Monday, January 1, 2024

DECEMBER 2023








12012023 Sorrento is revered all over the world for its fine arts of inlaid wood, embroideries, laces, and potteries. Since 1863, Gargiulo & Jannuzzi has produced and sold the richest laces and most refined wooden objects. Watch the craftsman at work, or take time to peruse each corner of the massive three-floor establishment. Shop their variety of game tables. Sorrento, Italy Destination Guide | Hotels Above Par
12022023 The volcanic soils have kept phylloxera at bay, thus preserving a heritage of old, ungrafted vines, perfectly adapted to the high altitude vineyards and the sandy soils of Mount Vesuvius. The best place to discover Sorrentino’s wines is, indeed, against the backdrop of the vines. The estate includes onsite accommodation, a full programme of wine and food tastings, and a unique guided trekking route through the lava flows. Sorrentino – A family’s project of passion, with volcanic soul | Decanter
12032023 The San Carlo Theater in Naples opens their 2023-24 season with a world-class presentation of one of the gems of Italian opera repertoire, Puccini's Turandot, source of the earth-shaking "Nessun dorma"! Completed after Giacomo Puccini's death by the Neapolitan composer Franco Alfano, Turandot tells the story of the titular princess, who offers her suitors a challenge. Puccini's Turandot | medici.tv
12042023 Is just under two square miles in size. Slow island living can be enjoyed at  Marina Corricella, Procida’s oldest fishing village, which can only be reached by foot or by boat. It is full of restaurants and bars. La Medusa, which has been around since 1954, is a beautiful spot to stop for lunch, while Bar Roma offers top-notch espresso and a traditional puff pastry filled with lemon custard. The beautiful city that's a 'cheaper and much quieter' version of the Amalfi Coast | Daily Express
12052023 Those who want to delve deeper into ancient Italy after a few days exploring Rome can now head to the UNESCO World Heritage Site of Pompeii in under two hours. First-century House of the Vettii having recently emerged from a 20-year renovation. More discoveries were made in 2023, including jewellery, human remains and a still-life fresco depicting food. The Cool List 2024: the 30 most exciting destinations to visit in 2024 | National Geographic Traveller
12062023 Exploring archaeological ruins on horseback. If there’s a person in your life who is deep in trip-planning mode, the best gift you can give them is an unforgettable travel experience. In this case, a tour through Pompeii and the vineyards Vesuvius National Park, featuring horseback riding, food and wine tastings under volcano views. A decadent meal is included, too. This Airbnb Experience makes a special gift for wine lovers in particular. 29 Gifts for the Friend Who’s Always Talking About Italy | Condé Nast Traveler
12072023“Opera was born in Italy," said Stephane Lissner, the French director of the San Carlo theatre in Naples, which opened in 1737 and claims to be the oldest opera house in the world. Inscribed in 2023 (18.COM) on the Representative List of the Intangible Cultural Heritage of Humanity. Italian opera singing is a physiologically controlled way of singing that enhances the carrying power of the voice in acoustic spaces such as auditoriums, amphitheatres, arenas and churches. The practice of opera singing in Italy | UNESCO
12082023 San Salvatore 1988, a pioneering winery of wine (but not only) and sustainability in Cilento, born from the dream of Giuseppe Pagano. “It is not surprising to see solar panels and biogas plants around the vineyards." <<Peppino>> and his team have succeeded in becoming self-sufficient through renewable energy. Sustainability, the “Robert Parker Green Emblem Award” to San Salvatore 1988 and Petrolo | winenewsit
12092023 A new terminal (Aeroporto di Salerno Costa d'Amalfi) will begin serving a popular European holiday destination next summer, making it much easier to visit. That's all set to change next summer when the first planes will take off and arrive at the newly revamped Pontecagnano (Salerno) Airport. They include the extension of the Salerno metro to the airport, with 9km of new metro that will flank the Salerno Battipaglia railway line with 5 new stops. New European airport launching next summer after renovation costing more than £400m – with flights to holiday hotspots | The Sun
12102023 The newly excavated area consists of a cramped space where donkeys and slaves lived, slept and worked together, milling flour to make bread. Since excavations began in the 18th century, Pompeii has continued to provide precious insights into the lives and habits of Pompeians. The iron bars on the window of the bakery were designed to prevent the enslaved workers from fleeing, the director of the Archaeological Park, said. Life for the Lowest Class in Ancient Pompeii? It Was Awful. | The New York Times
