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WINTER 2018/2019 ISSUE no. 25

DESIGN HOTEL Green Architecture

WINTER TIME Deep snow

FASHION The designer home

FOOD Inside and outside the city

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e want to greet the new year with an issue that’s packed with good things. First, a feature on designer homes created by stylists, then we visit

Stefano Boeri’s Vertical Forests, taking in the Palazzo Barovier&Toso on Murano. Next, we take a quick look at the season’s fashions, sumptuous and heavy with decoration, accompanied by glittering jewellery.

On the subject of food, we describe the fine food and wine to be had “inside and outside the walls” of Milan and put a few questions to a talented young chef working at Lake Garda. We also take in tables set with silver and porcelain, pop wineries and the Grand Wine Tour with excellent wines and hospitable winemakers. Then there’s the snow, of course, and a series of destinations and hotels where visitors can enjoy great skiing and even better accommodation.

Finally, a couple of luxury suggestions – a stay in a castle in the Chianti region and another in an Art hotel in Valpolicella. We wish you a 2019 that’s full of excellent Italian stories.

Matteo Galbiati CEO Platinum Media Lab

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9 Editorial 14 News

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The designer home

24 Italian brand

Palazzo Barovier & Toso

28 Design icons

Stefano Boeri’s urban forests

32 Design hotel

Green Architecture

36 Style

A year-long season

38 Style

The pullover

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40 5 questions to...

Andrea Pompilio Cosmopolitan attitude

42 Fashion Italian touch

Who’s for a Puffer Jacket?

46 Watches

Unusual? Yes, that’s me!

48 Watches

Nothing is more precious than time

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50 Jewels

Always with us

52 Italian chef

Inside and outside the city

56 5 questions to...

Simone Gottardello A passion for the kitchen

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58 Italian delights Between Earth and Moon

60 Mise en place The Silver Table

62 5 questions to...

Oscar Mazzoleni A life for wine

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64 Wine

Stoppers, Openers and Corkscrew

66 The Grand Wine Tour The luxury welcome of Italy’s wineries

74 Wine cellar L’Astemia Pentita

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78 Winter time

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Franco Iseppi president of the Touring Club Italiano

88 Spa hotel

Skis on your feet and wellness for mind and body

92 De luxe hotel A castle in the Chianti region

98 Artist Unique Pieces

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104 Young artists

3 new faces of design

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Art and history in Valpolicella

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news LEFAY RESORTS NO. 2 Now it’s a certainty – the Lefay Resort & SPA Dolomiti is to open next summer.

The new jewel of the collection is located in Pinzolo in the ski area of Madonna di Campiglio, framed by the lovely natural setting of the Dolomites. The Resort will host a 5,000 square metre Spa with indoor and outdoor swimming pool, saunas and treatment cabins, two restaurants, 84 suites and 25 residences, the project’s most excitingly innovative feature. Reflecting the values of the Lefay brand, the project places great emphasis on environmental sustainability in the design and implementation of cutting-edge technologies that enable cuts to be made in water and energy consumption. The Leali family launched the Lefay Resorts project in 2006 with the aim of becoming the go-to Italian brand in the international of luxury well-being holiday market through the creation of a collection of eco-resorts. Following the success of the first hotel, the Lefay Resort & Spa Lago di Garda in Gargnano, in the heart of the Parco alto Garda Bresciano, there is now another Lefay resort in Trentino. lefayresorts.com

IN A CASTLE IN TUSCANY Belmond Ltd, world leader in the luxury hospitality sector, has purchased the Castello di Casole, one of the major real estate properties in Tuscany, from the German windingup agency Erste Abwicklungsanstalt. The acquisition includes the resort of the same name. The operation will bring added prestige to Belmond’s Italian portfolio, which includes Belmond Hotel Cipriani in Venice and Belmond Hotel Splendido in Portofino.

Two wide roads lined with Cypress trees climb to the enchanting structure, which dates back to Mediaeval times, surrounded by restored farms in a 1,700 hectare property. It’s a world of sensational flavours, world-famous wines and laid-back luxury.

The building’s history is rooted in the Bronze Age. The castle itself dates back to the 10th century and has hosted monarchs, movie stars and politicians. Nowadays the hotel pays homage to the past while offering every modern comfort. belmond.com

BULGARI IN MILAN’S “QUADRILATERO” FASHION DISTRICT Bulgari is reopening its boutique at via Montenapoleone 2 after a meticulous renovation that reflects the aesthetics developed by architect Peter Marino – a combination of innovation, transgression and tradition that forms the basis of the New Yorker’s eclectic, attractive style. While Peter Marino chose to open a “Door onto Rome” for the Bulgari New York store in the heart of Manhattan, here it’s a homage to Milanese design, from Gio Ponti to Piero Portaluppi.

White Travertine marble worked with a geometrical motif, Breccia di Serravezza marble cut to emphasise its veining, the characteristic eight-pointed star in red porphyry inlaid into the floor – these are the materials Peter Marino uses to express a sober exuberance that is typically Milanese, reflecting the stylistic theme that links all the Bulgari boutiques around the world. bulgari.com

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news BOTTEGA VENETA IN TOKYO Bottega Veneta is opening a megastore in Tokyo, at 5-6-1 Ginza Chuo-Ku. Laid out over six floors, the 800 square metre space will be the brand’s largest Asian store, offering a complete range of men’s and women’s wear collections, ready-to-wear, bags, small leatherware, objects for the home and furniture. The new store is an elegant structure inspired by the Japanese city’s futuristic style and Modernist architecture. Its facade reproduces the iconic interwoven motif created with over 900 square silver panels with a moondust finish. The solid front seems to dissolve to make room for the windows and main entrance. The lower floor is for leather goods and men’s shoes, with women’s leather goods and eyewear on the ground floor. The first floor hosts a lounge with women’s shoes and a space dedicated to precious leather bags and the personalisation services. The second floor is women’s ready-to-wear and shoes, with men’s clothing and select styles on the third. The fourth floor is reserved for private appointments. bottegaveneta.com

EATALY ARRIVES IN LAS VEGAS The new Las Vegas store is at Park MGM, the city’s newest resort. It’s also the first sales point in the city of lights for the chain, which specialises in the sale and distribution of high-quality Italian food. The Italian company now has six stores in the USA, and a further 35 across the world. Located squarely on the city’s famous Strip, the 3,700 square metre Eataly store acts as the entrance to the resort and will delight visitors with an exciting taste of Italy’s wonderful gastronomic versatility and quality, offering bars, restaurants, cafes, cookery shows and other culinary treats, all neatly summed up by the slogan on the sign - “Alti Cibi”. Eataly offers authentic Italian dishes, from handmade Neapolitan pizza and pasta to Italian street food specialities, other handmade dishes like mozzarella or burrata, all under the supervision of executive chef Nicole Brisson. As well as the incredible gastronomic offer, the new complex also includes magnificent rooms and suites, the 5,200-seat Park Theatre with entertainment, lounges, swimming pool, meeting areas and much more besides. eataly.com

ISAIA OPENING IN LONDON Isaia, the Naples-based luxury menswear brand, has opened its first flagship store in London in the heart of the city’s West End at 45, Conduit street, Mayfair. The singlebrand store marks the brand’s debut in the UK after opening stores in continental Europe, Asia and the USA. The store was designed by the Ferrari Architetti studio with contributions from interior designer Alberta Saladino Di Palma, who integrated the existing shapes and more contemporary forms with traditional furnishings, mostly original pieces from Naples. The space covers over 450 square metres and evokes the conceptual basis of all the Isaia stores, especially the first, the Milan boutique, created by the British celebrity architect James Irvine. isaia.it

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news FORNASETTI GREETS 2019 The image on the 52nd edition of the now-famous Piatto Calendar shows keys raining down from a cloudy sky. For 2019 Fornasetti has chosen a symbolic landscape, a good omen of freedom and openness. The hope is that in 2019 it will rain keys to open doors and open up new horizons. For thirty years Barnaba Fornasetti has created the decorations for this limited edition, making a different plate every year at the approach of Christmas. The tradition dates back to the 1940s when her father Piero Fornasetti and Gio Ponti launched the Annuari (Yearbooks), twelve tablets bound to form a calendar given to friends and cherished clients as a Christmas present. Years later, in 1968, Piero took up the idea once again and began producing a new series of plates, also meant for friends and clients. The result was the Piatto Calendario (Calendar Plate), which soon became a cult object for collectors. fornasetti.com

AN HOMAGE TO GUALTIERO MARCHESI The Gualtiero Marchesi Foundation will be on tour around the world to celebrate the chef who transformed cooking into an art form. After taking in ten venues from the USA to the Far East and Europe, the Grand Tour will close in Milan on 19 March, the anniversary of Marchesi’s birth and exactly a year after the unforgettable showing of the film “Gualtiero Marchesi the Great Italian”, re-screened at every stop throughout the tour.

