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In April of 2021, winemakers across Europe found themselves battling a freak late frost. At Tenuta di Trinoro, a vineyard in Tuscany, it took a 24-strong team several hours one blistering cold night to set out and light up 3,500 candles to keep the fragile young buds of the vines from freezing. Then, as a summer of brutal sun and droughts drew to a...

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If the data about sales in the last weeks of 2021 shall confirm the trend of the first nine months of the year, for the first time Italian dairy exports will reach 500 thousand tons in volume, equal to a value of 3.5 million euros. This was revealed by the Italian association of dairy industries, Assolatte, which reports a possible increase of +11%...

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If you’re craving a trip around the world – or even just outside of Rome, you may be experiencing “travel fever” along with thousands of other expats, nomads, and free spirits internationally. While any and all jet-setting plans may need to be put on the backburner for the time being; what better way to look forward to future travelling than to lea...

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Orange Fiber has been announced as the winner of the second edition of Vogue YOOX Challenge – The Future of Responsible Fashion scouting projects. Orange Fiber is an Italian company that has patented and produces sustainable fabrics from citrus fruit by-products. Established in Catania in 2014, it creates high quality fabrics for the fashion-luxury...

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Prosecco has surpassed champagne as the most exported sparkling wine in the European Union. Despite a 6% decline in overall values, PROSECCO has surpassed champagne as the EU’s top sparkling wine export. Italian prosecco has ranked first among the main categories of sparkling wine exported from EU member states to countries outside the European Uni...

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When the figures for the end of 2021 arrive, they will confirm the United States as the leading partner for Italian wine exports. Because if, overall, Italian wine shipments are expected to exceed 7 billion euros for the first time, according to estimates (while Istat data for the first nine months record more than 5 billion euros, +15% on 2020), t...

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Italy is entirely crossed by a network of tourist itineraries designed to promote and guard the territories where the excellent local wines are produced? These are the so-called Wine Routes, not chosen at random, but governed by a 1999 law that guarantees the quality of the offer. Treat yourself to a journey through magnificent lands, rich in art,...

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Confindustria Ceramica and the Italian Trade Agency have just extended the deadline for the Ceramics of Italy 2022 Tile Competition. North American architects, designers, and students now have until January 21 at 11:59 pm EST to submit their projects showcasing the creative use of Italian ceramic and porcelain tile in four categories: commercial, i...

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When traveling in Italy, we routinely visit markets and specialty food shops, delighting in Italian gourmet foods. If the culinary treasures we discover in different towns and regions are small, non-perishable, and tickle our taste buds, we find a way to tuck them in our suitcase to take home. But when we aren’t able to travel (as, in a pandemic),...

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Tuscany offers outstanding wine destinations, like the Chianti, Montalcino and Montepulciano areas south of Florence, where you can travel through camera-ready vineyard landscapes and enjoy famous vintages at their source. But no fan of superb wines should miss another key territory, where the Super Tuscans, those relatively new (since the 1970s an...

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