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  WTI Magazine #53    2015 February, 6Author : Jennifer Gentile Martin      Translation by:   Who is ready for some wines from Sardinia, in Italian as Sardegna? First time covering this region, so let's get started. If I say Cannonau do you know what it is? You might be surprised you may be familiar with it because Cannonau is a red grape also k...

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  WTI Magazine #31    2014 May, 22Author : folclore.it      Translation by:   Girotonno is the event for journalists, experts and connoisseurs of quality tuna. Chefs from all over the world will be in Carloforte, from May 30 to June 2, on the island of San Pietro (province of Carbonia-Iglesias) in the southwest of Sardinia, on the occasion of th...

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Clichés are everywhere, including surfing. Italians (maybe) do it better, but not with surfboards, and in Italy there are not good waves. Stuff like this was (and still is), easy to ear in conversations aboute Euro-surfing. As usual, who talked never saw the places mentioned. Never saw Sardinia. Never saw Capo Mannu.   Capo Mannu, in the ama...

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Getting bored just thinking of crowded beaches, lots of people, umbrellas and yelling children, where finding a moment of peace and silence as an impossible mission? If so, you'll be glad to know Italy has plenty of unspoiled and natural paradises where you can find peace, but also swim and sunbathe.   For instance, have you ever swum in a n...

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  WTI Magazine #53    2015 February, 6Author : italia.it      Translation by:   As the name says, a "house museum" is a habitation or palazzo that has been transformed into a museum. It could have been the abode of illustrious gentlemen, or of common citizens, site of familiar intimacy or a center of power: that which renders a house museum exce...

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According to legend, the deep Ravine of Gorropu, part of Supramonte, Sardinia, is not the exclusive domain of foxes, dormice, wildcats, mouflon, martens, and boars... Some swear they have seen scary creatures prowl at the bottom of the canyon – creatures that sound very similar to the North European trolls known to kidnap men and animals in the dar...

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The sale of Cagliari to an American consortium appears to have fallen through, with club president Massimo Cellino yet to receive any money.   Cellino announced an agreement last month after a meeting in Miami with Luca Silvestrone, a representative of the investors who have not been identified — even to Cellino himself.   Read more...

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The South or Southern d'Italy is a macro-economic region comprising the Southern Italy and the Islands. Historically it corresponds to a good approximation to the regions in the former Kingdom of the Two Sicilies: Abruzzo, Basilicata, Calabria, Campania, Molise, Puglia, Sicily, Sardinia and portions of Lazio.   Membership of the island...

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  WTI Magazine #24    2014 Apr, 04Author : Vino OK      Translation by:   The wine area that involves the Arborea DOC is located in the province of Oristano in the eastern area that extends beyond the Plain of Terralba, slightly offset to the south. This area, totally flat, was obtained from a wide reclamation work undertaken during the Fascism:...

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In America they sang in Italian. An archive and a book written by Giuliana Fugazzotto sheds new light on American musical tastes of the early twentieth century. In what is perhaps her most surprising finding, she shows how greatly American popular music was influenced by the work of Italians. From about 1900 to 1930, have been produc...

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