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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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The city of Cremona binds its fame not only to the extraordinary tradition linked to violin making, of which Stradivari was the greatest exponent, but also to some gastronomic excellences, and between this – first of all – to nougat, one of the Italian capitals. The nougat, in fact, is a real symbol of Cremona and its culture, and finds its temple...

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What happened in Murano, stayed in Murano. So was the rigidly guarded way of life on the tiny island in the Venetian Lagoon, about a mile north of Venice, where, in the late 1200s, the Venetian government mandated that the furnaces used by local glassmakers, and the glassmakers themselves, be relocated from the city center. Intended as a measure to...

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Ferruccio Lamborghini was born on April 28, 1916, and developed a reputation for mechanical ingenuity when he was stationed as a vehicle maintenance supervisor for the Italian Royal Air Force. Stuck on an island in the middle of World War II meant the supply chain for parts wasn't reliable, so he had to get creative to keep things running. When he...

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Prosecco is one of the most loved wines by Italians and not only. Ideal for an aperitif or to accompany any meals with joy. It is the pride of wine production in north-eastern Italy. The story of his name is long and fascinating, dating back to ancient Roman times. Although there is a village near Trieste that is called just Prosecco, it is not fro...

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