What wines do Italians love? Here are the favorite wine regions according to consumers
You say Piedmont and you think of a red wine, you say Alto Adige and you think of a white. When it comes to quality PDO wines, the association is often immediate. The Observatory on the competitiveness of Wine Regions, in collaboration with Nomisma Wine Monitor and UniCredit, focused on this specific theme in its 2024 edition, capturing both the pe...
Local Italians celebrate Verrazzano in Rehoboth Beach
It’s been 500 years since Italian explorer Giovanni da Verrazzano explored much of what is now America’s eastern seaboard in 1524. Officials from Rehoboth Beach, the Delaware Commission on Italian Heritage and Culture, the Rehoboth Beach Sister Cities Association, and the Rehoboth-area chapter of UNICO gathered April 17 at the Verrazzano Monument i...
Work Remotely, Live Italian: Italy’s Welcome to Global Citizens
Italy has officially opened its doors to digital nomads worldwide with its new visa program, enabling remote workers from non-EU countries to live and work in the “Bel Paese” for up to a year, with the possibility of annual renewals. The Italian digital nomad visa, effective as of April 4, targets highly skilled workers utilizing advanced technolo...
Iconic Italian eatery Ortobello fights to rebuild after fire as Brooklyn residents rally to save community fixture
Andrea Cerasuoli hasn’t quite been himself since an early April fire torched Ortobello, the beloved Italian joint in Bensonhurst that his father started back in 1974. “I’ve been kind of — I don’t want to say depressed,” Cerasuoli, 48, told The Post on Monday. “But I’ve been feeling down because of the whole fire situation. “I’m not really over the...
Remembering Jo Ann Serpico
Jo Ann has been immersed in the activities of the community since birth, thanks to the unwavering involvement of her father, Joseph R. Salerno. “My father was a member of every Italian society, club and lodge in the Chicago area,” she fondly recalls. “It’s only natural that I followed his example of promoting Italian values and traditions.” One of...
Fencing mom Arianna Errigo and high jumper Gianmarco Tamberi named Italy’s Olympic flagbearers
A fencing mother of twins and a high-jumping symbol of Italy’s success at the Tokyo Olympics will be the country’s flagbearers at the Paris Games opening ceremony. Arianna Errigo and Gianmarco Tamberi were selected on Monday by the Italian Olympic Committee for the honor at the July 26 ceremony. Errigo, who will be competing in her fourth Olympics,...
Sicily, Differently: Salute! Osteria Bianchi opens its doors in Liberty
In many ways, opening Osteria Bianchi was all about a homecoming for Josh and Kelly Bianchi. For one, Kelly is a Kansas City native, so the return here seemed like the right fit for their family after the glitz of Las Vegas. The American Italian restaurant is also a return to some family roots: Josh’s grandmother is from Sicily, and the restaurant’...
The Altarini of Naples. Look for votive shrines in the shadows of Campania's capital
It’s a common cliché, both among Neapolitans and tourists, to say that Naples is the realm of the sacred and profane. This is a definition I don’t really like; it’s a bit like rhetorically associating the city exclusively with the sun and the sea, when one should understand that its richness is almost always hidden in the shadows. My passion for t...
Nutley Commissioner Alphonse Petracco named 2024 Italian American Business Leader
Township of Nutley Commissioner and Department of Public Safety Director Alphonse Petracco was named the 2024 Italian American Business Leader by the Federation of Italian-American Societies of New Jersey last weekend. The Federation, which was founded in 1933 to assist and improve the quality of life of the Italians who came to America from Europe...
Five Canoes Discovered Northwest of Rome Are the Oldest Boats Ever Found in the Mediterranean
For more than 30 years, one of Italy’s most well-hidden archaeological treasures has been an underwater village called La Marmotta. The site, with well-preserved artifacts, was discovered in 1989 in a lake just northwest of Rome and 23 miles upstream from the Mediterranean Sea. Found among its wooden buildings were five canoes, stretching up to 32...
Dalfonso's Italian Imports is a new addition to Buffalo's Five Points neighborhood
Step inside the new Dalfonso's Italian Imports in the heart of Buffalo's Five Points neighborhood and get swept away in a celebration of food, and family. "I want you to feel comfortable like you are walking into a place that has been here for 50 years," said Jeffrey Dalfonso, the owner and operator, "I guess the inspiration really was my family's...
The significant contribution of merchants like Marco Polo to Italian identity
The greatest cultural legacy of Italy is its millennia-long history of intersections, contaminations, influences, mixtures, invasions, immigrations, emigrations, returns, travels, and contacts. From its role as an expansive power to becoming a coveted conquest target, the Italian peninsula has historically been a crucible where peoples, cultures, a...