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A Love Letter to Paper and Heritage Brand Pineider
Nearly 250 years since its founding, heritage paper maker Pineider is still writing history and now the future. Director…
Indulgent Italy: Venice, Florence and Rome
Rome, Florence, Venice. For three centuries, these cities dominated the Italian Grand Tour for their incredible cultural…
Eat Pray Move in Ischia with Erin Lewis
Ischia could be Italy’s latest “it” island. A conversation with Erin Lewis, founder of Eat Pray Move yoga retreats on yoga,…
A Hill Town Grows in Tuscany
Chatting up Michael Cioffi, owner of Monteverdi Tuscany, a charming medieval borgo on a beautiful Tuscan hilltop "Where Art,…
The Very Best of Intestines with Cibreo’s Fabio Picchi
Tasting tripe Florence's restaurant king Fabio Picchi
Sunkissed with Marie-Louise Scìo, Pellicano Hotels
Who says all hotels are created equal? Nope, especially if Marie-Louise Scio, Creative Director of the Pellicano Hotels…
The Dreamy Islands Where Italians Go to Escape
Some of Italy’s prettiest and most uncrowded beaches are on the islands in the Mediterranean, Tyrrhenian, and Adriatic seas.…
Elixirs, pomades and perfumes, Florence’s Santa Maria Novella pharmacy
From cloister to cosmopolitan: Santa Maria Novella is Europe's oldest apothecary. A look at the luxury pharmacy.
Taking in the Val d’Orcia with Monteverdi’s Michael Cioffi
From the hills of Cincinnati to the Val d’Orcia in Tuscany, Michael Cioffi talks Monteverdi, culture, art and relaxation.
Collision wine and art: Ornellaia’s breaks the tension with a very special limited edition La Tensione
End of August and we are thinking about wine….. I love it when worlds collide – when art becomes wearable fashion, fashion…
To Florence, With Love
Three reasons you’ll fall for Tuscany’s capital. Colpo di fulmine, that’s what Italians call love at first sight—a…
Francesco Illy and the Art of Brunello at Podere le Ripi
Francesco Illy, renegade, photographer and owner of Podere Le Ripi, talks wine making, the golden ratio, Brunello, Bonsai and…