12112023 Revisiting the earliest meetings, this exhibition - in a solo focus show - at Thaddaeus Ropac London brings together a selection of Warhol's celebrated portraits of Beuys. The earliest works in the series were first presented to the public at Galleria Lucio Amelio, Naples in an exhibition titled Joseph Beuys by Andy Warhol, which opened on 1 April 1980. Repeating Beuys’s arresting gaze on different scales and in different formats, Warhol exercised his characteristically experimental approach to materials in the portraits. Andy Warhol: The Joseph Beuys Portraits | The Guardian
12122023 An exciting light-projection installation. This new display allows visitors to immerse themselves in the history of interior mural painting in the town of Pompeii from the 3rd century BCE until 79 CE—when the eruption of Mount Vesuvius buried the town. With the artifacts fixed in permanent mounts, a light projector casts the colored designs onto the wall around them, completing the design for each fragment in turn, in rotation. Stand in Pompeii in new immersive University of Michigan archaeology exhibit | MLive.com
12132023 Ischia caters towards a more relaxed retreat, where you can revitalise yourself with walks in nature, spend hours on sandy beaches and bask in healing thermal waters. Ischia stand out amongst the pack, from its authenticity to its home-grown wines. An island of diverse charms, Ischia is also a mosaic of unique towns, each offering its own distinct allure. Is Ischia Worth Visiting? 17 Pros + 4 Challenges to Help You Decide | Cultured Voyages
12142023 "I showcased the wines of Irpinia in the region of Campania, with wines provided by the Consorzio di tutela dei vini d’Irpinia." Fiano, writes Ian d’Agata in his monumental Native Wine Grapes of Italy (2014),“may well be Italy’s greatest white wine grape,” and, after my tastings of the Irpinian wines, I wholeheartedly agree. Among the DOCG Fianos I loved was Empatia, a single vineyard cru from one of the area’s most prestigious largest estates, Donnachiara in Montefalcione at about 600 meters above the sea level. The Wonderful White Wines Of Irpinia, Italy | Forbes
12152023 Up to a quarter of the ancient city still remains unexcavated, but preservation may be the focus of future archaeological efforts. The Pompeii Bibliography and Mapping Project, points to technologies that allow people to better visualize Pompeii. The Pompeii Artistic Landscape Project, will enable internet users to search for any item painted on a Pompeiian wall. Pompeii still has many secrets to uncover—but should we keep digging? | National Geographic
12162023 The primary red variety in the Southern Italian region of Campania is Aglianico, best-known as the grape used for the region's ageable Taurasi reds; it is also used to make other bottlings, like those within the Irpinia DOC and the Campania IGT. Generally, you can expect Aglianicos to be lively, structured reds with berry and cherry fruit notes and an herbal overtone. This lineup features Quintodecimo's Fiano di Avellino Exultet 2022, a vibrant and zesty white wine with pink grapefruit, white pepper, pineapple and floral notes. Travel Southern Italy with These 10 Stellar Wines Up to 93 Points | Wine Spectator
12172023 Here are 10 restaurants to try in the island of Ischia for every desire, wallet and need. Check out the BisBoccia Bistrot. A lovely place with outdoor seating in the old town centre, a spin-off of the historic Boccia bakery, ideal for a pit-stop with delicious sandwiches, focaccias and genuine, imaginative, quality fillings. Well-made dishes of the day and tasty deep-fried delights. Where to eat in Ischia: the best restaurants to try | Gambero Rosso
12182023 The comedy was written in a short time by the great playwright in 1945. We are in Naples immediately after the war. "Eduardo’s text is unfortunately very current, underlines the director. The corruption that he saw in his destroyed city of those years, with those who made money thanks to the black market and no longer wanted to hear about war. We shot it entirely in Forcella, in Vico Scassacocchi. And the inhabitants of the neighborhood were very close to us, they participated, they helped us in the staging."«Naples Millionaire!» Eduardo De Filippo’s masterpiece becomes TV-movie | time.news
12192023 Palazzo Avino has a fairy-tale vista across the Monte Avvocata valley and the yacht-speckled Bay of Salerno. Known as the “pink palace of Ravello”, it is run by sisters Mariella and Attilia Avino, who have infused the place with buckets of personality and style. Baroque terraces bursting with bubblegum-pink dipladenias lead down to the pool. The hotel’s beach club, 20 minutes away, is a sprawling cliffside hang-out. The best hotels and resorts in the world: the Gold List 2024 | CN Traveller
12202023 Chic but relaxed Enoteca Ebbrezza di Noè is in the affluent Chiaia neighbourhood, which covers a long stretch of the seafront. The wine list features many Campanians, accompanied by some delicious food. Lovers of natural wines will be happiest at Vineria Bandita. Naples is also an aperitivo town: cocktails are a serious proposition and nowhere more so than at the jewel-box L’Antiquario. City guide to Naples | Decanter
