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As we start to round out this challenging year I think we all need a little bubbly to raise our spirits. This month I am featuring sparkling wines from all over Italy.  My focus is on the wines of the Valdobbiadene and Conegliano Superiore DOCG.  I recently attended a tasting hosted by the Consorzio and IEEM and led by Anthony Giglio where we did a...

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The heart of winter, as we all know, are the Christmas holidays, Italy from North to South is crossed by hundreds of cultural, culinary, religious and artistic traditions. From the Nativity crib to the Christmas tree, passing by the struffoli and the panettone. Without forgetting then of St. Stephen's Day and New Year's Day, arriving until Epiphany...

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The Silvio Laccetti Foundation has begun a new outreach program, partnering with high level environment educational groups to share experiences and strategies. The key individual in this Trans-Atlantic cooperation is Connor Cunningham, a senior at Glen Rock High in NJ. Connor received the Foundation's first Charlie Kontos Environmental Activist awa...

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Enit will be exhibiting at the IBTM World Virtual, an innovative three-day event, representing 23 participants and "crowds" the international market with "visual winds of Italy". The National Tourism Agency exports the Italian spirit by taking part in the main global event of the MICE industry (Meetings, Incentives, Conferences and Exhibitions) whi...

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One of the many nicknames for Venice is The Floating City, and a new luxury cruise ship has sourced the inspiration for the interiors of its ‘floating boutique hotel’ from the City of Water. The completely refurbished S.S. La Venezia has been decked out in traditional Venetian-inspired designs, and its classic appeal makes it look like a modern tak...

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Lake Garda is already a paradise for those who love exploring on a bike; from 2021, even more so, as the so-called Garda by Bike project, is scheduled to be completed.  The bike path will offer amazing views over Italy’s largest lake and the mountains that surround it. It is expected to attract many bike enthusiasts who already travel to the area t...

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Last August, long before the coronavirus pandemic descended across Italy, I set off on a hike following the Alta Via 1, a long-distance footpath that traverses the Dolomites from north to south. A monumental mountain range in northeastern Italy, the Dolomites — a World Heritage Site since 2009 — are home to some of the world’s most majestic scener...

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They were the photos that went round the world: Shoals of fish swimming through the Venice canals; an empty St. Mark’s Square; the milky-white Rialto Bridge, free of milling crowds. The city that had struggled so publicly with overtourism in the past few years—an estimated 30 million visitors annually to a city-center with just 50,000 residents—was...

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Italy is a country that holds many records. It boasts some of the oldest cities and universities, archaeological heritage and unique landscapes in the world, as well as art masterpieces and timeless characters. But it also includes places with very unusual records. Like the Aril, the shortest river in Europ Aril is one of the 25 tributaries of Lake...

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Il vaccino per il Covid-19 richiederà miliardi di flaconi di vetro e in Italia c’è una famiglia che li sta producendo. A Piombino Dese, un piccolo paese alle porte di Venezia, il Gruppo Stevanato, lavora senza sosta: alla fine di giugno, ha firmato un accordo con la Coalition for Epidemic Preparedness and Innovations (CEPI) norvegese, un gruppo sos...

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