Berruto 1881 is one of the main Italian producers of semolina pasta that has strong ties with Piedmont, its territory of origin. Positioned 20th on the rank list of the Italian top players in the pasta sector with 40 million euro of turnover, the company stands out for its strong internationalization (90% of production goes abroad) and for its decl...
READ MOREMy region, Piemonte, is known for its good cheeses: Tùma, Raschera, Castelmagno, robiola di Roccaverano are only a handful of the many delicious and fragrant milk-based delicacies it has to offer. You understand that loving cheese and that other typical product of Piemonte, fine wine, comes as natural as breathing for those born there, and I am no...
READ MOREDa qualche anno in USA è in atto un profondo cambiamento in materia di food safety. Dal 16 Settembre 2016 sono infatti diventate obbligatorie le “Final Rules” previste dalla nuova legislazione statunitense sulla sicurezza alimentare, il “Food Safety Modernization Act” (FSMA) emanato dalla Food and Drugs Administration (FDA), l’agenzia USA per gli a...
READ MOREOn these chilly gray days, my mind races back to a week of spectacular sunshine and even more spectacular wines in the northwestern Italian region of Piedmont. My wife and I tasted so many excellent wines during our time in Piedmont that it’s hard to know where to start. But today I’d like to share two wine experiences that surprised and delighted...
READ MOREL' eccellenza dell’industria italiana in alcuni settori, dalla moda al food, all’automotive trova conferma nella prima classifica italiana di BrandZ, realizzata per Wpp da Kantar Millward Brown, che da 12 anni edita la Top 100 mondiale dei marchi e ora ha deciso di seguire da vicino anche il nostro Paese, vista la ripresa dell’economia e la notorie...
READ MOREIeg-Italian Exhibition Group (la società fieristica nata a fine 2016 dall’integrazione tra Rimini e Vicenza) sbarca negli Stati Uniti. E lo fa attraverso l’acquisizione del 51% di Fb International, uno dei più quotati player di allestimenti oltreoceano, 16 milioni di dollari di fatturato, un Ebitda sopra il 15% e un’ottantina di dipendenti tra Oakl...
READ MOREReady to buy an Italian car? Prepare for the most passionate heart-wrenching relationship of your life. There’s a market near Brunelleschi’s famous cathedral in Florence, Italy that sells just about any leather good one can imagine. Like the cathedral, the leather goods are distinctly Italian in the sense that the craftsmen use the given medium, hi...
READ MORE“Throughout Italy, in cities just as much as in poor little towns, you might see shoemakers sitting in their small workshop, surrounded by shoes scattered all over, working on their forms under the light of a bare light bulb.” This is how Salvatore Ferragamo, in his own autobiography, described the world he wanted to change – driven by infinite pas...
READ MORETeMa North America will build its first American manufacturing facility in West Virginia. Although TeMa has existing sales offices in the United States, the West Virginia plant will be the company’s first manufacturing operation in this country. The Italian parent company, TeMa Group, is a European leader in the insulation, drainage and geotechnica...
READ MOREWine is a fickle thing. It relies on us to age it in ideal conditions for years or decades to reveal its glory. And if we let it down by storing it above the refrigerator, or under the staircase, or any other place where temperatures spike from time to time, it will taunt us with what might have been. Old wine is all too often a lament of lost oppo...
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