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Olive trees in Apulia cover more than 370,000 hectares of cultivated land with 60 million plants. It is the largest crop in the region (64% of the utilized agricultural area) and involves as many as 148,127 farms (43% of the total), also accounting for 40% of the area planted with olive trees in the South, almost 32% nationally and 8% in the Europe...

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New River Fine Art is pleased to announce its latest exhibition, "VETRO: 20th Century Murano Czech, and American Glass Masters," showcasing an all-encompassing collection of historical and contemporary fine art glass from Italy, the Czech Republic and the US curated by Italian Glass Expert, Sergio Gnesin. This exhibition celebrates the unique allur...

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Over the past 30 years, Central and Southern Italian wines have risen in consumer interest, largely because of increased quality and reasonable pricing. Further, an emphasis on resurrecting rare native grape varieties coincided with increasing consumer interest in new flavor experiences. In a world of increasing costs, these wines deliver distincti...

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After garnering a lot of buzz, Gucci has officially opened its doors to its newly relocated boutique on the iconic Worth Avenue in Palm Beach. Spanning over 5,600 square feet, Gucci opens its new South Florida location, bringing enhanced space and an expanded selection of coveted luxury goods to Palm Beach. As one would expect, the new Gucci locale...

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When you’re on vacation, it’s easy to get caught up in tourist traps and buy generic souvenirs that don’t hold much meaning. We’ve all been guilty of it. Fake, made-in-China Venetian mask? Check. Plastic copy of the Colosseum? Check. Anything with a flag or a pizza on it? Check again. It’s certainly easy to pick these things up from any of the many...

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An Italian auto parts manufacturer with a distribution center and offices in Ankeny will invest $35 million to build a new U.S. headquarters and manufacturing facility there, more than doubling its workforce. Headquartered in Correggio, Italy, SPAL Automotive designs and manufactures high-performance fans, centrifugal blowers and fluid pumps for ca...

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Wine is a huge part of daily life in Italy, and it's basically been that way since ancient times. With Brita-filtered pitchers being thousands of years off, potable water wasn't always easy to come by for the Romans of yesteryear, at least until they improved on the design of aqueducts. Therefore, everyone, from slaves to the elite, quenched their...

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Ask around Aspen which country is the king of wine, and most people will answer, “Italia.” Not that France won’t have its fair number of fans. And, of course, California (which we designated last week as its own wine nation in this column), and Australia will get thumbs up, as well. But as a look at the lists at Aspen’s elite Italian establishments...

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Have you ever heard of “Asiago Cheese”or “Pomarola”? Have you come across “Parmesan” or a “San Daniele Ham” produced in Canada at the supermarket? Do you usually toast with ”Prosek” or pour yourself a glass of Chianti made in California?  Italy is art, culture, landscapes, but also culinary excellences, because our country has always been synonymou...

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Until about ten years ago, the eggplant and I were sworn enemies. Largely flavorless, tough in texture, and rather unappetizing with its strange oblong shape and bizarre-sounding moniker, it was but an unwanted discovery in a plate of ratatouille, or a dissatisfying replacement for meat in a particularly uninspired vegetarian dish. I picked it out...

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