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Wines

Wine Tasting : How to be a Snob

  They look sophisticated don’t they? Those wine snobs with their pinkies in the air and their monotonous blather about ‘spicy’ tastes and ‘earthy’ aromas-and they know how to say Pinot Noir. They’re so pretentious. Now we can be just like them! (Oh, and-you won’t have to do it with […]

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Shopping, Trentino

Shopping in Trentino

  Trentino-Alto Adige is a region located in northern Italy. It consists of two provinces, Bolzano and Trento. It had once been part of Hungary-Austria and, before that, of the Austrian Empire, in the olden times. It had remained a part of the empire from 1389 until 1919 when it was annexed to Italy. […]

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Cinema Italiano

Italian B Movies

The so-called B movies of 1960s and 1970s Italian cinema have recently seen a revival, thanks largely to Quentin Tarantino and our culture’s post-modern tendency of digging out all that is old – the trashier the better – and make it new again. In the 1980s, when the future director of Reservoir […]

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Campania

Capri: Suggested Itinerary

If you enjoy stunning scenery, awesome architecture, and basking in the sun on a white, sandy beach, a trip to the Island of Capri, Italy should be your next move. Explore this suggested Capri itinerary. Capri Itinerary This tiny volcanic island of irregular altitudes is only 5 km off the shores of […]

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Italian Actors

Paolo Villaggio

Paolo Villaggio is an Italian actor who became famous especially thanks to his portrayal of the unfortunate and pathetic Fantozzi.  Villaggio has been protagonist of more than 80 films, an amazing career for which he received, in 1992, the Leone D’Oro alla carriera and the Festival del Cinema di Venezia. […]

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Italian Actors

Carlo Verdone

Carlo Verdone – Biography & Filmography Italian actor and director, Carlo Verdone   Carlo Verdone was born in Rome on November 17, 1950. His father, Mario Verdone, was a professor of cinema and a drama critic who passed along his love for theater to his child. With his younger brother Luca, […]