Everyone dreams of owning an exhilarating car one day, and your options seem endless. You can either go for a dirt cheap sports car, although some used German sports cars we wouldn't touch with a 10-foot pole. On the other hand, you can always opt for something much more reliable, but more often than not that comes at the expense of individuality w...
READ MOREThe wealth of Conegliano Valdobbiadene Prosecco DOCG continues to grow across the territory in the glasses all over Italy and the world. Therefore, the territory of the Prosecco hills is increasingly attractive on an International level, but it also knows how to put a generational change in motion, which instead in many other Italian wine territori...
READ MOREFiat has opened the world’s first metaverse-powered car dealership in Italy which will enable customers to research, configure and even complete their next car purchase, recreating the feel of a showroom from the comfort of their homes. Initially, customers will be able to buy the flagship model, 500 La Prima by Bocelli, before the experience will...
READ MORESauerbraten, bratwurst, spaetzle, kartoffelpuffer and sachlich all are great examples of fine Italian cooking. No, I have not gone mad. These and many more Germanic foods are the usual fare of the Italian population of northeastern Italy’s Alto Adige. Once part of Austria, the area was ceded to Italy as reparations after World War I, but, like the...
READ MOREIn the winter, all the lemons in Amalfi have already been picked, and the empty lemon arbors glisten in the freshly fading dawn. With that slowness typical of certain southern villages, first stores lift their shutters: within an instant, the bustle of tourists already invades the alleys of the center. The last and only paper mill still active in A...
READ MOREMost of us like to dress our home just as stylishly as we dress ourselves. One of our fave mottos here at ELLE DECOR, after all, is “fashion for the home.” But for us interiors editors, the real test is whether an apparel brand can translate its design ethos to a furniture or tabletop collection. Dolce & Gabbana has done just that. After a successf...
READ MOREThere is no shortage of problems, with inflation, war, high energy prices and recession in sight. But in Italy and around the world there is a desire to toast, as before, more than before. So much so that, in Italy, in the thirty days around the holidays, between 75 and 78 million bottles of sparkling wine will be uncorked (in line with the 78.4 mi...
READ MOREItaly has never been afraid of maximalism. One of the country’s defining values is a love of everyday beauty–something that is seen not as an elitist pursuit, but rather a feeling that everyone is entitled to. Of course, there’s wildly ornate architecture, breathtaking frescos and hand-carved sculptures, but beyond this grandness, Italy has always...
READ MORE2022 is closing with another positive result for the machinery, equipment and tools for the woodworking and furniture industry in Italy. Total production reached a value of Euro 2.646 billion, up by 4.6% compared to the previous record in 2021, according to Acimall, the association of Italian manufacturers of woodworking and furniture industry tech...
READ MOREOut of over 750 million bottles of Prosecco each year a little over 100 of them is actually Prosecco Superiore Valdobbiadene DOCG. So what is the main difference? It is still produced with the Glera variety, the majority of it is a tank method sparkling usually brut -or the slightly sweeter version extra-dry- just like Prosecco DOC, but it must be...
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