Antonio Ghilardi, one of the top chefs in Marchesi’s stable in the time of Bonvesin de la Riva, will be preparing the food at every event, accompanied by in New York by Pietro Leemann and together with Luca Fantin and Simone Cantafio at the Bulgari Ginza Tower in Tokyo. fondazionegualtieromarchesi.it

WONDERLFUL ITALY Creating value for the surrounding region, contributing to the growth of tourist destinations where there is still room for development, focussing on the creation of a network of small local entrepreneurs to provide integrated hospitality services. These are the ambitious objectives of Wonderful Italy, a tourism startup launched in 2017 from an idea by Oltre Venture, the first Italian Impact Investing fund. The fund invests in businesses that have a significant impact on the community in terms of capital, management skills and social know-how – Wonderful Italy offers its guests stays in selected homes, and authentic tourist experiences in contact with the local community. It operates throughout the country through a network of local enterprises called Hubs. The first local Hub was launched last summer in western Sicily, starting with Palermo. Last November saw the opening of the Puglia Centrale Hub based on Ostuni, the Brindisi area and the Valle D’Itria, and recently the eastern Sicily Hub was created, stretching from Syracuse towards Ragusa across the whole of eastern Sicily. The aim is to create at least fifteen Hubs across Italy, and a further two Hubs are scheduled by the end of 2019 in central and northern Italy. wonderfulitaly.eu

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DESIGN

Designers who try their hand at “clothing� houses, too, celebrity architects converted by the echo reverberating among the cities of the Urban Forest, a building dedicated to glassmaking on Murano and a design hotel in the Alto Adige, with an emphasis on green architecture W O N D E R W O R L D 19

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The designer home Antonella Euli

High-end stylists no longer limit themselves to decorating our bodies, they now express their creativity and elegance in the home, transforming it with exceptional style

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ould you like a home with a multi-coloured interior, or that evokes luxuriant nature? Maybe you’d prefer to live among sober lines and cold colours, or even surrounded by vivid swatches of gilded light and Baroque fantasy. The great fashion designers have

made all this possible, providing us with a dazzling range of choice. Now more and more of them are choosing to turn their creative skills and inspiration to home furnishings. The luxury fashion brands are leaving the catwalks to give free rein to their distinctive elegance in lounges, kitchens, bedrooms and terraces, offering us a wonderfully rich selection of high-end interiors - not only because the exclusivity of fashion is an all-embracing lifestyle, but also because it’s what the market wants!

From Armani to Fendi Casa via Missoni, Bottega Veneta, Versace, Gucci

Small domestic appliances by Smeg display the unmistable creative flair of DOLCE&GABBANA, with themes reflecting an aesthetic that has close links to the island of Sicily, from the Sicily is My Love collection

Left, the Coromandel raised cabinet by FORNASETTI. Right, an armchair from the ROBERTO CAVALLI HOME collection

FENDI CASA. Constellation metal and velvet Pouffe.

Opposite page, accessories from the ARMANI CASA collection

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focus on and Roberto Cavalli, the fashion brands’ distinctive motifs and codes are taking their beauty beyond the wardrobe to embrace our everyday spaces. After bags, shoes and garments it’s now the turn of home decor. Luxury is coming to the home, focusing on furnishings and accessories bearing the logos of the most illustrious fashion designers.

More popular retailers have also recognised the new demand for luxury in the home – the new IKEA collection is by fashion designer Virgil Abloh, artistic director for the Louis Vuitton men’s spring collection, and the next collection by French company Habitat will be by the British fashion brand Shrimps. The dream of a luxury home at affordable prices has been offered by Zara Home since 2003, and H&M Home, launched in 2009, is now available in 335 stores across the world.

Early this year America’s Walmart chain introduced areas for home articles in its online channel, after retail giants Target and Amazon invested heavily in home design. i colossi Target e Amazon hanno investito pesantemente nel campo dell’home-design.

Left, the ETRO HOME interior.

Below, the Jefferson armchair from the ETRO HOME INTERIORS collection

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PLOUM divano. Design: Ronan & Erwan Bouroullec.

Catalogo – www.ligne-roset.com

italian brand

Palazzo Barovier &Toso Antonella Euli

An exclusive building opens in Murano, celebrating light in all its infinite variety. The project, by interior designer Calvi Brambilla, is a combination of innovation, tradition, art and design

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In the lovely setting of the island of Murano it’s now possible to enjoy a close-up view of some of the most famous chandeliers in the world, produced using a technique whose most important quality is time, a homage to the slow, patient artisanal work that shapes every piece of glass as it takes on its unique, never-to-be repeated form, a tribute to the passion that for seven hundred years has inspired the master glassmakers of Barovier&Toso

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n the banks of Murano’s historic canal, the Rio dei Vetrai,

skilfully carried out by its master glassmakers, people who

which for centuries has been the site of the world’s most

can transform humble materials like sand, air and glass into

famous glass factories, Barovier&Toso are opening a true

chandeliers of exceptional beauty and value. The interiors

temple of luxury, a unique place in Venice where visitors

of the building on Fondamenta Manin 1/C, not far from the

can admire the skill and majesty of the company’s creations.

company’s historic home, have been entirely redeveloped, and

The brand’s story unfolds in over 900 square metres of indoor

now a walkthrough over three floors depicts the brand’s unique

space, showing how it has created colours, techniques,

nature. The project is headed by the Calvi Brambilla studio,

shapes and styles, constantly reinventing itself with the sublime

which has managed interior design operations to develop

refinement that has made it famous throughout the world.

a contemporary interpretation of the typical architectural

The company, founded in 1295, is the undisputed leader in

elements of ancient noble palaces, from the woodwork, the

the centuries-old art of glass, an almost magical technique

Venetian terrazzo flooring and the ground plan to the colour

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that dominates in each room, anchoring the chromatic variety of its components. The ground floor, dedicated to hospitality and shopping, is dominated by shades of back and wrapped in a suffuse light. A gilded staircase links the building’s three floors and

The brand’s story unfolds in over 900 square metres of indoor space, showing how it has created colours, techniques, shapes and styles, constantly reinventing itself with the sublime refinement that has made it famous throughout the world

faces a double-height space that forms a setting for Taif, the huge chandelier designed in 1980 for one of the Saudi king’s residences.

On the first floor, a series of single-colour rooms – white, gold, blue,

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black and red – host Barovier&Toso’s most prestigious collections.

of luxury hotels, boutiques, government offices and public spaces

On the second and third floor a room with a trussed roof hosts the

throughout the world. In the lovely setting of the island of Murano it’s

largest chandeliers in the classic, modern and contemporary style.

now possible to enjoy a close-up view of some of the most famous

The interior is airy yet almost Spartan – the only character on this

chandeliers in the world, produced using a technique whose most

stage is light, and the fascination of the dazzling shards reflected

important quality is time, a homage to the slow, patient artisanal work

by the Murano glass. The visit ends in the bar, with a colourful

that shapes every piece of glass as it takes on its unique, never-to-be

exhibition of blown glass and chandelier parts, as well as a coffee

repeated form, a tribute to the passion that for seven hundred years

bar in shades of pink, designed to show the brand’s great contract

has inspired the master glassmakers of Barovier&Toso.

potential. This has already led it to become the exclusive partner

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design icon

Stefano Boeri’s urban forests Towers for trees, inhabited by humans, living ecosystems, an environmental survival project for the contemporary city.

Vertical forests Antonella Euli

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The Bosco Verticale in Milan, an urban forest pioneer. Below, Cà delle Alzaie in Treviso. Opposite page, Stefano Boeri

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t warms the heart to look up and see a living, breathing that breathes and inspires us to breathe, too, changing colour with the turning of the seasons, on the two towers of the Isola Quarter in Milan. Seeing their metamorphosis over the last few years has been a wonderful

experience. Beside the buildings of glass and mirrors with their plumes and spirals providing a glimpse of the cities of the future stands the Bosco (Wood) by Boeri Studio (Stefano Boeri, Gianandrea Barreca and Giovanni La Varra). The internationally-renowned starchitect has built in his – and my – city “The most beautiful skyscraper in the world”, a pilot project for a new generation of eco-sustainable structures. Everyone envies us this metropolitan green area of 800 trees (each 3, 6 or 9 metres high), 4,500 bushes, 15,000 plants and a huge variety of flowering plants and shrubs, distributed according to the orientation of the façades towards the sun. The trees hosted by each Vertical Wood would cover an area of 20,000 square metres down on the ground. The plant system of the Vertical Woods helps create a special microclimate, generating humidity and oxygen and absorbing CO2 and particulates. All in all, an architectural miracle created with the future in mind. The original idea is down to Boeri’s journey to Dubai, the city of mirrored towers, made of metal, glass and ceramics. His idea for a skyscraper clad in vegetation developed as he found himself surrounded by buildings whose facades are almost entirely made of glass. “In metaphorical and conceptual terms the Vertical Wood can be compared to a tall tree – the balconies are the branches, the plants are its leaves, the building’s central body is

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design icon the trunk and the hydraulic watering systems are the roots”, wrote Boeri in “A Vertical Wood: an instruction manual for a forest city prototype”, published in 2015. After Milan will come Lausanne with its Tour des Cedres 117 metres with 100 trees and four species of cedar. Nothing is lacking in its interiors – apartments, gym, shopping centre, offices and restaurants. Asia, too, has fallen for Boeri. The first example of a vertical wood in Nanjing will comprise two towers along the lines of the Milan complex. The first is 200 metres tall, and will host offices, a museum and a club, while the second, 108 metres tall, will include a 247-room hotel, penthouse pool and conference centre at its base. After this it’s the turn of the Vertical Forest of Utrecht. The 90-metre Hawthorn Tower Torre will be home to 360 trees and 9,640 bushes and plants. On the sixth floor is the Vertical Forest Hub, forestation archive, that will encourage an exchange of ideas on the subject. Work will begin in 2019, with completion scheduled for 2022. The Parisian version of the wood will be called Forêt Blanche, and will stand in Villiers sur Marne. The concept here is different, as the tower will be 54 metres tall and be built of wood. The most ambitious project, though, has recently been approved in China – not a building but an entire forested city with schools and hospitals, laid out along the Liujiang river and enjoying rail connections to Liuzhou. Work is due to start in 2020 and will be completed in a very short time.

