It made them colorful, dedicated to the joy of living, and with some of the most famous cities in the world, such as New York, and also capable of lighting up and becoming lamps, and so on and so forth. And now Ceci, a Lambrusco brand, one of the most “pop” wines ever - capable of uniting generations, between young people looking for wines that are...
READ MORESurprise, surprise! Spaghetti is the most popular pasta in Italy–at least according to a July 2021 poll by the Unione Italiana Food ranking the country’s top ten pasta shapes. Spaghetti nabbing the number one spot will hardly come as a shock; it’s undoubtedly the pasta shape most strongly associated with Italian cuisine. It tops the poll just ahead...
READ MOREAccording to Autocar, the Italian carmaker’s CEO Jean-Philippe Imparato confirmed that the performance EV line-up will start with ‘near’ 257kW and the more powerful Veloce variant offering around 589kW, before stepping up to the hyper Quadrifoglio which will ‘likely’ shift to an all-wheel drive setup. For context, the current 952-series limited-run...
READ MOREIT’S THE DAY before the Feast of the Immaculate Conception, Italy’s unofficial kickoff to the Christmas season. Tomorrow, the streets of Rome will explode with fireworks, public displays of supplication, singing, soccer matches among young priests and an appearance by Pope Francis near the foot of the Spanish Steps. But on this quiet early December...
READ MOREMonini’s mono cultivars Frantoio, Coratina, and Nocellara 100% Italian organic olive oils have won no fewer than five Oscars – including four gold ones, a Best of Show, and a Best of Class – at the Los Angeles International Extra Virgin Olive Oil Competition, one of the five most important international competitions in the extra virgin olive oil se...
READ MOREWho doesn’t have a jar of honey in the pantry? A naturally healthy and versatile product, honey has a place in many a recipe but it is often used as an eco-friendly ingredient to keep our skin supple, too – you only need to browse the internet for a second to find hundreds of honey-based face masks, body scrubs, and hair treatments. In fact, honey...
READ MOREBroadly speaking, Italian fashion is a game of two opposing matriarchs. Let’s call them the sober, intellectual Miuccia Prada figure versus the glitzy, colourful Donatella Versace. Italian women learn to identify their style codes early on and rarely deviate from them. That makes them consistent and memorable, but they’re also constantly alert to...
READ MOREThere was no better place to be for the young Italian boy than sitting next to his grandfather, who was playing cards and sharing his homemade wine with his friends, in the Abruzzo region of Italy as there was always an electric energy in the air created by the deep connections of such intimate gatherings. The young boy came from a multi-generation...
READ MOREIt’s often said that you could spend your entire life exploring the wines of Italy and still not get to everything. In many ways, that’s true: Though the country’s wine firmament is divided into a seemingly approachable 20 different regions, there are countless appellations within them. And each of those is comprised of a lifetime’s worth of distin...
READ MOREAlto Adige is a great place for wine. You can taste it. You can buy it. It’s a wine region that’s relatively under the radar in today’s wine world. But visit the area, more commonly known among locals as Sudtirol, and you’ll find a wine culture that’s existed for over a thousand years. This entire region is a wine lover’s dream. In a world where wi...
READ MORE