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by Tom Winter The warm scents of the Mediterranean followed us as we turned inland from Italy's Mediterranean coast and headed toward the mountains. We could see through the early spring haze that there was snow up there; an unlikely rumor from under the palms that dotted the promenades of the coastal fishing villages.   With daylight fadin...

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by Claudia Baroncelli   From the North to the South, Italy boasts many lesser-known yet wonderful small towns where you can breathe a fairy tale atmosphere and enjoy breathtaking landscapes. Let Swide lead into a unique journey through the most beautiful little towns you can find in Italy.   Travelling around Italy, you'll be surprise...

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Rockford, Ill.-based Enviro-Care Company announced it has been acquired by the WAMGROUP®. Headquartered in Modena, Italy, WAM is a multinational company that entered the conveying market in 1969 before expanding into all facets of bulk solids handling equipment. Today, its conveyors are used in many water and wastewater projects. In 2013, WAMGROUP'...

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by Chiara Baroncelli   Have you ever slept into an igloo or at the top of a lighthouse surrounded by mountains or sea? And what about spending a night inside a mill or on the top of a tree? Such places do actually exist in Italy. Hard to believe?   From Trulli in Puglia to a new age monastery in Umbria passing by an ancient and rich i...

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It sounds like a daydream - a sleek, powerful, state-of-the-art motorcycle with Formula 1 technology that plugs into the wall. But the battery is not the most surprising aspect of Italy's first electric street motorcycle - the Energica - poised to enter dealerships in 2015. Much of the body of the first working model was sculpted by a 3D-printing m...

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273 anni di invecchiamento ed è ancora buono: ecco un altro record di uno dei prodotti di nicchia del made in Italy più celebri al mondo, l'Aceto Balsamico Tradizionale di Modena. Una piccola ampolla di vetro, risalente a 273 anni fa, infatti, è stata analizzata e giudicata con ottimi voti dalla Consorteria di Spilamberto chiamata a valutare ogni...

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Carlo Catani, an activist with the Slow Food movement, was at a wine show in Italy two years ago tasting some bottles from Georgia when an idea struck him: what if he were able to convince Italian winemakers to make wine using the traditional Georgian method of fermenting it in large clay vessels known as kvevri?   The initial idea was somet...

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by Alessandro Sala   The Italians have never been shy when it comes to claiming culinary superiority, so it's not surprising that they casually refer to Parmigiano-Reggiano, those massive wheels of aged cow's milk cheese produced in central Italy, as "the undisputed king of cheeses".   Lovers of French triple crèmes, English blues, Sp...

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David MacNeil is spending more time in Bogolese (near Parma) these days. Mr. MacNeil is a great lover of Italian automobiles — he has a '67 Ferrari — and fashion, but that's not the only reason he's spending time in Parma. Instead, the fabled town in Emilia-Romagna is the new headquarters of WeatherTech Europe Srl, which Mr. MacNeil recently starte...

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The art of reproducing the nativity scene is linked to an ancient tradition in Italy. Three cities are particularly famous for their presepi: Bologna, Genoa, and Naples.   The Bolognese tradition dates back to the 13th century, and it is different from other nativity scenes realized in Italy because all characters are entirely hand carved, i...

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