The New Year is when the new season’s olive oils appear and buyers and consumers scramble to find the best olive oils. We put seven favourites to the test Crudo extra virgin olive oil From Something Italian www.something-italian.com Price £12.50/500ml This has won medals – even before it won the coveted Italia! Editor’s […]
Italia issue 111 is on sale 16th January 2014, packed with Italian holidays, property, food, drink, culture and more Escape the January grey skies to the shores of Italy, with inspiration and ideas for your next Italian getaway in the new issue of Italia magazine.Property-wise we are mad for Le Marche, and with Fleur Kinson’s […]
Sebastian Cresswell-Turner looks British drinking habits compared to the Italians, and why the Brit pub culture can never quite translate across the water… Alcohol As a general rule, the Italians disapprove of British drinking habits. “I just couldn’t believe how much they all drank,” said an Italian friend of mine who was at Cambridge […]
Italian red wine: Dolcetto D’Alba Hannah Bellis goes beyond the famous and expensive Barolo and Barbaresco wines to discover Dolcetto, a great value, easy drinking red wine from Piedmont Piedmont was the first region I visited when I was old enough to appreciate wine. I was still too young to afford the legendary Barolos of […]
Best of 3 cheap Venice hotels – off season luxury at bargain prices Winter is the time to visit Venice to enjoy your pick of cheap Venice hotesl that charge luxury prices in high season – and with New Year’s celebrations galore, plus preparation for Carnival, there’s always plenty to do 1 Albergo San Samuele. […]
This poem by Percy Bysshe Shelley was inspired by his time spent on the Gulf of Lerici, unofficially knows as the Gulf of Poets because of the large number of writers who were inspired by living here …I sat and saw the vessels glide Over the ocean bright and wide, Like spirit-winged chariots sent […]
This month we have a fantastic FREE GIFT offer – subscribe to Italia! and receive your hardback Carluccio’s The Collection book worth £25, PLUS save 25% off the cover price. The Godfather of Italian food, Antonio Carluccio has, for the first time, brought together over 300 of his best recipes to form this ultimate compilation. Capturing Antonio’s simple, joyful and no-fuss […]
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Italia issue 110 is on sale 19 December, with Italian recipes and all you need to banish the New Year blues with inspiration from Italy Let the January 2014 issue of Italia! brighten up the dull and gray January weather with the vibrancy of Italian culture, food, wine, scenery – and the generous […]
As she heads to Tuscany to learn about the traditional olive harvest, Rachel Beckwith uncovers the simple pleasures of rural Italian life and, once she gets a taste for it, is fully converted… I arrived at La Vialla in October, the Tuscan sun a little shy behind the clouds, ready and willing to help with […]