hotel le tre vaselle is one of two five-star hotels in umbria. set in a seventeenth-century home, it’s nestled among the lungarotti family vineyards and olive groves in torgiano. lungarotti sends three million bottles of wine to 42 countries every year. in the united states, their olive oil is carried by williams-sonoma. chiara lungarotti, a striking woman in her 30s, runs the family business with her half sister and her mother. she says, “the only thing i demand of the family members who want to be involved in the business is that they love it. … we have our land. we are proud to be from umbria.” from $275 a night; 011-39-075-9880447, www.3vaselle.it

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