Enzo Avitabile - An insatiable thirst for musical knowledge across the ethnic tapestry
The challenge of continually re-inventing oneself for the sake of avoiding stagnation is a task best left to those who have not only a thick skin, impervious to contempt and failure, but also an appetite for novel and unique approaches to their craft. The occupation where this is most readily apparent is in the realm of entertainment, as it is ofte...
5 Ways Luigi Veronelli Wants You To Think Deeply About Italian Wine
The secret ingredient in today's quality Italian wines is a man named Luigi Veronelli. Born on this day in 1926, in Milan, capital city of Italy's Lombardy region, Veronelli was to become one of the world's greatest wine thinkers. Drinker, intellectual, TV personality, he was also publisher, magazine editor (that the three titles he launched in 195...
Meridiana to start Miami – Milan flights
Italian airline Meridiana has announced that it will begin serving Miami International Airport with four weekly flights from Milan starting June 8, utilizing recently refurbished 247-seat Airbus A330-200 aircraft. Miami will join New York as the carrier’s two U.S. destinations. After its summer 2018 expansion, Meridiana’s network from Milan will i...
5 great Italian startups at the European Tech Night
The tech startup community in New York keeps growing, with a lot of deals – $2,883 funding in Q4’17, more than $2,667 million in Silicon Valley! – and a lot of new initiatives supporting startups, such as the European Tech Night, a joint effort by the Consulates of France, Germany and Italy. The first European Tech Night was hosted by the Consulate...
Agretti is a little-known Italian delicacy
In the best spy thrillers, rather than turn over a secret paper, the spy eats the secret. In 16th century Italy, the shrewd Italians literally ate the secret to one of the area’s most beautiful industries, the famous Venetian glassworks. To make crystal-clear glass, the Venetians used a plant that grows in salty soil, often along marshes and coasta...
Italy's Ferrari raced to record profits in 2017
Ferrari said on Thursday that 2017 was "another record year" for the Italian luxury car maker, as it is raced into the pole position for increased profitability and output again this year and a further reduction in its debt. Ferrari said in a statement that its net profit jumped by 34 percent to €537 million last year, outpacing analysts' expectati...
Bulgari opens the New Curiosity Shop in Rome
Italian luxury jeweller Bulgari has opened a new concept store in Via Condotti. The New Curiosity Shop harks back to the early history of the maison, when founder Sotirio Bulgari opened The Old Curiosity Shop in Rome's most fashionable street in 1905 in a nod to the novel by Charles Dickens. It tells of the brand's creativity through the display of...
Food from Tuscany: simplicity is key
Within the great Italian food industry, Tuscan products represent a further worldwide-acclaimed added value. The popularity of Tuscan products even beyond the national territory is confirmed by the steady growth of its exports. In the 2006-2016 decade, exports of food and beverage products increased respectively by 20 and 24% (data provided by Irpe...
Italy's Cinecittà Studios set for expansion after €37m government investment
In 2016, the famous Rome studios - where US productions such as Ben-Hur and Gangs Of New York filmed as well as many Italian masterpieces from Federico Fellini to Nanni Moretti - returned to state ownership after 20 years’ of private management. Now, a €37m investment from Italy’s Ministry of Culture will see the studios expand in terms of its faci...
Sweet success of licorice, Rossano’s ‘black gold’
Even in the time of the Ancient Greeks, Calabria’s s soil and climate had already proved ideal for growing long, thick and sweet licorice roots. Skilled expertise and then an industry grew up around licorice in Rossano, a beautiful hill town that was one of the main centers of Byzantine civilization in Calabria, assuming importance when Reggio di C...
A marzo la II edizione dell'Italian Design Day
Da sempre il Design italiano è sinonimo di eccellenza a livello mondiale, grazie all’alta qualità dei materiali, alla grande creatività e innovatività dei designer italiani, al rispetto per l’ambiente durante le fasi della produzione oltre alla cura della grafica, della pubblicità e della confezione. Ideato dal Ministero degli Affari Esteri e dell...
Antonino Carroccio: A Day in the Life
About a month and a half ago, I checked my email inbox, and found this wonderful vintage photo. It made my day! Grazie mille, Paolo! The man standing near the doorway is Antonino Carroccio. He is the paternal grandfather of Paul Carroccio, who was kind enough to share this fabulous vintage photo, circa 1928. The man sitting in the truck, was Morris...