What's up with WTI: Editorial # 76
WTI Magazine #76 2016 February 15Author : Umberto Mucci Translation by: Ciao from Rome! Welcome to the 76th issue of our online magazine. It's February 2016, and I'm about to leave for the US, where I'll be presenting my book "We the Italians. Two flags, One heart. One hundred interviews". A few days ago I had the privilege of presentin...
Italian wine: Chianti
WTI Magazine #22 2014 Mar, 21Author : Vino OK Translation by: One of the first documents that witnesses and mentions about this famous wine is undoubtedly represented by its classification, as originally drafted in 1398. Looking at these documents, we can understand how the Chianti was a white wine, it did not have a large diffusion...
Italian wine: Vernaccia di Serrapetrona. A 3 fermentation wine
WTI Magazine #60 2015 May, 15Author : Jennifer Gentile Martin for www.vinotravelsitaly.com Translation by: The Marche is a region in central Italy. Pronounced "lay mark-ay", the Le Marche region borders Emilia Romagna to the north, Umbria to the west and Abruzzo to the south and barely touches the regions of Tuscany and Lazio. The Ma...
Italian art: Andrea Pozzo
WTI Magazine #22 2014 Mar, 21Author : Enrico De Iulis Translation by: Alessandra Bitetti When we talk about Italian baroque and more specifically about Romanesque baroque, immediately come to our mind the style, the works and the names of Gian Lorenzo Bernini, Francesco Borromini and Pietro Berrettini da Cortona, who are considered t...
IT and US: The IACE summer program, long standing tradition and doorway to culture
WTI Magazine #60 2015 May, 15Author : IACE Translation by: For the last three consecutive years the Italian American Committee on Education Summer Program has enjoyed a residency in the medieval town of Narni, province of Terni, in southern Umbria. Through close collaboration with the Narni Arts Academy and its Artistic Director, pia...
Italian traditions: The bridge competition in Pisa
WTI Magazine #64 2015 July, 10Author : folclore.it Translation by: The bridge competition is a reminiscent an event organized in two highlights: the historical parade and the battle. It takes place in the summer in Pisa, Tuscany, and it reflects an ancient and bloody game of the time of the maritime Republic of Pisa. Repeatedly suspe...
Italian cuisine: Asparagus with almonds and capers
WTI Magazine #60 2015 May, 15Author : Paola Lovisetti Scamihorn Translation by: Let's celebrate spring with asparagus, a vegetable known for it's strong and distinct flavor. Asparagus, sliced and stir-fried, is a great base for a variety of dishes: first courses, entrees or side dishes. The addition of capers and toasted almonds in t...
Italian good news: Towards the TTIP a focus on exports to the US for SME
WTI Magazine #64 2015 July, 10Author : Confartigianato Translation by: At the conference "Towards the TTIP: a focus on exports to the US for SME" held at EXPO2015 Confartigianato has presented the report "Towards the TTIP. Italian exports to the United States of America" that contains a specific focus on Made in Italy to the USA in t...
Italian art: The Borghese Gallery
WTI Magazine #1 2013 Oct,18Author : Enrico De Iulis Translation by: The Language Institute The Borghese Gallery is a place of rare beauty, conceived and experienced as a large container of powerful art and politics. In 1606, Cardinal Scipione Borghese wanted it right from the start with the intention of having a huge display case in whi...
Italian handcrafts: The Wrought Iron of Campobasso
WTI Magazine #60 2015 May, 15Author : Unioncamere Translation by: The iron age came after the stone and bronze ages and dates back to 1000 BC. The use of iron spread more slowly, however, because it was only understood much later that the molten mass obtained in the first stone furnaces needed to be heated again to produce the pliabl...
Italian lifestyle: Pasquale Bruni with Neiman Marcus for the Italian Jewelry Festival
WTI Magazine #71 2015 October, 30Author : Living Adamis Translation by: Pasquale Bruni, President and Founder of the brand of fine jewelry Pasquale Bruni, and Eugenia Bruni, Creative Director of the House, were the special guests of "The Italian Jewelry Festival", an event organized by luxury retailer Neiman Marcus through several ma...
Italian land and nature: Enchantment on the Conero Riviera
WTI Magazine #60 2015 May, 15Author : italia.it Translation by: A sinuous promontory designed by the winds that Mount Conero (after which this area in the Marches was named) encounters while overlooking the Adriatic Sea. Tens of beaches surrounded by rocks and luxuriant vegetation that can only be reached by boat or on paths, and num...