Above, the Tour des Cedres, Lausanne, Switzerland. Below, left, the Foret Blanche in Paris, Nanjing Green Towers

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In the heart of a mediaeval village on the slopes of the Siusi Alps, surrounded by the Dolomite mountains, the Hotel Lamm in Castelrotto has finally regained its original splendour Antonella Euli

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fter an eighteen-month restyling that combines the charm of discreetly revisited tradition with a unique, modern and elegant design, the hotel, whose structure dates back to 1670, is set to write a new chapter in its story with a new appearance and

an entirely revamped management. The new look is by architects Paul Senoner and Luca Tammerle of Senoner Tammerle Architetti of Castelrotto. With the owner’s consent they decided to work with local companies and artisans and to use various kinds of stone and wood from the surrounding area. Oak was chosen for the flooring in the rooms, with warm, natural colours on the walls, while the bathrooms have underfloor heating – this is employed

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The excellent Zum Lampl restaurant, the domain of chef Marc Oberhofer, offers reinterpretations of traditional regional dishes prepared using only highquality, local, seasonal ingredients from the Alto Adige. The bar with its large window onto the town square of Castelrotto is the social centre and the final feature is the scenic rooftop sky pool with a view over the rooftops of Castelrotto and onto the magnificent Dolomite peaks

throughout the hotel, which has been equipped with a natural climatisation system that provides a degree of thermal stability and climate comfort. The installation takes the form of floor and ceiling heating or cooling with looped pipes that function at low temperatures and generate significant energy savings. The latestgeneration low-emission doors and windows also help avoid the greenhouse effect in summer and insulate the interiors in cold winter weather. Wood is also used in the social areas – the dropped ceilings of the top-floor lounge and the bar area, the restaurant furnishings and in the meeting room and reception. Stone also features, with red porphyry from the surrounding valleys and other local materials like basalt. The sky pool has a barn-like glass and metal structure, half-open to the skies of Castelrotto, and is kept at a constant 30° by a methane gas boiler. The excellent Zum Lampl restaurant, the domain of chef Marc Oberhofer, offers reinterpretations of traditional regional dishes prepared using only highquality, local, seasonal ingredients from the Alto Adige.

The bar with its large window onto the town square of Castelrotto is the social centre, while the spa oasis on the top floor of the hotel is the wellbeing centre with Finnish sauna, biosauna, Turkish bath, experience

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Oak was chosen for the flooring in the rooms, with warm, natural colours on the walls, while the bathrooms have underfloor heating – this is employed throughout the hotel, which has been equipped with a natural climatisation system that provides a degree of thermal stability and climate comfort

shower, relaxation area with indoor and outdoor Swiss pine loungers and an extensive treatment offer. The final feature is the scenic rooftop sky pool with a view over the rooftops of Castelrotto and onto the magnificent Dolomite peaks.

An open-air hydromassage sky whirlpool stands next to the swimming pool. Energetic guests will head for the wellequipped fitness room, available for individual workouts or sessions with a personal trainer. lamm-hotel.it

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FASHION

Chameleon-like fashion – party hard with sculptural shoes and trendy, glittering clothes with padded designs for all tastes. Plus sparring with a “free fashion” stylist and a display of jewellery, a woman’s best friend

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style

A year-long season Beatrice Galbiati

They were the jewels of summer and summer alone. Only the most daring women had the selfconfidence to leave the house wearing sandals no matter what the time of year, defying the coldest temperatures. Times change, though, the seasons no longer matter and there’s no lack of audacity

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Crystals and anthracite leather for the sandals with velvet bow,

Concorde Crystal Peep Toe in fuchsia silk and crystals for gala

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evenings, AQUAZZURRA

Sculptural heel for the suede and modore sandal by

Black leather and rhinestone side bow for the sheer elegance

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The Pullover Beatrice Galbiati

Sweaters are back, for the hearth, home and winter, warming the heart along with a hot tisane and a roaring fire. But that’s not all – while it’s true that its purpose is to keep us warm, pullovers can now complete a whole range of looks, from a gypsy dress to a maxi-skirt with cowboy boots, skinny pants with ballet flats or a sexy tight skirt that immediately becomes less in-your-face with the addition of a baggy pullover skilfully knitted by granny, or a thin, ultralight and minimal crewneck. So this is the new aim – to soften the effect of any pairing and warm not just your heart, but your look, too.

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5 1. Kimono-style with inserts made of different materials, ETRO 2. With an unmistakable logo, MONCLER 3. Part fleece, part pullover, MR&MRS ITALY 4. Super skinny, not just for skiing, ROSSIGNOL 5. When it’s not a simpler sweater, ANTONIO MARRAS 6. Elegance in a men’s pullover by DORIANI 7. Polo-style with zip, ELEVENTY

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5 questions to...

Andrea Pompilio Cosmopolitan attitude Alessandro Ieva

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orn in Pesaro in 1973, he is one of Italian fashion’s creative talents it’s worth keeping a close eye on. After learning his art at important fashion houses

like Prada, Calvin Klein and Yves Saint Laurent, to name but a few, in 2010 he launched the strictly Italian-made brand that bears his name. His free, subversive fashion deconstructs and recreates the principles of men’s tailoring and way of dressing, combining silhouettes, styles, patterns, fabrics and far-away cultures without rules, making tasteful experimentation his watchword, a deeply Italian concept with a cosmopolitan attitude.

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Who is Andrea Pompilio?

It’s never easy to answer a question like that. I was born into a creative environment – an architect father and a mother passionate about painting, and they always encouraged me to express myself in the way I thought best. I’m a great observer who tries to notice all the details of life – I love watching people in the street, at airports and wherever I happen to find myself, because observation is the basis of the development of my collections, which are deeply inspired by what’s around me and strikes me in one way or another. I try not to take myself too seriously because I think lightness is the elixir of long life.

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What does being a designer mean today?

The word’s been blown up a bit, to such an extent that I can’t really give you an exact definition. Being a designer goes beyond the simple act of thinking up new garments. People who create must dream up clothes that inspire a good feeling in the people wearing them and who are seeking to find something that best expresses their personality. I think trends are obsolete now because everything can keep on being in fashion even six months after its launch on the market. Real designers know how to surprise themselves and are constantly reinventing themselves.

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What advice would you give to emerging designers?

I always advise them to be themselves, even if that means going against the flow. Having an individual aesthetic vision and

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believing in your own ideas can be risky, but it’s always a winning strategy. The fashion world has changed completely on an international level, up-and-coming stylists will find themselves in an increasingly fast, competitive environment. The technology they have available means they can speak directly to their end clients with nobody inbetween, always bearing sustainability in mind – because we all have a responsibility and duty to protect the world we live in.

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What’s your idea of luxury??

Luxury means exclusivity, and exclusivity doesn’t lie in the price, it depends on the product’s uniqueness. Owning clothes and objects that haven’t been produced in large quantities is an increasingly rare privilege. That’s why as well as the seasonal collections I create small capsule collections that can only be bought from my online shop AP SUPERMARKET (andreapompilio.it), which sells limited edition products. All this makes final consumers happy and excited because they’ve bought something that’s theirs alone, nobody else will have anything like it. .

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Milan is your city, but what’s your relationship with the world?

I moved to Milan when I’d just turned eighteen and I immediately fell in love with its discreet beauty. I like the courtesy, tolerance and elegance of the Milanese – with the work I do, I couldn’t live anywhere else. I have a fantastic relationship with the world and I’d like to keep on exploring it. I’ve lived in New York and Paris and I go to Japan more than six times a year, but Milan is where I really feel at home.

Some looks from the last Fall/Winter collections

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Who’s for a Puffer Jacket?

Beatrice Galbiati

Created to keep out the cold, they have become a must-have for every wardrobe

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hey date back as far as 1936, when after almost dying of hypothermia during a fishing expedition, a traveller in Alaska realised that there was a gap in the market for a light, warm and water-resistant

jacket that could protect its wearer from the coldest temperatures and cope with everything the weather could throw at it. The result was the first puffer jacket, the Skyliner. Patented in 1940, it went on to become a cult item in the 1970s, and its popularity reached a peak in Italy – especially in Milan – in the 1980s. From the 1990s onwards the puffer jacket began to feature

Above. Blush pink fur collar for this parka with contrasting lining from MR & MRS Italy. Right, up. Perfect for the ski slopes, COLMAR. Down. Bright silver for this puffer by ROSSIGNOL. Opposite page, from left. Ecological fur or puffer? MONCLER Green, turquoise and red for puffers recalling the 1980s, all by MONCLER Saffron colour for the parka with fur trim by MONCLER 43

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in fashion collections, even appearing on the Parisian runways. It also became a highly desirable and very warm luxury garment with widespread appeal.For women, men, autumn, winter, spring and even fresh summer evenings, replacing furs and overcoats, puffer jackets are no longer just for the high-altitude ski slopes, sub-zero temperatures or part of a sporty outfit. They’re now all-conquering, and have become archetypal city wear, complementing the most elegant looks – solid- or multicoloured, with hood, fur trim, supper padded or thin enough to fold into any bag or backpack. All in all, the puffer jacket is the right thing to wear, anytime, anywhere.

