi, Papa Vigliano. Valentina runs the hotel affairs and makes ceramics, Mama Ida cooks, makes mozzarella each morning, Papa supervises everyone, including the 2 pigs, and 2 cows that make this an authentic agritourismo farm stay. This, like so many Italian families in business, members glean continued perseverance and success from ancestral efforts, requisitioning only the natural products of the earth and their own hard work. Guests find their way to this relaxing hideaway from all over the world.
We learned that the famous lemons are born from the wild orange and lemon long after a complicated grafting process described by our host Luigi.
Mama Ida makes mozzarella each morning.
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