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Villa Vignamaggio: history and biodiversity in Tuscany

“Buying Vignamaggio was a symbolic return home, a homage to the fascination I feel for this land Wine, culture and history are woven together, and they create a landscape that is in perfect harmony with nature”. The tale of Patrice...

2016 a disastrous year for Italian olive oil: harvest halved

2016 seems to be a disastrous year for Italian olive oil production. Climate issues and parasites hit the harvest and create the best conditions for olive fruit fly. Prices are about to increase in Apulia, Sicily and Calabria.

Tannico. The discovery of online wine

Wine e-commerce is developing more and more every year. Tannico is one of the top Italian online wine platforms, created at the end of 2012 by Marco Magnocavallo. We asked him how this sector is growing in Italy.

Food sustainability index, France is the first country for food rewenability, Italy comes sixth

France, Japan and Canada are the countries where we can eat best, not only in terms of taste and quality of the products, but also in terms of consumption and sustainability. A new index measures that practices used to make...

Italian-grown fresh goji berries, here's where

  Superfood sprayed with pesticides? Goji berries hailing from countries with lax policies, for example. There’s an alternative, fortunately: Italian-grown goji. 

Orsonero Coffee, third wave coffee in Milan

The budding Italian coffee scene is expanding, despite there being a long way to go still. Canadian Brent Jopson takes a wild gamble and opens a specialty coffee joint with modern extraction methods in Milan. 

Pasticceri e Pasticcerie 2017 Guide: Sal De Riso of Pasticceria Sal De Riso

With Sal De Riso’s biography we conclude our series on the Tre Torte, the highest recognition of Pasticceri e Pasticcerie d'Italia 2017 guide. For the holidays, Maestro de Riso shares a tasty holiday recipe.

Swordfish at risk in the Mediterranean. EU approach divides fishermen and environmentalists

Thirty years of excessive expolitation have reduced swordfish population of 70%. Now, the fish is at risk and WWF launches the alarm. But the distribution shares proposed by the European Union trigger a fight between fishermen and ecologists.

Insects served in European restaurants. The new guidelines for novel food

Starting from January 2018, insects and other food made with protein-based flours (from crickets and locusts) will be available in the Italian restaurants, too. Only if Efsa will ensure costumers on the quality and security of the products, including them...

Christmas 2016 gift ideas, it’s all about top food picks

Ideas for local, niche quality, à la carte gifts for savvy gourmet consumers. Here’s what can be gift-wrapped for this year’s holiday season. 
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