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After archiving a record-breaking 2021 - with 7.1 billion euros of wine shipped to markets around the world - the first month of 2022 confirms the positive trend, taking advantage of the wind at its back and enjoying the post-pandemic and pre-war enthusiasm, a convergence destined to change as early as February. Thus, in January, Italian wine expor...

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Italian winemakers must feel like they are on the crest of a wave right now – or at least some of them – but it's no time to rest on their laurels. The wines of Italy have probably never been as popular globally as they have been over the past five years. Wine lovers, collectors and critics have showered plaudits, love and money upon the wines that...

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From the great tastings of “Vinitaly 2022”, and not only, also more than 100,000 euros arrived in solidarity in favor of organizations such as the Italian Caritas for the support of Ukrainian refugees. All the proceeds from the Veronafiere tastings (80,000 euros) were donated to charity. As well as the 22,500 euros, collected in the charity auction...

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What a movie, Casablanca. The cinematography, the aesthetics, the music, the actors, of course. Who doesn’t have in mind Humphrey Bogart, dark and handsome, with his fedora hat and trench coat, in the famous airport scene where he says goodbye to Ilsa, interpreted by Ingrid Bergman? That hat, that fedora, was a Borsalino.  Borsalino: a name that be...

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Inflation is galloping in the United States too (+ 7.9%, the highest level in 40 years), and Italian wine is risking its run on its number one market in the world, revealed the US wine market experts interviewed in the International Wine and Spirits Record, IWSR / Wine intelligence survey, presented by the UIV-Vinitaly Observatory at “Vinitaly 2022...

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The 18th edition of the report on private label food products in Italy has been presented during the 2022 edition of Marca by Bologna Fiere trade show and brought good news. In the first quarter of 2022, sales of private label food products returned to growth, and at a higher rate than the total market (+2.7% vs +1.6% in value). And this is despite...

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Halfway between finger food and street food, the supplì al telefono is the Romans’ favorite fried food, which they may eat on the go or while sitting down at a trattoria at the start of a meal.   Supplì is a breaded, deep-fried rice croquette with an elongated shape traditionally filled with mozzarella, rice pre-simmered in a tomato-based sauce, an...

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ACIMIT, the Association of Italian Textile Machinery Manufacturers, and the Italian Trade Agency are organising an Italian Pavilion of 17 Italian machinery builders at Techtextil North America in Atlanta from May 17-19. ACIMIT members taking part are 4M Plants, Aeris, Arioli, Computer House, Fadis, Flainox, Guarneri Technology, Ima, Kairos Engineer...

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Umbria is a less touristed region of Italy. Located due east of Tuscany, it always seems to sit in its neighbor’s shadow. It’s one of the smallest regions in Italy and the only one that doesn’t border a coastline or other country. And like the region itself, Umbrian foods and Umbrian wines are often lesser-known and underrated. Instead of being dom...

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It’s fair to say that Italians have a sweet tooth. Breakfast is usually coffee and a pastry and, in the summer, Italians will head to their favorite gelateria after lunch or dinner. Traditionally, a meal consists of an antipasto, primo (pasta, soup, or rice), a secondo (a main dish, usually meat or fish), and a dolce (dessert), even if people will...

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