Left. Soft and light in brick-red, EMDL Down. Ultralight but warm and cosy, PATAGONIA

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watches

Unusual? Yes, that’s me!

Beatrice Galbiati

Who says that watches are only for telling the time? Nobody, and even though the festive season is over, it’s alway the right moment to wear a watch that keeps track of time but also provides a touch of attractive eccentricity to a woman’s look

Three coils and three types of gold for the Serpenti watch watch with diamond bezel by BULGARI

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Above, from the Haiku collection, this watch resembles a small snapshot of the winter landscape, PALMIERO GIOELLI. Below, left, the Cascata watch with bezel embellished by 72 oval cut gems, DE GRISOGNO. Below, right, multicolour gems for this watch from the Linea Rainbow with diamond-studded dial and bracelet with all the colours of the rainbow, DOLCE & GABBANA

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Nothing is more precious than time says Sofia, the style icon by DOLCE & GABBANA Beatrice Galbiati

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he construction excellence of Swiss luxury watchmaking and

The austere femininity and elegance that black has the power to

the creativity of Domenico Dolce and Stefano Gabbana create

create is displayed by the version with alligator skin strap. Extreme

a perfect combination called Sofia. Aware of the unequalled quality

refinement is also conferred by the rose gold case with sapphire

and performance displayed by the work of the finest Swiss master

crystal, black enamelled dial with logo at six o’clock, also in rose

watchmakers, it was inevitable that DOLCE & GABBANA would turn

gold, and a bezel resplendent with 91 clear diamonds.

to them for their feminine jewel, which will grace the Sofia watch

Two choices, then, for this piece of jewellery for the wrist featuring

collection with a further two models. A silk leopard-print strap for

an electronic movement with quartz oscillator.

a woman with the nerve to stand out, or steel case with sapphire

In both, the rose diamond - black for the model with the animalier

crystal, mother-of-pearl dial with applique logo at six o’clock and

strap and white for the alligator strap version – seals the union

a bezel with a romantic swirl of clear diamonds create the perfect

between the octagonal crown and the diamond circle. Sofia dons

mix of warm, sandy tones for a pattern with a neutrality that makes

new clothes, emphasising elegance and femininity and widening

it suitable for wear with any other colour, accessory or piece of

the choice available to the DOLCE & GABBANA woman, rendering

jewellery, in every season.

her time even more precious.

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jewels

Always with us Beatrice Galbiati

There some things we’d like to wear all the time because they become a part of us, they represent us and give us sparkle without ostentation, and because white gold and diamonds give us, despite everything, a discreet elegance. By day, at night, in summer and in winter, by the sea or on the snow – here are the necklaces you’ll never want to take off, with a grace and delicacy that needs no additions and always fits in

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1. Diamond spiral for the pendant in the Fairytale collection

by Serena Gobbi for GOBBI 1842 2. The Emozione collection includes this white gold and diamond necklace by DAMIANI 3. Satin finish rose gold, white gold and diamonds for the Macri pendant with white gold chain, BUCCELLATI 4. For a flower every season of the year, a necklace by GIORGIO VISCONTI 5. Six heart-shaped diamonds from the Anniversary Love collection by RECARLO 6. Emblazoned with the GG logo, the diamond pendant on the white gold necklace, GUCCI

FOOD & WINE

Two restaurants, one in Milan, the other just outside. Two styles and two almost contrasting spirits. In Milan, a venue that’s very New Age, while outside the city it’s a much more traditional affair. Then a talented chef working at Lake Garda and a Grand Wine Tour with highly-skilled and hospitable winemakers, via a winery with a pop personality

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Inside and outside the city Antonella Euli

Two restaurants, one in Milan, the other just outside. Two styles and two contrasting personalities – one very New Age, the other decidedly traditional, but both offering excellence in surroundings and cuisine. Refined yet honest

IN A 16TH-CENTURY LOMBARDY FARMHOUSE

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historic restaurant dating back to the 16th century roots nestling in the countryside a few kilometres outside Milan. It’s a place that appeals to the heart, immersed in nature and wrapped in the fascination of

history. La Rampina’s identity rests in the constant effort of the Gagliardi family, which for generations has looked after this rural jewel and the culinary offer prepared by papa Lino and his young son Luca.

Their dishes embody a balance between the traditions of Milan, Lombardy, the surrounding region and refined innovations. In the early 1970s the Gagliardi brothers transformed the ancient hostelry into a famous restaurant to the south of Milan, and their dedication won the restaurant a series of accolades – the Milan Chamber of Commerce awarded them first prize as “The oldest local venue in the Province of Milan still in operation”. Here, the celebration of the traditions of the Lombardy region and other areas created by Lino Gagliardi is the perfect partner to the creative flair of the young chef Luca, his son, a pupil of Gualtiero Marchesi.

The common features of this pairing are a careful research into raw materials, strictly seasonal and often zero-kilometre, and painstaking artisanal reinterpretations. The menu is inspired by fresh, attractive simplicity and authenticity that also encompass international tastes in meat, fish and vegetable dishes. The 16th-century cellar, one of the restaurant’s most evocative spaces, is home to over eight hundred red, white and rosé wines. Sommelier Lorenzo, Lino’s son, and Dario, the head of the family’s son-in-law, guide guests through the wine list, suggesting the most suitable partners for their choice of dishes.

The hostelry also offers cookery courses for all the foodies who already know the restaurant or visitors who want to try their hand at the creating the chefs’ dishes. rampina.it

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La Rampina’s identity rests in the constant effort of the Gagliardi family, which for generations has looked after this rural jewel and the culinary offer prepared by papa Lino and his young son Luca. Their dishes embody a balance between the traditions of Milan, Lombardy, the surrounding region and refined innovations

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DINING IN THE FUTURIST QUARTER

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hirty-five covers in the heart of Milan’s skyscraper district.

Thirty-five is also the age of Franco Aliberti, the young, talented chef who has trained under some of the world’s

great culinary masters, from Alain Ducasse to Gualtiero Marchesi, Massimo Spigaroli, Massimiliano Alajmo and Massimo Bottura.

In 2014 he opened his restaurant in Riccione, EVVIVA, serving zero-waste sweets and cooking, his stylistic calling card, before joining chef Gianni Tarabini at the Michelin-starred La Preséf di Mantello in Valtellina. Now he’s arrived at the Ai Tre Cristi. Only a few years, but enough to unleash an extremely personal, high-quality culinary talent that emphasis the individual raw materials, presented in different consistencies and using all the edible parts of fruit and vegetables in a pure “play of appearance” that tricks the eyes and mouth with sensory games.

The chef has created two menus - “In Città” (“In the City”), eight courses celebrating the city of Milan, dedicated to the products and people that who have enriched and changed the city, and “A Due Passi da Milano” (Just outside Milan”), with ten courses reflecting the changing seasons and bringing together many small niche producers, displaying the ingredients and the distance from the city.

His training as a pastry chef has led him to develop an approach that emphasises efficiency and organisation, but his innate curiosity and urge to experiment have found expression through quality produce and modern cookery methods, returning to the techniques of his forebears – like grilling - that go to shape a personal, highly-creative style. The cooking changes at Aliberti’s hands, along with the restaurant’s viewpoint, which directs attention to the ingredients, the dish, the table setting and design, offering an all-round experience.

Dining here means joining in the game, its impact heightened by an innovative set of ceramic tableware and cutlery that provide a tactile journey that brings all the senses alive. trecristimilano.com

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The cooking changes at Aliberti’s hands, along with the restaurant’s viewpoint, which directs attention the ingredients, the dish, the table setting and design, offering an all-round experience

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5 questions to...

Simone Gottardello A passion for the kitchen Antonella Euli

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young man from Padova, but with a wealth of experience.

Much of his life has been spent in the kitchen. He has worked

with Giancarlo Perbellini, and learnt some of his secrets. Simone is executive chef at the renovated EVO Bardolino restaurant in the Aqualux Hotel SPA Suite&Terme Bardolino (the restaurant owner is olive-oil company Viola of Bardolino, and EVO stands for Extra Virgin Olive Oil). As reserved as his restaurant, creative and substantial, he transforms every meal into a truly special experience, in a venue dedicated to gourmets eager to experience new tastes, and who like frank, straightforward dishes that express the chef’s personality.

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Your teachers and inspiration I’ve had many teachers and I’ve chosen a range of experiences to give myself an all-round training. All of these, even the most modest and simple, has taught me something. In my first job, at the Filanda Palace hotel during the school holidays and at weekends, Fabio Mason showed me what doing this job really means and what it involves in terms of a spirit of sacrifice.

