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Italy rarely needs an introduction. Great wine? Check. Fresh, vibrant food? Practically the country’s calling card. Fabulous places to stay? Of course. However, combining all three in one property, filtered for responsible farming and winemaking practices and a general ethos of sustainable hospitality, proves a bit harder. Fortunately, we’ve done t...

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The Fall Tour of Taste of Italy 2024 has concluded with remarkable public success, confirming its status as an essential event for Italian food & beverage companies looking to enter the U.S. market. The events, conceived and managed by the Italy-America Chamber of Commerce of Texas in Houston, target food industry professionals, gastronomy enthusia...

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A village topped by terracotta roofs would rise like a dream above rows of Tuscan-like vineyards. Except the “Italian hill town” would materialize in Cloverdale, in Sonoma County. Esmeralda Land, a startup developer based in Florida, is “conducting due diligence” to buy a 266-acre site of an old lumber mill to build a future tech utopia with the lo...

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It's not just about sparkling wines. There’s another segment with which Italy is gaining ground overseas at the expense of its competitors: high-end wines, meaning red wine labels priced at $50 and above (distribution price). According to the analysis by the Uiv-Vinitaly Observatory on August SipSource data, sales in this segment grew in value by 3...

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Vinitaly USA turned Chicago’s Navy Pier into the world marketplace for Italian wines. For two days, 230 Italian wine producers poured 1650 wines to 1500 wine buyers, importers, wine aficionados and members of the wine press.  This was the first edition of the world-wide festival to be held in the United States and by all accounts it was a success....

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More than 1,500 professional operators – buyers, importers, distributors and the HoReCa channel – over two days had the chance to get to know 1,650 labels from in excess of 230 wineries based in seven regions of Italy – Calabria, Campania, Friuli-Venezia Giulia, Latium, Sardinia, Umbria and Veneto, while also taking part in 30 events including mast...

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Sunday, November 3 · 3 - 7pm PST. Doors at 2:30pm. 3370 Sunset Valley Road Moorpark, CA 93021. Join us for Festival Italiano - A Taste of Italy on Sun, Nov 03, 2024 at 3:00 PM at Walnut Grove -3370 Sunset Valley Rd., Moorpark, CA. Immerse yourself in the rich culture and flavors of Italy with delicious food, wine, music, and more. Indulge in authen...

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At the end of our journey through vineyards and cellars, which again this year took us from the Aosta Valley to the island of Pantelleria to compile the Italian Wines Guide 2025 by Gambero Rosso, we can affirm that Italy’s wine industry – despite the complex international challenges, which unfortunately affect our sector as well – is in a phase of...

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One of Italy’s top wine producing regions is the Langhe in Piemonte, northwestern Italy. Famous for both wine and white truffles, the vineyard covered hills topped with castles and pretty towns make this a great part of Italy for a leisurely visit. Langhe is the foggy area southwest of Alba, along the south bank of the Tanaro River, where some of I...

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Italian wine exports in the first 7 months of 2024 touch 4.6 billion euros, up 4.1% on the same period 2023, and improving on the performance of the first half of the year, when exports grew 3.1%, while keeping in line with the first half of the year, at +2.6% for 1.26 billion hectoliters. It is a small turnaround, after the 2024 turnaround, that b...

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