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      ‘I’m getting less wiser with age’. Giovanni Allevi back in London to celebrate 25 years in music.
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      ‘Ears’, the journey of a man in search of himself
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    • Hotel rooms are not only for love. Try art instead.
      Hotel rooms are not only for love. Try art instead.
    • ‘Italians and the UK’. A documentary on the lives of Italians on National Geographic
      ‘Italians and the UK’. A documentary on the lives of Italians on National Geographic
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      Be Welsh for one night
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    • Sebastiano and Michelangelo at the National Gallery
      Sebastiano and Michelangelo at the National Gallery
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      Fabrizio Gifuni, a quiet man behind the actor’s mask
    • ‘Piuma’, parenthood in the wrong time
      ‘Piuma’, parenthood in the wrong time
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    • Five things to make Brexit work
      Five things to make Brexit work
    • Pokémon in Italy: as if Italians were not enough…
      Pokémon in Italy: as if Italians were not enough…
    • On ISIS, Bandura, and the lessons we never learnt
      On ISIS, Bandura, and the lessons we never learnt
  • Travel
    • The chaste kiss of Pompeii can be your most romantic Valentine.
      The chaste kiss of Pompeii can be your most romantic Valentine.
    • Five music festivals you cannot miss in Italy this summer
      Five music festivals you cannot miss in Italy this summer
    • Caravaggio comes to Lampedusa. A museum for the refugees
      Caravaggio comes to Lampedusa. A museum for the refugees
  • Food
    • A Venetian treat can make your day brighter
      A Venetian treat can make your day brighter
    • The kale bruschetta recipe & the Italian cribs
      The kale bruschetta recipe & the Italian cribs
    • London crazy for Italian gelato
      London crazy for Italian gelato
  • London Life
    • Dente and his ‘Canzoni per metà’ (half-written songs) in London
      Dente and his ‘Canzoni per metà’ (half-written songs) in London
    • Giacometti’s Women at Tate Modern
      Giacometti’s Women at Tate Modern
    • A Swiss-Italian photographer at Taylor Wessing Photographic Portrait Prize
      A Swiss-Italian photographer at Taylor Wessing Photographic Portrait Prize
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    • Filomena Campus and her secret London
      Filomena Campus and her secret London
    • My London weekend: soprano Carmen Giannattasio
      My London weekend: soprano Carmen Giannattasio
    • My London weekend: Enrico Franceschini
      My London weekend: Enrico Franceschini
  • your Italian weekend
    • Italian TV correspondent Marco Varvello feels Italian in Brompton
      Italian TV correspondent Marco Varvello feels Italian in Brompton
    • Find your Sicily in London
      Find your Sicily in London
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    • The modern kitchen was invented by Abraham Lincoln. Watch episode 12 of The IT Factor TV.
      The modern kitchen was invented by Abraham Lincoln. Watch episode 12 of The IT Factor TV.
    • How many cold cuts can you name? Watch episode 11 of The IT Factor TV.
      How many cold cuts can you name? Watch episode 11 of The IT Factor TV.
    • Tomato is the sexiest fruit. Watch episode 10 of The IT Factor TV
      Tomato is the sexiest fruit. Watch episode 10 of The IT Factor TV
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Roberta Schira

Roberta Schira is a writer, journalist and gourmet. She has published twelve books, from culinary essays to novels, from biographies to “How to” books. She writes for Corriere della Sera, Style, Dove and www.finedininglovers.com.

W15
VOL.5 WINE15th April 2015

THE RENAISSANCE OF SPARKLING WINE

By Roberta Schira

(AND THE OVERTAKING OF FRANCE)     Italians have been feeling cocky of late, thanks to the recent Nielsen data regarding wine export. The French…

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