Michela Becchi

Since 2011, pruners Marco Simonit and Pierpaolo Sirch have been working to restore major vineyards by means of the Dendrochirurgia method, or Tree Surgery, a procedure designed to defeat one of viticulture’s most serious diseases. Here's the whole story.

Top Italian pink wine makers will showcase their products in a pleasant summer evening with tastings and gourmet pairings. Città del gusto in Rome is hosting I Drink Pink, a festival of Italian rosé wines.

It all started over a century ago in a small family-run shop that sold artisan bread and pasta in Parma, the year was 1877. Sowing the seeds of the family business is Pietro Barilla, within a few years the brand...

Urban farming is on the rise in Italy. Rooftop vegetable gardens are the latest rage, born from the minds of a team of resourceful Milan architects. 

It’s now more than official: Starbucks Reserve will open in Milan, in piazza Cordusio, in 2018. The wait is fervent. What are the thoughts on this by the Italian coffee-expert community? And the expats? A documentary inquires on the US...

Italian food is among the world’s most rich and fascinating. The British know this well, hence the The Guardian has asked its readers to draw a ranking of Italy’s best restaurants.

Increasing numbers have embraced the vegan choice, for this reason restaurants have begun to study menus for non-meat eating patrons. Spanish tourist start-up Hundredrooms has singled out the 5 most vegan friendly cities in Europe. Italy is among them.

The guru of barbecue in America and beyond for the past 20 years. Steven Reichlen has been contributing to the growth of grilling culture and fine dining in America. His TV shows, books and teaching seminars are proof of this....

De Castris wine has shaped the history of Pugliese enology. Gracing Italian tables for more than four centuries, Five Roses is surely the most famous rosé in the world.

There's no end to the attempts at imitation of Amarone della Valpolicella. The Consorzio di tutela vini della Valpolicella and the Verona Chamber of Commerce protested to the American copyright office and blocked a classic instance of Italian sounding.