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Viva Vino LA (May 14-19, 2012) offers a variety of events throughout the week promoting the native varietals of Italy. From seminar to tastings to food pairing dinners, check out the schedule below and sign up today.
The Airport of Florence Amerigo Vespucci gives the business travellers the great opportuity to organize a meeting or an event in one of its best halls, the Masaccio Lounge, entirely renovated and provided with any kind of technical equipment. The Florence Airport is one of the most important European hubs for business travellers.
Viva Vino LA, the premiere Italian wine festival presented by the Italy-America Chamber of Commerce West, The North American Sommelier Association, and Please the Palate, makes its grand return to Los Angeles for a second year of illustrious and educational dinners, lectures, tastings and seminars May 14-19 at various locations.
Niki from Vienna to Florence now available. Six flights a week in 2012 summer schedule. Florence is Niki’s fifth destination in Italy. Niki, the Austrian airline belonging to the airberlin group, is expanding its international route network with a new connection from Vienna to Florence. NIKI will fly to the Tuscan city six times a week.
Pope Benedict XVI went to the birthplace of the Italian Renaissance to call upon every Catholic to once again play a full part in renewing today’s culture. “Be ferment in society, be present as Christians, be active and coherent,” said the Pope during morning Mass in the town of Arezzo in the region of Tuscany May 13.
Viva Vino LA, the premiere Italian wine festival presented by the Italy-America Chamber of Commerce West, The North American Sommelier Association, and Please the Palate, makes its grand return to Los Angeles for a second year of illustrious and educational dinners, lectures, tastings and seminars May 14-19 at various locations.
Wines from all 20 regions of Italy will be represented at Viva Vino LA. For Emilia Romagna there is La Macina, the winery located high on the hills about 1/2 hour outside Bologna, La Mancina specializes in the wines of Colli Bolognese – Pignoletto, Barbera. The wines is Barbera Frizzante Colli Bolognese 2009, the grapes is Barbera, tasting notes red cherry, tart and crisp, sapid/savory. Drink with friends on a hot day, with salumi and cheese.
Fiorentina have ended their Serie A season with a 0-0 draw against Cagliari Calcio at the Stadio Artemio Franchi. Fiorentina’s wretched run at home continued after they ended their season with a disappointing 0-0 draw against Cagliari. It was the last act of what can only be described as a tragedy in the Classical sense as Fiorentina saw out a dismal, pathetic season with a lackluster 0-0 tie with Cagliari this afternoon.
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At the premiere Italian wine festival presented by the Italy-America Chamber of Commerce West, The North American Sommelier Association the winerie D’Angelo from Basilicata: in the small Southern Italian region of Basilicata, the winery D’Angelo represents the true history of Aglianico Del Vulture, also known as ‘The Barolo of the South’.