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When Passion for Wine is a Family Tradition

Marina Melchionda

We met Raffaele and Teresa Senatore at Fancy Food 2009. In Ciro’ Marina, Calabria, their family has been producing award-winning wines for four generations. They shared their “American Dream” with us.

Cioccolati d’Italia Aims to Conquer International Markets with Regional Offering

Susannah Gold

Cioccolati d’Italia is trying not only to promote Italian chocolates but also to enable chocolatiers to have access to cacao farmers in producing countries

July 28, 2009

Berlusconi Opens Up To VideoAge About Endemol

Dom Serafini
VideoAge's Dom Serafini, Mediaset's Pier Silvio Berlusconi

Mediaset's boss talks openly about television in Italy

Senatore Vini. When Passion for Wine is a Family Tradition

Marina Melchionda

We met Raffaele and Teresa Senatore at Fancy Food 2009. In Ciro’ Marina, Calabria, their family has been producing award-winning wines for four generations. They shared their “American Dream” with us.

Cioccolati d’Italia Aims to Conquer International Markets with Regional Offering

Susannah Gold

Cioccolati d’Italia is trying not only to promote Italian chocolates but also to enable chocolatiers to have access to cacao farmers in producing countries

July 26, 2009

The Devil and Dr. Paglia

Tom Verso
“The Blue Angel” – a famous presentation of the Faustian theme

The Faustian metaphor is one way to understand Camille Paglia’s career; a brilliant academic lured into the world of pop culture and entertainment.

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Activist Discourages Italian-American Stereotypes

CBS2. The image of the Mafia don: Is it a part of Americana, or is it an insult to the country's Italian Americans? he stereotype has recently popped up with more frequency, selling everything from beer to pancakes. The sponsors of these commercials say they were meant as light-hearted satire.  As CBS 2's Vince Gerasole reports, that's where Chicago's Lou Rago steps in. His mission: battling bias. (Read the article)

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5 ancient Roman shipwrecks found off Italy coast

AP. Archaeologists have found five well-preserved Roman shipwrecks deep under the sea off Ventotene, a small Mediterranean island, with their cargo of vases, pots and other objects largely intact, officials said Friday. (Read the article)

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Chianti Classico to cut sales. Reduction in market supply aimed at stabilising prices

ANSA. The consortium of Chianti Classico producers has decided to put less of the famous wine on the market in order to stabilise prices. Similar initiatives have recently been adopted by producers of other prestigious wines including those making Champagne in France. (Read the article)

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Wenders to shoot film in Calabria. 3D movie to focus on immigrant experience

ANSA. German director Wim Wenders is to shoot a 3D film in Calabria about the experience of immigrants in the region, Calabria governor Agazio Loiero said Friday. Shooting for the film, entitled The Flight, will begin on September 7 in the seaside town of Scilla, near Reggio Calabria. (Read the article)

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Hot Pot Stirs up Sizzling Debate

Judith Harris

The "hot pot" was stolen from a tomb at the ancient Etruscan site of Cerveteri, on the seacoast due north of Rome, and was illegally marketed to the Met. Although today the museum returned it with apologies, the Euphronios kalyx krater continues to stir up a sizzling debate both in Italy and the US

July 24, 2009

Hot Pot Stirs up Sizzling Debate

Judith Harris

The "hot pot" was stolen from a tomb at the ancient Etruscan site of Cerveteri, on the seacoast due north of Rome, and was illegally marketed to the Met. Although today the museum returned it with apologies, the Euphronios kalyx krater continues to stir up a sizzling debate both in Italy and the US

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