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After 2 years absence, we are back! In the great tradition of the last 31 years, opera and Broadway favorites will once again come to the North Fork of Long Island through the annual favorite concert/winetasting event “Cristina Fontanelli and Her Fabulous Friends” taking place on Saturday, July 23, 2022 at 7:30 p.m. at the Duck Walk Vineyard North,...

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Valdo is the oldest winery to produce Prosecco in Italy’s famed Valdobbiadene, the home of that country’s celebrated sparkling wine. For nearly a century, the Bolla family has used its commitment to tradition, the region, and the land to produce one of the most trusted labels in Prosecco. Matteo Bolla, Business Development Manager for Valdo USA, In...

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Italian food & beverage exports hit another record, with sales jumping +21 percent in the first five months of this year compared to the same period in 2022. This is according to an analysis by the Italian farmers’ association Coldiretti of Istat data. Despite nearly five months of the war in Ukraine since the Russian invasion, Italian food exports...

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Wine tourism is, and will be, a strategic asset for tourism and the Italian economy. But Italy will make a quantum leap only if it knows how to organize itself better than it has done so far, perhaps even equipping itself with a real permanent Observatory, as companies, operators and institutions would like. Meanwhile, taking stock of the state of...

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Italy is famous for its saints: don’t they say we are a people of saints, sailors and poets? When you think of it, medieval pilgrims were the first tourists, you could almost say they inaugurated the long, successful era of Italian tourism themselves! There are specific itineraries all along the peninsula that ancient and modern pilgrims follow: th...

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Parlour Wines, a bottleshop dedicated to organic Italian wine, quietly opened in Madison Park in October 2021. At the beginning of July, it reopened with a wine bar, becoming the only wine bar in the neighborhood and the only wine bar in all of Seattle specifically focused on Italian natural wines. The shop across from the Madison Park tennis court...

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Valdo is the oldest winery to produce Prosecco in Italy’s famed Valdobbiadene, the home of that country’s celebrated sparkling wine. For nearly a century, the Bolla family has used its commitment to tradition, the region and the land to produce one of the most trusted labels in Prosecco. Matteo Bolla, Business Development Manager for Valdo USA, Inc...

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“The Charming Taste of Europe” is pleased to present a restaurant week in San Francisco, collaborating with a variety of restaurants from July 25th to July 31st. Throughout the week, reputable restaurants in the city will promote wines from the Consorzio Tutela Vini D’Abruzzo highlighting the quality of viticulture throughout the region. Wines incl...

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Aperitivo, the Italian pre-meal drink with appetizers, can be thought of as a heavy happy hour. But as is so often the case with food and drink, Italians have made it an artform.  Aperitivo comes from the Latin aperire, which means to open. You're opening your stomach before dining. A spritz, or something including a bitter alcohol, is tradit...

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The Prosecco DOC Consortium has revealed promising data from recent market research, carried out by Nomisma. The study focused on the consumption of Italian sparkling wines in the US market, with a particular focus on sales of Prosecco. According to Nomisma's results, the value of Italian sparkling wines imported in the US reached about 519 million...

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