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The Bacio is one of Italy’s most beloved confections and although the dark chocolate and hazelnut kiss can be gifted at any time, for any reason, there is no better time for Baci Perugina than during San Valentino. While it may seem that the distinct praline with its romantic love notes has been forever synonymous with lovers in Italy, it was only...

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Once upon a frosty New York Fashion Week, Federico Marchetti, founder of Yoox and chairman and CEO of Yoox Net-a-Porter Group, got stranded in JFK with Franca Sozzani, former editor of Vogue Italia, Anna Dello Russo and Giovanna Battaglia, two larger-than-life Italian fashion editors. After 36 hours of failed attempts to fly home to Milan, the four...

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Few Italian wines trigger nostalgia in American consumers like Chianti. Many tasted their first sip of tangy Sangiovese from a fiasco, a bottle wrapped in a straw basket, in a red-sauce Italian restaurant. Over the last few decades, Chianti has increased in quality, though most of its top wines fail to titillate palates as seductively as Baroloand ...

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On Monday, February 25, the Italy-America Chamber of Commerce Texas will be hosting the 5th annual Taste of Italy trade fair and food and wine festival in Houston, the largest trade fair devoted exclusively to Italian food and wine in the U.S. One of the highlights of this year’s gathering is sure to be the Prosciutto Master Class (see details belo...

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There have been news here and there about geothermal beer in the past. A story is now being picked up by Bloomberg on Vapori di Birra or Steam Beer, a beer created by a retired energy technician of Enel in Lardarello, Italy. Going into retirement he followed up on a passion of his, a beer “produced entirely with steam power”. Starting in 2013, Edo...

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Parlare di vino italiano negli Stati Uniti vuol dire addentrarsi in un mondo complesso, una storia iniziata tanti decenni fa, che oggi vive probabilmente il suo apogeo, grazie ad un giro d’affari che nei primi 10 mesi del 2018, come ricordano i dati Ice di New York, ha toccato 1,65 miliardi di euro, per una quota di mercato che vale il 31,8% di tut...

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Ospite d’eccezione al WiMu di Barolo (Cuneo) l’attore italoamericano John Turturro. Arrivato a Torino per il debutto del suo “Rigoletto” al Teatro Regio (dal 6 al 17 febbraio) e accompagnato dal presidente della Barolo & Castles Foundation, Paolo Damilano, e dal sindaco di Barolo, Renata Bianco, Turturro si è concesso una lunga visita tra gli alles...

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Vintage Maseratis are some of the most beautiful cars around, and it's not often one this original comes up for sale. This 1967 Tipo 107 Quattroporte four-door was recently pulled out of storage after sitting for over 40 years, and now it's up for grabs on eBay Motors. You should buy it. According to the ad, this car was originally purchased in Ita...

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Peroni Nastro Azzurro, the premium Italian lager that has been bringing style to the world of beer for over 50 years and is the fastest-growing European import in the U.S. beer business, is embarking on its most significant global renovation in more than a decade. Inclusive of a modernized bottle design that features a new logo, updated glassware,...

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Quali famiglie hanno avuto la forza di attraversare mille anni alla guida delle loro aziende ed essere ancora lì, capaci di mantenere la barra a dritta? Guerre, trasformazioni, rivoluzioni quante ne hanno dovute affrontare? E i travagli interni alle famiglie stesse che hanno dovuto superare? Quante lezioni potrebbe rivelare il loro percorso millena...

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