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’.
After months of preparation Art&Tourism, the first event in the world entirely dedicated to cultural tourism, is getting ready for its long awaited debut on the international scene: ten days and the fair organised by TTG Italia, a company in the Rimini Fiera Group will open its doors in the elegant setting of Fortezza da Basso in Florence for a long weekend (18 to 20 May) of art, culture, music and lots and lots of tourism.
Jose Manuel Barroso, President of the EU Commission, said he believes that through urgent commitment, positive results conducive to growth and development can be achieved. Barroso addressed the participants in the ‘State of the Union’ Conference in Florence, Italy, and added that economic growth demands three key-elements and namely fiscal consolidation, structural reforms and investments.
At the hall of the Palazzo Medici Riccardi Pistelli took the award ceremony of winners of the international Best of Wine Tourism 2012, now in its 9 th edition. It is the promoter of the Great Wine Capitals global network which includes nine cities in the world with a strong viticulture: Florence, Bordeaux, Bilbao, Christchurch, Cape Town, Mainz, Mendoza, Porto and San Francisco-Napa Valley.
A winery from Abruzzo to Viva Vino LA, the premiere Italian wine festival presented by the Italy-America Chamber of Commerce West and The North American Sommelier Association, May 14-19 in Los Angeles, USA. “I’ve been fortunate enough to grow up in a well off family which allow me to spent a fantastic and dispassionate childhood and to study in the most prestigious schools in EU”, said Francesco Cirelli.
The eighteenth edition of “Artigiano e palazzo,” which will take place in Florence, Italy, May 11-13 , will also celebrate the 400th anniversary of the historic “Officina Profumo-Farmaceutica di Santa Maria Novella”, an historical Florentine “perfume factory” appreciated all over the world for its products.
