Italian Craft Brewer Collects 6 Medals at Beer Competition
Emerging craft brewer Tenute Collesi was recently awarded six medals--four gold and two silver--by the highly prestigious Beverage Tasting Institute in Chicago, Illinois, America's oldest international beer competition. The tasting competition took place on May 6 and saw Collesi collect top prizes for its Bionda, Rossa, Nera and Malto beers. Gold...
Italian cinema: Cinema ritrovato
WTI Magazine #63 2015 June, 27Author : Edoardo Peretti Translation by: In these days takes place one of the most important and internationally known Italian film festivals, at least among the movie enthusiasts: the Bologna "Cinema Ritrovato" (from 29 June to 4 July). It is not the dear old Venice Film Festival, or the Festival of Cin...
Time to stare at a live feed of this underwater garden
By Russell Brandom Holidays can be exhausting, but it's nothing an underwater garden can't solve. This is Nemo's Garden, an underwater greenhouse anchored off Italy's Ligurian coast, recently detailed in The Washington Post. Stationed 20 feet underwater, Nemo's garden is able to take advantage of high humidity, even temperatures a...
Hidden Tuscany: Discovering Art, Culture, and Memories in a Well-Known Region’s Unknown Places.
by Kenneth Scambray John Keahey is a journalist turned travel writer who lives in Salt Lake City, Utah. Some years ago on a visit to Italy he became enamored with Italian culture: its history and art. His falling for Italy in such a big way is understandable. He joins the legions of writers since the seventeenth century who have written ab...
Café Mercato offers inviting Italian-American fare
by William Porter Whatever other virtues Café Mercato possesses — and there are several — the newish spot in Denver's Lowry neighborhood has to be the only upscale Italian restaurant anywhere with a close-up view of a B-52 Stratofortress. That's how close the establishment is to Wings Over the Rockies Air & Space Museum, where...
Sammezzano Castle
by Linda G. Bass Sometimes there are treasures to be found in Tuscany that aren't like any others. Tuscany has its share of fantastic and beautiful castles, but none quite like the Sammezzano Castle in Regello. This stunning estate is south of Florence and to see it, you must visit Tuscany at the right time of the year. The origin...
ALFIO LIVE! at the FESTA
We are excited to announce the launch of ALFIO's national PBS show ALFIO In Concert. This TV special includes hits "Caruso," "Granada," "Con Te Partiró" and "My Way" plus many more great Italian and English songs! The show will be airing in Northern California this Saturday, 8/29 on KQED 9 and KQED Life at 6:00 pm and again at midnight!! Click...
Fr. Vincent Capodanno Ministered In the Line of Fire
by Zoe Romanowsky Todays marks the 48th anniversary of the death of Fr. Vincent Capodanno on a battlefield in Vietnam. Though only 38 when he died, he was beloved by the men he heroically served, and by the family and friends he left behind. (His brother James tearfully recalls his brother's life here.) Fr. Capodanno was one of ni...
Foggy Goggle Osteria Brings Italian Fare to East Burke
by Hannah Palmer Egan There's plenty to do in Burke: Despite struggling through bankruptcies and ownership changes in recent years, Q Burke Mountain Resort draws thousands of visitors each winter. In the summer, Kingdom Trails is one of Vermont's premier mountain biking destinations. And even as controversy continues to swirl around the half-built...
Eataly hosts Identita Golose, showcasing modern Italian cuisine
by Cristine Struble Chicago has a celebrated culinary scene. While not every person can harness the talent of the city's acclaimed chefs, even the budding culinarian can master a variety of cooking techniques and flavors. Fortunate to have Eatly located in Chicago, food lovers and aspiring chefs can glean inspiration from this Italian mecca. To ce...
Italian Cheeses, Imported From Abruzzo
by Florence Fabricant It doesn't get more artisanal than this: In the tiny village of Anversa in the Abruzzo region of Italy, the Marcelli family has made cheese for about 500 years. "Many of the people in the village are our relatives," said Christina Marcelli, a member of a younger generation who is involved in the family's import busine...
Saluting our Veterans: William Tini
by Anne Neborak For William Tini there is no greater country than America. One of 10 children of Italian immigrants, Tini joined the service when he was 16 years old. He had only one regret, he never received his diploma from Coaldale High School. "I wanted to make sure this great country of ours, that the USA would be a winner an...