Giusti is the oldest producer of Balsamic Vinegar in the world. Founded in Modena in 1605, it is run at present by the family’s 17th generation. Over the course of its history it has obtained numerous forms of recognition thanks to the quality of its products, and is...

(m.mas.) Each generation has its own tonality. Yesterday, it was the black and white of  vat rooms/wine cellars, of dusty country roads, and of carts used for transportation, faithful witnesses to human sacrifice and ingenuity. Today, there is the more brilliant...

Carpenè Malvolti has epitomised the history of the production of sparkling wines and distillates of Italian origin ever since 1868. This history began a century and a half ago – thanks to the enlightened mind of the founding father, Antonio Carpenè – and has always...

This noble and ancient profession - already practiced with skill in ancient Egypt, ancient Greece, the Roman Empire and the Middle Ages - also attracted the attention of Leonardo Da Vinci. The Genius, as he walked the streets of the city, could not help but notice the...

It was during the year 1914 that, demonstrating an undeniable dose of courage and enterprise,  don Eugenio Marinella decided to set up shop in Piazza Vittoria on the elegant Riviera of Chiaia di Napoli. Far-sighted in offering to tourists and Neapolitans something...

(m.mas.) On the façade of the small church of San Miniato, there is a memorial plaque dated 1953: “I am grateful to the Lord for letting me be acquainted with this ‘little city’, which is a true source of peace and love”. The gentle memorial engraved in the stone is...

The bees of the Torah – silent and invisible – roam relentlessly among the bookcases in this modern bookshop, which is so luminous that it seems to be perpetually kissed by a ray of sun. They are ready to ‘suck up’ other precious honey from the books before flying out...

“A really wonderful adventure!”  was the first thought that the Florentine entrepreneur Niccolò Donzelli had when the members of the TOCCAFONDI firm proposed that, through the Nest Investimenti holding, he take over their firm precisely on the occasion of its first...

Travignoli The farm is located in the production area of Chianti Rufina and exactly in Via Pelago Travignoli 78 only 18 km from Florence. Travignoli whose history dates back to 1100 is known as a farm organized since 1400 or so. In 700 was purchased by Busi accounts...