Enzo Pittura at the Palazzo Carradori Hotel nurtured my awareness – he taught me the difference between being a good interpreter and having my own ideas, knowing how to develop and how to build the managerial and organisational skills you need for success. Finally, the experience at Giancarlo Perbellini, where Francesco Baldissarutti (his sous-chef at the time and now chef at the Perbellini restaurant in Isola Rizza) taught me the art of detail at every stage of creating a dish.

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Region and season. How important are they in your cooking?

They’re both an influence when I’m creating a dish or deciding what goes into it. Region and season are two fundamental factors in my work. For me, though, the region doesn’t mean zero-kilometre. We’re on Lake

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Garda here, surrounded by mountains, but there’s also the nearby plain, the Lessini and the Venetian lagoon, and you have to spend a lot of time finding out what they offer on a seasonal basis.

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An ingredient that’s never missing from your dishes?

Passion and curiosity. Without passion you’ll never succeed in developing and creating an excellent dish, and without curiosity you won’t have the courage to try out new products, new techniques and so on. It’s an important part of inspiring passion, in a virtuous circle.

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What’s your signature dish?

Spaghettone Matt mantecato al ristretto di gamberi di fiume and Calvisius caviar, three main ingredients to represent the surrounding region.

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And on the subject of experimenting, what dishes are you developing at the moment?

Some lake fish dishes, from a creamy fusillone in butter served with a twaite shad and burnt onion sauce to a new version of the Calvisano sturgeon, which we’ve had on the menu for a few months.

Above, some creations by the young, passionate chef from Padova. Below, the Evo Bardolino restaurant

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Between Earth and Moon Valeria Rastrelli

Some Italian food and wine destinations appeal especially to visitors from other countries – niche locations that not only offer tourists places to admire and enjoy, but also unique, exciting experiences

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ike, for example, le Langhe and Roero, a region in the Cuneo province only 70 kilometres from Turin, awarded UNESCO World Heritage Site status in 2014 for its vineyard

landscape. Visitors to the area known exactly what to expect – enchanting scenery, gastronomic excellence and highquality hospitality. The traditional tourism attraction is the wine and food – fine Barolo and Barbaresco, wonderful dishes and especially the Tuber Magnatum Pico, or as it’s more commonly known, the white truffle of Alba. Truffle hunting is a pursuit based on a very practical foundation of natural clues, but it’s also influenced by less tangible factors. Truffle hunters regard the moon as an integral part of their work (the latest International White Truffle of Alba Fair was, in fact, dedicated to our satellite). The lunar phases are one of the most useful indications of the best time to find truffles. The region’s ambassdor throughout the world, the white truffle is an extremely rare type of fungus that cannot be cultivated.

It is gathered between 21 September and 31 January. It comes in a variety of shapes and has a distinctive, very powerful smell. It must be eaten raw, in thin slices on simple dishes from the local Langarola tradition like tajarin, raw meat, fried egg or fondue. How do you choose a truffle? How do get the best out of it? How do you keep it? How do you eat it? All you need to do to become an expert is follow a truffle tasters’ course, which will provide some fundamental information about fungi and the utensils needed to adopt the correct approach to the proper tasting of a truffle. A Sensory Analysis expert from the OIAT (International Organisation of Truffle Tasters) reveals a whole series of arcane facts about tasting and sensory tests. To buy truffles with confidence it’s best to remember a few simple rules - consult reliable sources about market trends, make sure you are given the type you asked for, check the truffle hasn’t been coated in cornflour to change its colour and that there no holes filled with earth, check that it gives off a pleasant aroma all over, make sure how ripe and clean it is and make certain it is not a reconstituted product. langheroero.it - tuber.it

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The SILVER table

Imposing and sumptuous, they create a festive atmosphere at all times.

Tastefully-set tables are the embodiment of hospitality Valeria Rastrelli

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Left, a placemat, right, hand-hammered insulated ice bucket

by ZANETTO

Original “animalier� silver napkin ring by designer Maria Nillsdotter SKULTUNA 1607

CALEGARO 1921. Service plate and cutlery in 925 sterling silver from the Calla Collection, a collaboration between Calegaro and Marta Marzotto. The service plate measures 33 cm in diameter and the cutlery features a delicate lily shape created using the lost wax method.

Opposite page, a sumptuous table set with GREGGIO silverware

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5 questions to...

Oscar Mazzoleni A life for wine Antonella Euli

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scar Mazzoleni, born in 1979, is the beating heart of Al Carroponte, one of the rare Krug Ambassades in Italy and around the world, a

place that fully embodies the Maison Krug philosophy. In 2014 this skilled, passionate sommelier opened his restaurant in Bergamo together with Silvia Mazzoni, transforming an old workshop into a venue where fine eating combines the more informal atmosphere of a bistro with a wine list of over 1,600 labels, carefully selected by the host to accompany local dishes reinterpreted by the chef and finger food in the wine bar. In just a few years Mazzoleni and his restaurant have collected an enviable series of awards and accolades – Oscar became a Chevalier de l’Ordre des Coteaux de Champagne in 2017, Al Carroponte was voted Best Bistrot of the Year 2017 by Gambero Rosso, chosen as Enotavola of the year by Vite Colte (the Guida I Ristoranti d’Italia L’Espresso 2017) and was recently recognised as Cantina dell’Anno 2019 by the Guida I Ristoranti d’Italia L’Espresso.

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Who is Oscar Mazzoleni?

I’m a maître sommelier who’s worked his way up the ladder, and I believe you never stop learning.

Now, at almost forty years of age, although I’m a Chevalier of Champagne and Krug Ambassador I prefer to describe myself first of all as one of the front of house team, which I think is the best job in the world. Sure, it’s a complex task that demands sacrifices and dedication, but that’s paid back when guests leave my enobistro happy and satisfied.

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How did your passion for wine begin?

It all started when I was fourteen. I was at the Hotel School and my teacher told me that working in a restaurant also meant learning about wine. I was a total non-drinker, but I decided to broaden my knowledge of the subject.

As soon as I started I was thunderstruck, it was a love that wasn’t just about the wine itself, it was inspired by everything in that world – the vines, techniques, work and dedication that lies behind the label. From then on wine became my life.

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Which Italian winemakers do you prefer?

And which wines?

Italy is a centre of winemaking excellence. If I had to choose from the wonderful products of our vineyards I would go for the Nebbiolo-based wines of the Piedmont region and the wines of Etna, which are beginning to stand out for their elegance.

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Do you have any advice for those entering this world?

I would advise them to cultivate a passion for wine, and never stop moving forward. You have to try, to experiment, to compare relentlessly. The wonderful thing is that studying wines is very enjoyable, so it’ll never be a sacrifice!

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Which wines should a cellar in the home never be without?

A home cellar should show an emphasis on sparkling wines.

They’re an excellent solution as accompaniments for food.

If in doubt they’re always the perfect partner that will always make a good impression!

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Stoppers, Openers and Corkscrews Sculptural silver and stainless-steel objects that transform opening a wine bottle into a ritual Valeria Rastrelli

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1. ALESSI. “The Jester”, hand-decorated 18/10 stainless steel corkscrew produced in a numbered limited edition of 999, plus 9 artist’s proofs.

2. TIFFANY & Co. Silver corkscrew from the Elsa Peretti® collection.

3. FZB. Nuphar bottle opener with mirror-finish steel for the spheres and handle and satin finish for the crown. Solid beechwood case with wenge finish.

4. ZANETTO. Double-sided bottle opener, one side smooth and the other with a hand-worked hammered finish.

5. L’ATELIER DU VIN. Solid wood and chromed metal Lever corkscrew with two graduated dials showing recommended temperatures for the various types of wine.

6. SAYERS LONDON. Personalisable silver stopper.

7. ZANETTO. Champagne bucket in silver from the Avangarde collection.

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The Grand Wine Tour

The luxury welcome of Italy’s wineries Antonella Euli

Surrounded by a unique landscape, they provide hospitality in country house hotels where guests can look out onto the estate’s vineyards as they enjoy memorable fine food experiences. They are the wineries of the Grand Wine Tour, an organisation that has made high-quality services its hallmark

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The Grand Wine Tour

Eighteen prestigious wineries in seven Italian regions, from north to south, with hillside landscapes that include a UNESCO World Heritage site, dinners in prestigious restaurants and contemporary architecture.

