Design classic and symbol of the “dolce vita”, the Vespa turns 70 this weekend and Italy’s most celebrated scooter is buzzing along nicely after tripling sales in the last decade. It was on a Vespa…
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Looking for a home? Mona Lisa’s villa up for sale in Italy
One of Tuscany’s most famous villas is up for sale with its owners hoping to be smiling all the way to the bank thanks to its links to the Mona Lisa. The Villa Antinori was…
France loses out to Italy as world’s top wine producer
ln 2015 France lost its status as the world’s top wine producer to Italy, according to the International organisation of Vine and Wine (Organisation Internationale de la vine et du vin), a sign of changing…
#Travel: Ex-concentration camp to be transformed into luxury hotel
Montenegro has defended its decision to allow an island fortress and wartime concentration camp to be transformed into a luxury resort, a move that has sparked anger among relatives of its former prisoners. Situated on…
Bubbling up: Italy’s other Ferrari
Italians call it a brindisi, the celebratory clinking of glasses to mark a special occasion. And if the occasion is really special, there is a good chance it will involve fizz from Ferrari, the country’s…
#SusanEats Review: Tiramisu, the Italian café that “picks you up”
With the number of cafes growing every day in Nairobi, especially with expansion plans from various coffee chains, it’s easy to forget about the quaint and boutique coffee houses. I recently visited a charismatic and…
Italy dominates survey of most romantic Valentine’s Day destinations
(Relaxnews) – Venice has edged past Paris to top a survey of the most romantic places in the world, according to some of the world’s wealthiest travelers in advance of Valentine’s Day. In a survey…
#Wines: Zac Posen to design wine label
(Relaxnews) – After dressing some of the world’s most fashionable and beautiful women, designer Zac Posen has been tapped to dress a bottle of Italian wine. Posen is collaborating with Trento-based Italian wine company Ecco…
Nipples the new cleavage and other lessons from Milan
That’s another Milan fashion week over and what have we learned? For one, the 1970s are back, in a big, bell-bottomed way. So are waists. And the world of high fashion remains convinced it can…
Italy braced to lose title of number one wine producer
Italy’s 2014 wine harvest will be the smallest since 1950 and is set to cost the country its crown as the world’s biggest producer by volume to France, the country’s leading farmers organisation said Tuesday….