Many people around the world are not aware that Italy has some of the best street food. Italian food is usually synonymous with extravagant meals having multiple courses. However, if you taste Italian street food, you’ll change your perception. On the streets of Italy, you’ll find vendors that have mastered the art of making fast and delicious food...

If we were to find a good Cinderella story in the world of spirits (of the liquid sort), grappa might just be the one the slipper fits. Thought of for centuries as the poor man’s drink, the 20th century has seen grappa elevated to connoisseur worthy heights as a distinguished distillate…and the fairy tale continues.  If Italian digestives, those af...

Belotti SpA (Suisio) the Italian manufacturer of CNC machine tools, announces the opening of Belotti America, Inc., which will be headquartered next to DFW Airport in Irving, Texas, U.S. Following the successful launch of Belotti Deutschland (Germany) and the celebration of its 40th anniversary of designing and manufacturing three- and five-axis CN...

Sicily: land of sun, history, Baroque, traditions and crafts. When you discover it, you are struck by the richness of colors that joyfully invade everyday objects, clothes and accessories; whoever visited it wants to bring a piece of the wonderful Italian island. Therefore, we have written a mini guide to the shopping of objects made in Sicily, als...

Wine Clubs founded on the economy of relationships and the concept of sharing wine passions and delivering specific products to members, proprietary e-commerce platforms, enhanced delivery services and multi-channel sales. And a great deal of shared wine experiences, strictly online and segmented by target groups. The Italian world of wine looks be...

Despite the crisis generated by the Covid-19 pandemic, Grana Padano PDO is confirmed as the most consumed PDO product in the world and continues to grow (estimated 2020 production: +2%). The lower consumption in the Ho. Re. Ca. sector has been offset by the sales growth in the mass market retail, both in Italy and abroad – especially in the EU. Fro...

Italian fine jewelry brand Pomellato has relocated its Chicago boutique to a space inside 37 Oak St., a historic building in the city’s tony Gold Coast neighborhood. (Fun fact: The neighborhood is listed on the National Register of Historic Places.)  Nathalie Diamantis, CEO and president of Pomellato Group Americas, says the move—which coincides wi...

It's difficult to imagine an Italian town or city without a skyline of turreted church towers or an hourly clamour of bells pealing and chiming in the air. With the Vatican nestled in the heart of the country, the large bronze instruments have made Christianity literally resonate throughout Italy for centuries But just as the multitudes called to d...

The art of glass bead making is the latest Italian addition to Unesco’s prestigious list of of intangible cultural heritage (other additions in recent years include the art of Neapolitan pizzaiuolo and transhumance. The art of glass bead making was awarded to both Italy and France. In Italy, the center of this art has been Venice, and Murano in par...

Vespa is a brand name that immediately brings an exact image to mind. All it takes is the word and we see Audrey Hepburn smiling from behind the handlebars of an original Vespa, cruising through the streets of Rome. Patented on April 23, 1946, the original Piaggio Vespa has sold over 18 million units in various editions and models up to the present...