A complete and unprecedented tour of Italy’s wine, an experience it’s now possible to enjoy thanks to Italy’s leading quality mark, awarded to wineries that adopt standards of excellence in tourist hospitality. It’s called The Grand Wine Tour, a deliberate reference to the Grand Tour of the past, when wealthy travellers would stay in wonderful locations offering high-class accommodation. The experience has been given a modern twist for the Grand Wine Tour, where the worlds of wine and hospitality meet in a project that is entirely new to Italy. Eighteen wineries now belong to the association and use the mark, and this number is constantly increasing. From north to south they are: Ceretto, Coppo, Tenuta Carretta, Michele Chiarlo, Cascina Chicco, Travaglini and Villa Sparina in Piedmont, Bortolomiol, Col Vetoraz, Zenato and Inama in the Veneto, Umberto Cesari in Emilia Romagna, Lunae and Poggio dei Gorleri in Liguria, Fattoria Le Pupille and Sapaio in Tuscany, Casale del Giglio in Lazio and Feudi di San Gregorio in Campania. Here are some suggestions – we start in Piedmont at the Ceretto winery with a visit to the cellars and a tasting in the Cube, a transparent glass structure looking out onto the vineyards of Bricco Rocche, an area producing Barolo DOCG, and the Grape, a clear, dreamlike structure that seems to float above the vines. At the end of the day it’s time for dinner in the 3-Michelin star Piazza Duomo restaurant in Alba followed by an overnight stay in the boutique hotel Piazza Duomo – its three rooms and suite with an elegant, minimal design complete a truly

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The world of Ceretto. Top, the Acino (grape), a transparent bubble that seems to float above the vines. Opposite page, above, the Cubo (cube), a clear glass structure overlooking the the vineyards of Bricco Rocche, a region producing Barolo DOCG. Bottom, the Michele Chiarlo winery in Calamandrana

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unique experience. We remain in Piedmont for a visit to Michele Chiarlo, the historic winery in Calamandrana, for a stroll among the works of art in the Art Park La Court, the premier example of land-art among the vineyards with pieces by Emanuele Luzzati, Ugo Nespolo, Giancarlo Ferraris and Chris Bangle. We can sleep at the Relais Palás Cerequio di La Morra, the top wine resort dedicated to the Barolo grands crus.

The nine rooms are named after the most prestigious crus in the region. Dinner is at the Ristorante Palás, which offers an exclusive tasting list of 400 Barolo wines. The Tenuta Carretta, a jewel set in the vineyard scenery of Roero, whose origins date back to 1467, is the place to enjoy the modern menu at Flavio Costa’s Michelin-starred 21.9 restaurant and sleep in the elegant boutique hotel, ten charming suites and a spa with a view over the luxuriant vines growing the grapes used to produce Roero DOCG. The Villa Sparina winery in Gavi, Piedmont, is a magnificent 18th-century “complesso colonico” (farmhouse complex) surrounded by Cortese vines, typical of lower Piedmont. Dine in the period barn of the Ristorante La Gallina and sleep at the L’Ostelliere, thirty-three rooms furnished in a creative, unusual style. Now we head southwards, to the Feudi di San Gregorio. The culture of hospitality has deep roots in Campania and the Feudi’s mission is enable visitors to enjoy a unique sensory experience. The Michelin-starred Marennà restaurant serves local dishes given a creative touch in a refined, minimalist setting. thegrandwinetour.com

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Above, the entrance of the Piazza Duomo restaurant in Alba.

Left, vines as far as the eye can see. Below, the Feudi di San Gregorio in Campania. Opposite page, the Tenuta Carretta, a jewel in the winemaking landscape of the Roero, and more vineyards

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L’Astemia Pentita Antonella Euli

A winery with a pop spirit and visionary aesthetic, standing on the Cannubi hill in Barolo

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Architect Gianni Arnaudo designed the exteriors, while Sandra Vezza herself handled the interiors. The building stands like a sculpture among the hillside vineyards – the winery, in fact, comprises two large superimposed elements resembling two outsize wine cases

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n the Barolo region, where the ridge that hosts the most precious vines of the Langhe rises towards the centre of the country, stands the sculptural winery of L’Astemia Pentita. Through this adventure entrepreneur Sandra

Vezza declares herself an “astemia pentita” (“reformed teetotaller”) – the winery’s name, in fact, reflects the project’s origins, when long-time non-drinker Sandra Vezza decided to announce her conversion to the grape by devoting herself to winemaking. Her love of the Langhe region and its wine was inspired when she was small by her grandfather, who often walked with her among the cultivated rows, vines, teaching her how to work the vines. The estate’s thirty

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hectares produce ten labels, from Barolo to Langhe Nebbiolo, Barbera, Dolcetto d’Alba and white wines like Riesling. Architect Gianni Arnaudo designed the exteriors, while Sandra Vezza herself handled the interiors.

The building stands like a sculpture among the hillside vineyards – the winery, in fact, comprises two large superimposed elements resembling outsize wine cases. It hosts the wine shop on the ground floor and the tasting room and client reception on the first floor. The productive heart is completely underground, respecting the integrity of the surrounding landscape. Sandra Vezza sought to create spaces that reflect the various stages of the winemaking process – the upper surfaces of the area handling the harvest, production and aging feature a decoration with vine leaves in autumnal colours, while the bottling, storage and

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The estate’s thirty hectares produce ten labels, from Barolo to Langhe Nebbiolo, Barbera, Dolcetto d’Alba and white wines like Riesling packaging area below is decorated in the bright green colours of spring. The spaces continue with the tunnel linking the winery outside, which is where the next stage of the process, resting the wine, takes place. It’s a space where visitors can relax in a setting that evokes a calm sky and green grass, with a natural gravel floor and walls on which hang reproductions of the traditional straw hats worn by the local agricultural workers to protect themselves from the sun.

Tradition and daring modernity are juxtaposed throughout the entire project. The floors recall nature and tradition, and contrast with the large murals on the ceilings that create the impression of being inside a huge wine case. The furnishings include some iconic products by Gufram, like the Bocca sofa (Studio 65, 1970) and the Cactus (Guido Drocco and Franco Mello, 1972), as well as more recent designs like the Roxanne sofa (Michael Young, 2017). The underground area where the wine is aged hosts the giant Mickey dei Sogni armchair designed in 1972 by Studio 65. The light wood of the exteriors and its warm aesthetic can also be seen in some of the interior furnishings like the Leggera chair by Ponti and the Chignon armchairs designed

by LucidiPevere for Gebrüder Thonet Vienna. Going downstairs from the wine shop to the basement area, large bookshelves are filled with documents, research and prototypes linked to winery’s history, from its establishment onwards. They will also host future material like a large archive currently under development. astemiapentita.it

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TRAVEL

Snow at last! Our suggestions for the coolest destinations with great skiing and even better hotels, a high-altitude wellness hotel, a luxury hotel in the heart of the Chianti region and an art holiday in Valpolicella

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DEEP SNOW Valeria Rastrelli

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CAMPZERO, CHAMPOLUC, VALLE D’AOSTA

comprises thirty rooms whose design reflects the traditional Val

The brand new CampZero at Champoluc, Italy’s only active luxury

d’Aosta style with a modern twist. The boundary between interior

resort, offers a well-balanced mix of luxury and sport. Catering for

and exterior spaces is eliminated by full-height windows providing

guests with a passion for the mountains, it provides the opportunity

a breath-taking view, and by the garden attached to every room

to reach the highest peaks of the Val d’Aosta via heliski, which

as an integral part of the habitat. There are two restaurants, the

combines the excitement of a helicopter flight with a breathtaking

CampZero Bistrot with a constantly-evolving à la carte menu and the

off-piste descent. The main Heliski Points are only a short distance

sophisticated CampZero restaurant where traditional dishes of the

away from the resort, and CampZero is also the ideal base for a

Aosta region are reinterpreted by executive chef Luca Gubelli. These

unique skiing experience taking in Courmayeur, La Thuile, Cervinia,

mouth-watering specialities are accompanied by the finest Italian

Valgrisanche, Val Formazza, the entire Monterosa ski area and

wines, selected by the restaurant’s master sommelier

the remotest corners of the Valle d’Aosta. The accommodation

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SNOW CHALET “RIFUGIO NEL BOSCO”, LIVIGNO, LOMBARDY A welcome return for the Lungolivigno Snow Dream Experience, a large snow chalet on the slopes in front of the Hotel Lac Salin SPA & Mountain Resort and its Mandira SPA, with expansive scenic swimming pool amid the snow-covered peaks. The artist Vania Cusini has once again transformed anonymous blocks of snow into two rooms in Alpine style, inspired by local legend and the ancient larch woods that blanket the sides of the Livigno valley. The refuge in the trees is a room where snow becomes a building material, rustic yet romantic, inhabited by forest wildlife. From mid-December to the end of March guests can spend a magical night at zero degrees or less in the snow rooms, snug in the warmth of a heated sleeping bag as the thermometer drops below freezing. The Snow Dream Experience begins with an aperitif and a traditional dinner in the Stua da Legn restaurant. Guests warm themselves with a piping hot forest herb tisane before snuggling down into their sleeping bag and drifting off to sleep. They are woken in the morning with a cup of hot coffee served while they are still wrapped in their sleeping bag. After breakfast on woodland produce it’s time to be pampered by the Risveglio Alpino massage in the Hotel Lac Salin SPA & Mountain’s Mandira SPA, 1,200 square metres of well-being with health-giving waters and natural treatments. lungolivigno.com

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winter time HOTEL TYROL SELVA DI VAL GARDENA, TRENTINO The highlight of the hotel Tyrol is its location near the skilift – only a few metres separate it from the hotel’s ski room, and guests can reach the pistes in literally one minute. With connections to Dolomiti Superski and the nearby Siusi Alps it’s a winter sports paradise. This is the start of the famous Sellaronda, a dream for ski aficionados, but snowshoe and cross-country ski trails are also there to be enjoyed. After their first skiing sessions of the season guests are invited to relax in the indoor swimming pool or take a hot open-air bath in the hydromassage pool or sauna. The Suinsom restaurant is the domain of chef Alessandro Martellini, a skilful interpreter of local food and traditions, adding his own original touch d’Aosta. tyrolhotel.it

