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United Vines, a new project founded by Eli and Jake Rallo, partnered with Isabella Oddero of Piemonte, Italy, to produce a wine that raises money for social justice charities. The idea behind United Vines is to use society's love for wine to bring people together to fight for equality for all. The proceeds of every purchased bottle of United Vines...

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The star grape in Italy’s northern Piedmont is nebbiolo, named for the misty fog that drifts over the hills at harvest time, when aromas of white truffles and fermenting wine fill the air. It’s the Italian equivalent to Burgundy’s pinot noir, as important to the region as cabernet is to Napa Valley. Nebbiolo is a tricky grape, thin-skinned and diff...

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DURING THE MIDDLE AGES, A ricetto was a common structure found in Italian villages. It’s deemed a fortified area used to store agricultural products, livestock, and working tools but was also often utilized as a fort for protection. The ricetto of Candelo, in Piedmont, is the best-preserved example of such a structure. Dating to the late Medieval p...

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Waiting to return to visit the huge Italian cultural heritage, several major museums in Italy have decided to make their spaces and collections accessible in a virtual way: what you only need is a smartphone, a tablet or a computer to immerse yourself in the beauty of art comfortably from home. Don't know which museum to start with? We recommend st...

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If you practiced a contact sport before the coronavirus, competitive or just among friends, thanks to the Italian research you will soon be able to return to the field in total safety. At the Politecnico di Torino, in collaboration with CONI and other sports federations, a prototype of a mask different from the surgical one, able to allow contact s...

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The vineyard landscapes of Langhe-Roero and Monferrato cover five distinct wine-growing areas - Langa del Barolo, the hills of Barbaresco, Nizza Monferrato and Barbera, Canelli and Asti Spumante, Monferrato degli Infernot - and the Castle of Cavour, which Unesco describes as “an emblematic name both in the development of vineyards and in Italian hi...

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Fiat has presented a new virtual museum, the “Virtual Casa 500,” devoted to its iconic compact automobile. Internet users from all over the world will be able to discover the history of the Fiat 500 with a selection of videos and archive pictures, while visiting a space that is destined to open for real in Turin, Italy as early as next year. The vi...

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Ritengo che mai come adesso la Regione Piemonte debba cercare un’intesa sempre più forte con il sistema americano. Occorre infatti un lavoro di preparazione del territorio fatto da chi ha esperienza, ma senza tralasciare nessuno. Fare squadra è fondamentale! Le recenti tensioni politiche che hanno caratterizzato i rapporti transatlantici per anni n...

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A Unesco serial site not many are familiar with, the nine Sacri Monti (Sacred Mountains) of Italy are groups of chapels created in the late 16th and 17th centuries dedicated to different aspects of the Christian faith. They are located in northern Italy, in the regions of Piedmont and Lombardy. “In addition to their symbolic spiritual meaning, they...

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On Sunday, June 14, 12:30 - 1:30 pm CDT, Valentina Grasso and Carlo Deltetto will share the stories of the past and present life of their families. The Grasso family of Ca’ del Baio in Treiso are producers of the famous Barbaresco wine. The Deltetto family, now in their third generation, are located in Roero, famous for its Arneis and Nebbiolo. Car...

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