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Due pluripremiati cortometraggi italiani saranno presentati a Washington DC in occasione della rassegna "EuroAsia Shorts 2018", che, giunta alla sua 13a edizione, presenta ogni anno una settimana dedicata ai cortometraggi provenienti da Europa, Asia e Stati Uniti, proiettati presso ambasciate e centri culturali in tutta Washington. Sempre più donn...

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In 1970, the Agenzia delle Dogane e dei Monopoli—the Italian state monopoly responsible for tobacco and other things—decided to stop the production of handmade Italian cigars. Some rollers at the factory in Lucca opted to keep rolling the cigars, though they were designated as diritto di cernita—sampling right—and as such were sold only in the fact...

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Though the U.S. market’s total imported wine segment was roughly flat at 67 million 9-liter case depletions last year, according to Impact Databank, the category is seeing significant gains at the premium level. The top 10 imported brands retailing at above $10 a 750-ml. shot ahead by an aggregate 16% last year to more than 9 million cases. Progres...

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The high-end style and time-tested craftsmanship of Italian luxury furniture-maker Giorgetti has inspired the form, function, finishes— and lifestyle—for an entire condo development. A mid-rise, Giorgetti Houston broke ground May 15 in the Upper Kirby District, an area of upscale retail, restaurants, galleries and neighborhoods located four miles w...

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Cresce ancora l’export per Brandsdistribution, la società italiana creata da Carlo Tafuri che, con i suoi 30 milioni di euro di fatturato, rappresenta una delle piattaforme ecommerce B2B più importanti al mondo. L’azienda è pronta a lanciare il proprio brand di calzature MADEINITALIA sul mercato USA nel canale B2C grazie all’imminente apertura di u...

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"Volcanic wine. What the he*l is that?" Late in March, wine writer John Szabo, MS — author of Volcanic Wines: Salt, Grit and Power which won a 2016 André Simon Food and Drink Book Award — was in Manhattan to host his 1st Annual International Volcanic Wines Conference and, on his way up to give the morning's welcome presentation, sharing an elevator...

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“It’s just a feast,” says Adele Spalluto Hubbard as she reflects on her family’s personally vetted retail collection of handmade, hand-painted Italian ceramics. “They are exactly like a painting, hand done with a brush, painstakingly made with love, and that’s the charm.” Thirty-five years ago, her father, Ben Spalluto, an Italian immigrant, starte...

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Marking a major shift from the previous season’s geometric draping, Rick Owens’ A/W18 show saw models wearing tentacles of padded fabric that seemed ready to swallow them whole, tied together with an eerie palette of dark greys and silvers. In an unlikely reference point for a designer best known for his playful deconstruction and luxurious technic...

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Connoisseurs of Italian glass will have a rare opportunity to enhance their holdings on May 23, when the Chicago-based Wright auction house holds a single-owner sale of more than 100 works by luminaries such as Fulvio Bianconi, Ercole Barovier, Gio Ponti, Carlo Scarpa, and Thomas Stearns. “This collection, which was built by a Windy City couple ove...

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Even in 2018, Italian food exports are still going strong. In the first two months of this year, ISTAT reported an 11.4% increase on the January-February period of 2017, with exports totalling 6.3 billion euro. France and the United States were among the most successful destination markets, respectively with +5.6 and +6% sales. According to data pr...

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