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HOTEL SONNWIES, LUSON, ALTO ADIGE Its motto says it all: “A luxurious mountain hotel with exactly the right mix of Alpine authenticity”. Try, for example, the nine mountain villas, furnished with natural wood and with a private infinity pool that is heated all year round, with hydromassage and private sauna. The 250 square metres include spaces for resting, playing and experiencing an unforgettable mountain holiday. A spacious terrace provides a wonderful view of the surrounding landscape, with mountains as far as the eye can see. The villas can host up to six people. Another innovation that will please kids is the new panoramic swimming pool, heated to 35 degrees, and another huge plus – a cinema. The large screen shows animated cartoons, adding extra fun and colour to the surroundings. The young spectators can watch the films while lounging in the warm water. There’s also an 85 square metre fitness room, a place to exercise while enjoying the lovely Alpine scenery, and a 1,000 square metre family Spa for relaxing with the whole family. Adults will love the exclusive wellness area, where they can relax in floralscented steam baths, in the Tyrolean sauna with a breath-taking view of the Alto Adige mountains or the Brechel bath with spruce branches. This adult-only area also hosts theme showers, an ice fountain, a relaxation area with direct access to the exterior lawn, rest areas, a solarium and drinking water fountains. An extensive menu of wellness and beauty treatments with plenty of spaces for relaxation completes the offer. sonnwies.com

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HOTEL FEUERSTEIN, BRENNER, ALTO ADIGE Thunderous waterfalls, snow-covered meadows, a fairytale lake and all around the silent peaks of the Val di Fleres, a magnificent valley a few kilometres from Vipiteno and the Brenner Pass – this is the scene that greets guests of the hotel Feuerstein, a 5-star mountain resort intended for families, perched at a height of 1,250 metres. It is reached on foot after leaving your car in the car park, situated underground so as not to disturb the hotel’s untouched surroundings. The high point is the large Mountain Spa (3,000 square metres), inspired by a holistic well-being concept, drawing on the primordial energy that bursts from the natural Alpine resources – water, heat, wood and rocks, used in various personalised well-being treatments for guests, kids included. For the wintertime, the Val di Fleres offers many routes for mountain skiing enthusiasts, as it is not far from the ski areas of Ladurns (15 km of pistes, around five minutes away by car), Racines and Monte Cavallo near Vipiteno, all accessible with the same skipass. feuerstein.info

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SUPER G, COURMAYEUR, VALLE D’AOSTA One of the added value elements of the Super G is being able to ensure its guests can be the first to arrive on the piste and carve the tracks of their skis in the virgin snow, alone in the morning light. Then, when the crowds arrive, they can return to base for lunch on the terrace, a re-energising massage or a session in the solarium accompanied by the sound of good music. Every skier’s dream, one that comes true with the opportunity to sleep at the Super G hotel. Eight rooms are available, including two suites, all dedicated to the giants of history. Finally, Super G offers a fun, well-equipped kids‘ area (in collaboration with DeAKids) with a nanny available for guests, as well as a series of on-demand services, with a wellness area that can be booked between nine in the morning and eight in the evening. It’s for a relaxing experience for couples with sauna, loungers, reaction shower and tisane bar, but is also designed for workouts and high-level training for all winter sports. As always, après ski plays an important role in this club, which has made entertainment on the snow its special mission. lovesuperg.com

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5 questions to...

Franco Iseppi president of the Touring Club Italiano Antonella Euli

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he TCI is a non-profit organisation that for more a century has been involved with tourism, culture and the environment. The heart and strength of the TCI are its

280,000 members, and its mission is to develop tourism, incentivising and supporting the discovery of Italy’s less well-known and less frequently-visited aspects of Italy’s artistic and landscape heritage, protect Italy’s historical, artistic and natural heritage by educating tourists that resources cannot be replaced and must be held in trust for future generations, and that they must be used correctly and responsibly, and finally to promote a spirit of mutual understanding and respect among peoples. We asked the president, Franco Iseppi, form his thoughts on tourism in Italy.

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How has the way people travel changed in the online age?

One significant element in tourism today is the more direct approach, the disappearance of intermediaries linked to factors like the economic situation, the spread of ICT, structural causes like low-cost mobility and social factors resulting from the age of travellers and the demand for personalisation and unique experiences. More traditional retail travel agencies and tour agencies have now been joined by online agencies (OLTA), bed banks and low-cost airlines that distribute their product on the web. As a result tourist have been able to play a more active role, one previously reserved for those making the offer, fed by images, videos and reviews on the web 24 hours a day, every day of the year – all of which are capable of inspiring dreams and desires that can then be transformed into reality with just a few clicks.

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What do Italians look for today when they are travelling?

There are now so many more reasons to travel that now we no longer talk about tourism in the singular. The traditional distinctions of seaside, mountain and cultural contrast with the plethora of micromotivations that exist today, like food and wine tourism, shopping, activities, urban and well-being. Another phenomenon makes modern tourism even more complex – the mutual influence of different types of travel. Cultural tourism, for example, is increasingly linked to wine and food, and also shopping or events. Not forgetting the growing popularity of so-called experiential tourism, a relatively new form of travel that emphasises the central role of the individual and his or her experience, which is the true essence of contemporary travel.

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How is Italy perceived abroad as a tourist destination?

On an international level Italy enjoys very high levels of fame and desirability, which is down most of all to the undeniable value of our cultural heritage. Farming and enogastronomy are also a natural

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complement to the cultural offer because they express our country’s identity and its various regional assets. Then there’s the scenery, whose beauty and distinctive nature shapes Italy’s image throughout the world. Finally, there’s the value of hospitality, a distinctive element in our offer that’s greatly appreciated by our foreign visitors.

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Destinations for cultured, inquisitive travellers I won’t suggest any specific destinations, but rather ways of travelling that respond to a tourist demand that’s different from the norm. First there’s slow, experiential tourism linked to the many villages in the Italian hinterland. Our Bandiere Arancioni (Orange Flag) mark will help you choose – for the past twenty years it’s been certifying small towns and villages (the countrywide total now stands at 230) that have retained their history and authenticity. Secondly, I’d recommend a tourism that emphasises the relationship with residents, something that’s nicely exemplified by our cultural volunteering project “Aperti per Voi” (“Open for You”), where the precious help of the local communities that are active participants in the initiative enables travellers to discover places (there are currently 77) that are otherwise barred to visitors, a good example of what taking care of your local environment means.

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What’s the difference between tourists and travellers?

Tourists are more clearly the result of the process of industrialisation of travel that began in the period after the Second World War. The consumers-clients of a product and services that are evolving to provide them with a pleasant, enjoyable experience. Travellers, however, display different consumption patterns, and want to learn about different places and people. During its long history and through the wide range of activities it has developed over the years the TIC seeks to address the traveller that exists in all of us.

The Milan headquarters of the Touring Club Italiano

How we were - postcards from the past showing Italians on holiday and at work

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Skis on your feet and wellness for mind and body Valeria Rastrelli

At the Posta Zirm Hotel in Corvara, Alta Val Badia, wellbeing reigns supreme, for both body and mind

The hotel is very close to the pistes of Sella Ronda, one of the most evocative ski complexes in the Alpine region, and skiers have no need to take their car, as the Posta Zirm stands at the opening of the Col Alt, accessible on foot

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enowned for its exquisite hospitality and fine food, the Posta

of curving lines, aromatic essences flowing along the walls, just a

Zirm Hotel in Corvara is the most well-known hotel in the Alta

few plants, a few colours and deep silence create the perfect place

Val Badia. It opened in 1908 as a post station by Franz Kostner,

for relaxing and regaining physical form, rounding off an enjoyable

and is now run by siblings Franz and Silvia Kostner, the fourth

skiing session or snowshoe walk. In a minimal ethno-chic setting,

generation of the family. The philosophy of this spa hotel with Feng

cutting-edge cosmetic treatments complement the ancient remedies

Shui-influenced Wellness Farm is based on paying special attention

of the Alta Val Badia, like Alpine baths (curative baths of hay or pine

to wellbeing and nature. Years ago it was the first hotel in the valley to

shavings), Tyrolean stone oil baths and hydromassage with milk baths

introduce a kitchen to a Spa, and offer treatments and nature cures.

or essential Alpine oils.

