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Italy is seeking to have the hills around the Veneto towns of Conegliano and Valdobbiadene where the world-famous Prosecco sparkling wine is made put on UNESCO's world heritage list. The national UNESCO committee on Thursday approved the dossier for the bid for UNESCO status. The committee decided to send to Paris the bid to be a UNESCO site by the...

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L’agroalimentare è sicuramente uno dei settori più importanti per l’export italiano negli Stati Uniti: secondo Federalimentare il bilancio 2016 parla di circa € 2,8 miliardi di prodotti alimentari italiani esportati negli States, con un aumento del 3,6% rispetto al 2015. Anche le previsioni di Sace sono molto positive per quello che attualmente rap...

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The much-anticipated annual Italian wine tasting event known simply as “VINO” reaches its sixth iteration this year on February 6th. VINO 2017, organized by the Italian Trade Commission, will take place at the stylish Spring Studios in Manhattan’s SoHo neighborhood. The grand tasting, roundtable, and seminars will feature over 120 producers and 600...

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Pinot grigio has not always been a go-to when it comes to white wines for me, but if I am going to drink one I always turn to northeastern Italy, in particular the Alto Adige wine region. Pinot grigio unfortunately has been tarnished from the days of when high quantity, low quality pinot grigio were being produced. It still happens today, but there...

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Vigne Surrau is a winery situated in the northern part of the island of Sardinia. This is definitely one of the few regions of Italy I have yet to visit, but is definitely top of my list, maybe even my next trip to Italy. Vigne Surrau, named after the valley within Sardinia of where they are located, was founded in 2000. They are located close to t...

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by Jennifer Martin   This past month the Meetup Group called "Passion for Everything Italian" that I host visited Fulchino Vineyards, a local winery of Italian origin. Located in Hollis, New Hampshire (about one hour from Boston), the winery is situated in a residential neighborhood.   As you venture off the highway, you'd never...

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WTI Magazine #78    2016 April 15Author : Jennifer Gentile Martin for www.vinotravelsitaly.com      Translation by:   Like some of the other regions we have covered since the beginning of the New Year, Molise is one of those regions not well sought after or on the list of your must go to regions within Italy. It's surrounded by a number of region...

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E.&J. Gallo Winery has won exclusive rights to distribute the highly regarded Allegrini wine portfolio in the U.S. market, effective April 1, 2014. Allegrini has been handled in the U.S. by Winebow for many years. The move marks a major step for Gallo in the luxury end of the U.S. imported wine market. The Allegrini Estates consist of the Alle...

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di Maria Teresa Manuelli I vitigni più antichi del Mediterraneo occidentale si trovano in Sardegna e appartengono al cultivar della vernaccia e della malvasia. È la recentissima scoperta dell'équipe del Centro per la Conservazione Biodiversità dell'Università degli Studi di Cagliari.   Sino ad oggi, i dati archeobotanici e storici attribuiv...

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by Mitch Frank Harry Mariani, the former president of Banfi Vintners who helped introduce many Americans to Italian wine, died Jan. 5 in Huntington, N.Y. He was 78. Working with his older brother John, Mariani built their family wine import firm into a major player beginning in the 1970s and '80s with a sparkling red Lambrusco called Riunite....

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