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Half a century ago, Bulgari followed the money—at least the kind that buys jewelry—to New York. To mark the 50th anniversary of the Italian family jewelry business expansion to the United States, the brand has launched a limited-edition capsule collection of its iconic Monete collection, the U.S. Golden 50. The Monete collection was initially the b...

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When you think of Italy, you think of pasta. This delicious dish is synonymous with Italian cuisine, and while it’s loved all over the world, it’s the Italians who have a true love affair with pasta. The long and complex history of pasta in Italy dates back centuries, beyond the Middle Ages. So how exactly did the pasta obsession come about? How di...

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Exports of Italian TV series and non-theatrical movies have more than doubled over the past five years thanks in part to the rise of local originals commissioned by streamers, just as investments in production of local scripted content are also increasing. That is the key finding of a report unveiled at Rome’s MIA market by Italy’s producers associ...

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For Parmigiano Reggiano PDO cheese, the first nine months of 2022 ended with a +2.9 percent increase in total sales – amounting to 95,079 tons compared to 92,366 tons sold in the same period in 2021. In 2021, the total consumer turnover was 2.7 billion euros. Exports grew by +1.3% or 43,887 tons of product sold. Sales grew in Spain (+12.4%, with 99...

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When it comes to the history and tradition of winemaking it would be hard to top Tuscany, whose well-earned reputation as Italy’s answer to Bordeaux precedes it. Any discussion of fine Italian wine usually begins with the green valleys of a region whose vineyards were prized by the Romans. Tuscany’s rise to pre-eminence began in the 12th century, w...

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Trentino has a lot to say about the world of wine, also with its “mountain bubbles”, which – thanks to a market that has obviously been “hungry” for sparkling wines for some years now – have proven to stand up to significant competition, building a brand over the years – Trentodoc – credible in terms of quality, reliability, and longevity, fundamen...

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Eating a plate of onions doesn't usually top anyone's food cravings or dreams there's one succulent, niche Italian variety that might make even die-hard no-onion eaters change their minds. Each week Francesco Calabro drives his lorry from Calabria to Rome to sell premium red onions that grow along the coast around Tropea, a clifftop town on Italy's...

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For a company or organization to survive for centuries, it needs to maintain a vision over time—and that’s exactly what material sciences firm Piana Technology has managed to do. Founded in the 1500s as an Italian textile mill, the family business has evolved to focus on developing a wide array of eco-friendly materials using their signature Vertic...

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Of course, Italian food is iconic. Pasta, pizza, pesto, wine, cheese — we could go on and on. But there is one vegetable that grows across the peninsula that the Italians absolutely love: artichokes. According to Atlas Big, worldwide artichoke production totals 1,594,385 metric tons per year. Of the three countries that grow the most artichokes, It...

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The enduring ubiquity of the Italian-American dish chicken Marsala ensures that, for many Americans, Marsala is a household name. It also means that Marsala is often categorically relegated to the ranks of cooking wine — an unfair station to occupy in perpetuity for something as unique, versatile, and delicious as Marsala. Marsala is a fortified wi...

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