It’s the grape that Italy has mde its own. Here are three excellent examples at three different prices that shows its full range

 It may be the most evocative coastal walk in the Italian peninsula. A plan has been hatched, however, to limit access to the Sentiero Azzurro (Blue Path) linking Monterosso, Corniglia, Vernazza, Manarola and Riomaggiore, the villages famous for their pastel-coloured houses clinging to green cliffs above the sea.

 Antonin Scalia made history when he became the first Italian American appointed to the Supreme Court.

 More than a million ancient olive trees are being wiped out by a deadly disease in southern Italy, forcing a 20 per cent rise in the cost of olive oil across the EU.

The groves – which counts trees over 1000 years old among their number - were first infected in 2013 by xylella fastidiosa, a deadly bacterial pathogen that has no known cure.

 The University of Michigan Library will welcome the papers of another veteran filmmaker to their growing archive of material that highlights visionaries in the genre of independent film.

One of the world’s greatest experts on Italian Renaissance Theater, Italy’s Maestro Antonio Fava—actor, director, teacher, practitioner, mask-maker, and author of one of the most comprehensive works on the famous Commedia dell’Arte—has taught quite a few Philadelphia-area actors and directors, including Cubby Altobelli, John Bellomo, Aaron Cromie, Dave Jadico, Rick Kemp, Benjamin Lloyd, Charles McMahon, Karen Saillant, Craig Tavani, and Blanka Zizka.