California Girl Goes to Italy: Italian Coffee Culture

While in Italy, I was taken aback by the way coffee is not a beverage, but rather a lifestyle. In this article, I detail some of the ways Italian coffee...

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Top 10 Wines from Chianti Classico in Issue 228

In recently perusing our latest Issue 228, I was drawn to Monica Larner's Chianti Classico report. With more than 220 wines, there are plenty of excellent options from which to...

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California Girl Goes to Italy: An Overview of Milano, Genova, Cinque Terre and Alba

On a recent trip to Italy, I visited the cities of Milano, Genova and Alba, with a day-trip to Cinque Terre. Among these four destinations, I visited countless cafés, bars...

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Italian Wine in 2016: A Year in Review

It was the hottest day of the year. The air was heavy and humid. The incessant singing of cicadas grew to a dizzying pitch. On July 12, 2016 I was...

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Trattoria Il Leccio – Sant’Angelo in Colle (Montalcino), Tuscany

Two Bs: Brunello and Bistecca alla Fiorentina are the perfect formula for warming up on a chilly winter evening. Montalcino's Trattoria Il Leccio offers both in generous supply....

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Ristorante Il Pirata – Praiano (Salerno, Campania), Amalfi Coast

Lost between land and sea, this little waterfront fish restaurant offers the Amalfi Coast as its dining room backdrop....

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Una Vita diVino: The Butcher from Panzano

If I were to make a list of Italy’s top ten culinary personalities, Dario Cecchini of the Antica Macelleria Cecchini (www.dariocecchini.com) would be included....

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Una Vita diVino: Le Maschere di Tricarico

The mother of Italian folk festivals is the Raduno delle Maschere Antropologiche held once a year in the southern Italian region of Basilicata....

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An Open Letter to Giacomo Tachis

Monica Larner writes an open letter to the late "founding father of Italian wine."...

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