As Kate McKinnon awkwardly put it in a recent “Saturday Night Live” skit on the strangeness of post-pandemic socializing, after a year of home cooking and home drinking, it can feel weird to start “going to dinner again.” Americans rediscovering life outside the home might notice something else that is just a bit unusual: Beyond the popular amaro a...

Italy has reached out to US bartenders in an attempt to remedy lost alcohol sales caused by the lack of American tourists who have been able to travel to Italy during the pandemic. Many of Italy’s biggest alcohol producers including Aperol and Fernet-Branca have signed up to the Spirits Promotion Project, created by the Italian Trade Agency. Countl...

Today, the New York office of the Italian Trade Agency (ITA), a governmental agency entrusted with the promotion of Italian food, wine, and other alcoholic beverages in the USA, announces their partnership with KLG Public Relations to continue to educate American trade and consumers on Italian Spirits and keep the elevated perception of 'Made in It...

Il Consolato Generale d’Italia a Los Angeles e  le Istituzioni del Sistema Italia a Los Angeles (Agenzia ICE, Ente Nazionale per il Turismo, Camera di Commercio e Istituto Italiano di Cultura), hanno organizzato, il 20 aprile, il webinar “Strumenti digitali per l’internazionalizzazione: l’esperienza italiana a Los Angeles”. All’iniziativa hanno par...

The Italian Trade Agency, the Italian government agency that supports the business development of Italian companies abroad and particularly small and medium-sized businesses, announces that its new U.S. hub to present the outstanding Made in Italy jewelry is now live. Valued at $1.54 billion for the year 2019, the Italian jewelry export business ra...

We have some exciting news from the Italian food world during this Settimana della Cucina Italiana nel Mondo, or World Italian Cuisine Week! Eataly is proud to announce our new partnership with the Italian Trade Agency, to help you expand your knowledge of authentic and traditional Italian food and wine. Starting in January 2021, the worldwide join...

Confindustria Ceramica (the Italian Association of Ceramics) and the Italian Trade Agency are proud to announce the official call for entries for the 2021 Ceramics of Italy Tile Competition.  Now in its 28th year, the competition recognizes top North American architecture and design firms and design students for their creative use of Italian cerami...

Stop what you’re doing! The Italian Trade Agency has launched an exciting new digital platform that brings the ‘bellissimo’ of Italian fashion right to your fingertips like never before. Milan Fashion Week might have just wrapped, but while we’re all still on a high after witnessing the opulent glamour, make sure you peruse the newly-launched EXTRA...

Negli ultimi mesi, in Italia e negli Stati Uniti si studiano nuove misure di supporto ai mercati coinvolti nelle relazioni commerciali tra i due paesi come conseguenza degli avvenimenti accaduti nel corso del 2020 per proteggere e rilanciare entrambe le economie. “L’export di prodotti italiani negli USA continua ad essere buono”, racconta Antonino...

U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement agents found a piece of art this month in Dallas that had been stolen from an abbey in Italy 18 years ago. The painting, called “The Assumption of the Virgin Mary,” was created by Italy’s Giuseppe Pappini in August 1851. ICE officials said the painting was stolen from the Abbey of Santa Maria in Sylvia in Se...