12212023 While in Naples, take the time to see the Flavian Amphitheater of Pozzuoli - the third largest in Italy - and see its impressive underground complexes. It was mostly used for gladiator combats. The interior of the old amphitheater remains mostly intact. Today visitors can still see parts of the gear that were sued to lift the cages up to the arena from the Hypogeum. Flavian Amphitheater of Pozzuoli: Discover One Of The Largest But Overlooked Roman Amphitheaters In Italy | The Travel
12222023 "Tucci—The Heart of Italy" will begin production next year and appear on the National Geographic Channel. The first season will have 10 episodes. Did you watch the previous episodes of Tucci and his food adventures in Italy? If so, you know he traveled to only about half of Italy’s 20 regions (Regions are somewhat the equivalent of US states.)—Lazio, Lombardia, Toscana, Veneto, Emilia-Romagna, Sicilia, Campania, Puglia, Aosta. Tucci Food Adventures Set to Return | Live in Italy Magazine
12232023 The relative warmth of Naples makes it an accommodating city for winter travellers who want to explore. So pull on your boots and traipse the cobbled streets and winding alleys. In winter the relief of entering one with a wood-fired oven pizzeria, and tucking into world-renowned pizza, makes for one of the cosiest European experiences. From islands in the Med to sunny cities without the crowds: readers’ favourite winter trips in southern Europe | The Guardian
12242023 A new project in Pompeii, combining traditional dyeing techniques with colorful frescoes, is hoping to revive the daily life of the ancient city. Scarves with motifs taken from the House of Vetti: the inspiration comes from frescoes unearthed inside the archaeological site. A master dyer uses the root of “rubia tinctorum,” or rose madder, for the famous Pompeiian red. He uses walnut husks for brown, elderberries for black and gray and cardamom for the amber, yellow and shades of green. Pompeii’s ancient art of textile dyeing is revived to show another side of life before eruption | The Associated Press
12252023 “OroRe Nero” existed and tasted for the very first time today at the Royal Palace of Caserta. Ferdinand, a pleasure-loving king of the Kingdom of Naples, had 16 bushels of vineyard planted, roughly 5 hectares, in the Royal Tenuta del Bosco di San Silvestro. The very first wine put into the glasses in September 2 years ago it was the straw yellow “OroRe Pallagrello Bianco Igt”, white in a word. Now “OroRe Nero”, the black pallagrello IGT. Royal Palace of Caserta, the OroRe Nero wine presented | Gusto Saporito
12262023 Anna Pirozzi will receive the award from the Fondazione Festival Pucciniano. She joins a roster of past winners. Pirozzi has performed numerous opera works by Puccini including “Turandot,” “Tosca,” “Manon Lescaut,” “Il Tabarro,” and “Suor Angelica.” Born in Naples, Anna began her vocal studies at Turin, performing at every major theater in the world. Anna Pirozzi Wins the Premio Puccini | OperaWire
12272023 The Italian setting stands out. It's hard to decide what's more beautiful in this photo from Abigail Whitmore: the aerial view of the Amalfi Coast or the embrace between a bride and groom at their nuptials (planner AMV Weddings). The intimate moment between the bride and groom against the backdrop of the bustling city stuns. 27 of the most beautiful wedding photos taken in 2023 | Business Insider
12282023 In Irpinia Laura di Vito has only been producing Fiano di Avellino since 2018 - she sold her family’s grapes previously - but she is already a premier producer of Fiano di Avellino. Each vintage she releases three single vineyard Fiano, as well as a fourth example, a blend of the three plots. Each wine is special; my favorite from the 2020 vintage is the Arianiè bottling, that combines sense of place with notable varietal character. Top Italian Wines Of 2023 | Forbes
12292023 A tight maze of alleyways, the neighbourhood Quartieri Spagnoli offers a concentrated burst of a colour (azure, the colour of the SSC Napoli football team, predominates) and Neapolitan street life where the local dialect - rather than Italian - is the unofficial language. If nostalgia is Italy’s currency, chaos its heartbeat, football its religion, and religion its mask, nowhere better encapsulates this than Naples. Naples is Europe's most understood city. Here’s why | Euronews
12302023 Campania has recorded the best average ratings for his highest-rated dishes (Pizza, Sugo alla Genovese, Linguine allo scoglio, Parmigiana alla napoletana, Torta Caprese); food products (Mozzarella di Bufala Campana, Bocconcini, Limone di Sorrento, Lasagna, Provola); best drinks (Limoncello, Crema di limoncello, Fiano). Best Food Cities & Regions in the World | TasteAtlas
12312023 "I wanted to make mention of the work performed by Daniela as far as promotion of Fiano di Avellino and other wines of Irpinia." There are two versions of Fiano di Avellino made by Terredora di Paolo winery: “Ex Cinere Resurgo,” with grapes sourced from Lapio and Montefalcione, and Campore, from a single vineyard in Lapio; the wine is barrel fermented. Daniela Mastroberardino currently serves as chairwoman of Le Donne del Vino. Le Donne Del Fiano—Women Wine Producers Of Fiano Di Avellino | Forbes

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