Cristiano Musillo is quick to point out that while Italy is best known for food, furniture, fashion and fast cars, the country’s most impactful products are its factory equipment, the machines that make other countries productive. The birthplace of the Renaissance has long been known as a place that blends the aesthetic with the efficient and beaut...

House of Gucci, an upcoming Ridley Scott crime flick, has sparked a lot of conversation in recent days, mostly through photos of Adam Driver and Lady Gaga on set in Milan, Italy. They act respectively as Maurizio Gucci, the former heir to the Gucci fortune, and Patrizia Reggiani, his ex-wife who was convicted in 1998 for ordering his murder three y...

The Italian women’s fashion brand Pinko is popping up with a big statement in SoHo, by taking over the entire three levels of 143 Spring Street for its new U.S. flagship.  The global brand signed a lease for 4,925 square feet in Buchbinder & Warren Realty Group’s two-story building on the northeast corner of Wooster Street. The store will have 100...

Former Fiat Chrysler premium car brands Alfa Romeo and Lancia will enjoy stronger investments under Stellantis, the new automaker formed from the merger with France’s PSA, Stellantis Chairman John Elkann said in a TV interview. With 14 brands under one roof, Stellantis is the world’s fourth largest carmaker. It was officially born in January, as Fi...

Paolo Gramaglia loves tomatoes. The owner and chef of the Michelin-starred President restaurant in Pompeii, his link with the fruit is so strong, he says, that he and it are intrinsically entwined. Not that he thinks he's special -- he thinks all Italians have the same relationship with the pomodoro. "Tomatoes are in our DNA," he says. "We grow up...

Balsamic vinegar completes the holy trinity of Emilia Romagna's most profound culinary traditions, along with Parmigiano Reggiano and Lambrusco. Enjoyed by Romans and deeply connected to Modena's culture and history, Aceto Balsamico di Modena is produced from fermented grape must with the addition of aged vinegar and wine vinegar, and aged in wood....

In the outskirts of Capannori, a quaint village in the Tuscan countryside not far from Lucca, in the beautiful park surrounding Villa Carrara, there is a 600 years old oak, so famous and so distinctive that it is officially recognized as a national landmark by the Italian Government and it even appears as a reference on NATO maps.  This ancient, ma...

The love affair between coffee and the Italians has been going on for more than six centuries. Coffee is Italy's iconic drink and, without it, it is difficult to start the day. Having a coffee at the bar is more than just a pleasant habit. It is a ritual, a tradition of the whole country from north to south, and few can do without it. There are man...

The Parmigiano Reggiano Consortium announced a sponsorship with Golden State Warriors Italian-American guard Nico Mannion, serving as another Consortium’s United States Brand Ambassador. Throughout the coming year, Mannion will promote Parmigiano Reggiano’s presence in the United States from fitness, cultural, and nutritional perspectives. One of t...

Experts believe the American market for Italian olive oil can grow promoting high quality, traceability controls and authenticity standards. Marco De Ceglie, Chairman of the North American Olive Oil Association, says: “To support the value of authentic Italian olive oil, first we need more production and more continuity in availability year on year...