The oldest section of the hotel recently underwent a radical

Guests have free access to the swimming pool with water jets and

renovation, including the exterior, to a design by the architect Gianluigi

hydromassage, saunas, Turkish baths, frigidarium and Feng Shui

Pescolderung. The rooms, too, have been totally revamped. The hotel

Fire, Water, Wood, Metal and Earth paths. There are also Ayurvedic

is very close to the pistes of Sella Ronda, one of the most evocative ski

massages, hot stones, Thai massage and honey treatment,

complexes in the Alpine region, and skiers have no need to take their

hydromassages with essential oils and much more besides. Every

car, as the Posta Zirm stands at the opening of the Col Alt, accessible

evening the Posta Zirm’s kitchens offer a sensory journey of discovery

on foot. The atmosphere chez Kostner is one of culture and local

through a series of new taste experiences. Guests can choose from a

tradition, from the typical dishes to the Tracht, the folk costume worn

menu inspired by traditional Ladin and Alpine cooking, an international

by men and women during celebrations, the majolica stoves and the

menu featuring many fish dishes, a vegan selection that was introduced

swathes of colourful geraniums adorning balconies and windows in

some time ago and has proved to be surprisingly successful, and a

summer – all combined with an unobtrusive dose of technology, in a

basic “basenfasten” menu of fruit and vegetables that enables diners

balanced play of tradition and modernity.

to eat their fill while still gaining their ideal weight in a healthy way. All

Corvara and regional tradition also play a role in the Wellness Farm

these are essential elements of the Detox and Wellbeing programmes

facilities. Designed to conform to the dictates of Feng Shui, it is the

proposed by the hotel’s Wellbeing Centre.

only one of its kind in the Dolomites with around 1,000 square metres

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Corvara and regional tradition also play a role in the Wellness Farm facilities. Designed to conform to the dictates of Feng Shui, it’s the perfect place for relaxing and regaining physical form, rounding off an enjoyable skiing session or snowshoe walk

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de luxe hotel

A castle in the Chianti region Antonella Euli

The Spaltenna complex overlooks a magnificent valley in the heart of a region studded with castles, citadels, ancient villages and abbeys

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astello di Spaltenna soon makes you realise that luxury can also go hand-in-hand with simplicity and elegance, an atmosphere created by an attention to the little things that leaves no room for excess.

The thirty-seven rooms have canopy or wrought iron beds, 19th century wooden desks and chests, decorated hangings, beamed

ceilings, cotto tile flooring and elegant details. Every room is different

but all express a local rustic style. The lawns and trees around the hotel host tennis courts, a bar and swimming pool, and the whole complex is surrounded by vines, olive trees and cypresses. The Castello di Spaltenna is the only hotel in the Chianti region with an indoor heated pool – on winter days it’s wonderful to be able to plunge into the water heated to 29° C and admire the view of the woods and the frost-covered Tuscan hills through the large windows. The heart of the walled village of Vertine, only three kilometres from Gaiole in Chianti, is the location for an elegant apartment that can accommodate up to four guests, and the Canonica, a charming villa for guests seeking to stay in the Chianti for more than a week and enjoy their freedom without renouncing the hotel’s services and facilities.

A full immersion course in the flavours of Tuscan food and wines is an exciting part of any stay at the Castello di Spaltenna. The light dishes of the Ristorante La Terrazza, the ciulinary adventures of the Michelin-starred Il Pievano and the excellent labels in the Cantina del Castello are all an integral part of your journey in the Chianti. Il Pievano sets the stage for the talents of Michelin-starred chef Vincenzo Guarino and his intriguing interpretations of traditional specialities from a modern, highly creative perspective. The unmistakeable tavern with its stone-vaulted ceilings and terrace overlooking the Castello di Spaltenna’s Sangiovese vineyards form

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A full immersion course in the flavours of Tuscan food and wines is an exciting part of any stay at the Castello di Spaltenna

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The Castello di Spaltenna is the only hotel in the Chianti region with an indoor heated pool – on winter days it’s wonderful to be able to plunge into the water heated to 29° C and admire the view of the woods and the frostcovered Tuscan hills through the large windows

a backdrop for the Ristorante La Terrazza, only open for lunch and serving typical local dishes with a contemporary twist, accompanied by one of the five hundred wines that make up the Carta del Pievano.

Visitors to L’Osteria can sample the tastes of ancient tradition made using prime quality ingredients, all exclusively harvested by hand and selected by local producers. Finally, the peace and quiet that reign here are reflected in the Pieve Spa, a refuge where guests can relax and bask in the heat of a Finnish sauna, the aromas of the Turkish bath, the warmth of the tepidarium and the fragrances of the emotional showers. Over 300 square metres of wellbeing with indoor spaces dedicated to the hot, humid area, a swimming pool with water heated to 29°, a gym with Technogym equipment and green spaces outdoors for relaxation, looking onto the vines.

All the treatments are inspired by the natural world surrounding the resort, and are based on the essential ingredients of olive oil and the Sangiovese grapes grown on this soil. spaltenna.it

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A SPECIAL FEATURE ON ART EVENTS IN ITALY

CARLO CARRÁ

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An important exhibition with over 130 works from some of the world’s largest collections, reconstructing the entire life and artistic journey of Carlo Carrà, one of the greatest exponents of the great Italian 20th-century pictorial tradition, which is always capable of being expressed through new artistic languages. The seven sections of the exhibition express the diverse styles of the great master’s work, characterised by a calibrated sense of space and his sublime mastery of colour. A journey through Divisionism, Futurism, Primitivism and Metaphysics, the return to Nature, the Centrality

An unusual exhibition that for the first time brings to the Palazzo Zevallos Stigliano the prestigious Vandeneynden collection, which later belonged to the princes of Colonna di Stigliano. It includes the best of

Curated by Maria Cristina Bandera and Luca Carrà Palazzo Reale Until February 3, 2019 palazzorealemilano.it

Italian and Flemish painting of the period. Originality and research distinguish this extraordinary exhibition, comprising thirty-six masterpieces from private collections and Italian and foreign museums but now

FLORENCE Flora No.1 Ph.Yvonne Zhao, courtesy Cai Studio

P.P. Rubens Banchetto di Erode, Edimburgo, National Galleries of Scotland

make an exceptional return to the Palazzo where they were kept to celebrate the European scope of late 17thcentury art and collecting in Naples.

Curated by curated by Antonio Ernesto Denunzio Gallerie d’Italia - Palazzo Zevallos Stigliano Until April 7, 2019 palazzozevallos.com gallerieditalia.com Sandy Skoglund The Cocktail Party 1992

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of the Figure and Portraits.

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RUBENS, VAN DYCK, RIBERA THE COLLECTION OF A PRINCE

SANDY SKOGLUND. VISIONI IBRIDE The first retrospective dedicated to internationally-famous American artist Sandy Skoglund, who confirms the uniqueness of her vision and visual journey through in-stallations, sculptures and photographs.

FLORA COMMEDIA The Uffizi Galleries are hosting a one-person show by the artist Cai Guo-Qiang, inspired by the Florentine Renaissance and his visit to the Boboli Garden and Pitti

Her works, which are based on complex

palace. Many of the sixty works on show surprising

sets then photographed by the artist herself

in relation to the prestigious images in the Uffizi’s

reveal an imagination with extraordinary

collection – simply depict flowers, a symbol of the

evocative power, suspended between

purity of Nature, created using Cai’s refined, complex

dreams, artifice and reality, focussing

pictorial technique, applying traditional and innovative

on the complex relationship between

methods to express the special creative energy and

humans and nature. Over thirty images

vibrations that are typical of the spirit of the late

ranging from the artist’s debut in the 1960s to the unusual work called Winter form a spectacular world premiere the artist has worked towards for more than ten years.

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Renaissance great masters.

Curated by curated by Germano Celant

Curated by Eike Schmidt and Laura Donati

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Gallerie degli Uffizi

From January 24 to March 23, 2019

Until February 17, 2019

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Turin’s Musei Reali dedicates an important exhibition to the Flemish painter Antoon van Dyck, one of

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the major 17th century painters. Its purpose is to highlight the artist’s exclusive relationship with the most illustrious royal courts of Italy and the rest of Europe, where he was the official artist.

Modelling himself on Titian and becoming the most talented pupil of Rubens, van Dyck created masterpieces of extreme formal perfection, with a unique chromatic quality and elegance combined with perfection of detail, revolutionising the art of portraiture and celebrating the sumptuous 17th century world.

Curated by Maria Grazia Bernardini and Anna Maria Bava Musei Reali - Galleria Sabauda Until March 17, 2019

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TUTTO. PERSPECTIVES ON ITALIAN ART Two collections, the Sammlung Goetz and the

Boetti, Tutto, 1988 © Alighiero Boetti by SIAE,’18 Courtesy Hauser & Wirth and Sammlung Goetz. Ph: Genevieve Hanson

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Museion collection, enter into a dialogue on the main artistic currents in Italy from the postwar years to the end of the 1980s. The exhibition presents over one hundred works by thirty Italian painters and photographers. The Italian art presented in TUTTO is eclectic and complex, ranging from Lucio that began in 1988 with ‘Freeze’ by Damien Hirst.

Inspired by the title of a work by Gilbert & George,

LONDON SHADOW. THE BRITISH REVOLUTION FROM GILBERT & GEORGE TO DAMIEN HIRST

London Shadow embodies tensions, ambiguities,

The exhibition depicts, through twenty-three works by

Curated by Luca Beatrice.

sixteen artists from the late 1980s and early 90s, the

Palazzo Zevallos Stigliano

spirit of a revolution fomented by a generation described

Until January 20, 2019

as the ‘Young British Artists’ after a series of exhibitions

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vitalism and the influences running through British

Michelangelo Pistoletto, Enrico Castellani, Agostino Bonalumi, Luigi Ghirri and many others.

Curated by Ingvild Goetz, Leo Lencsés, Karsten Löckemann, Letizia Ragaglia, Elena Re Musei On Until March 24, 2019 museion.it

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culture in recent decades until today.

Fontana to Alighieri Boetti and Mario Schifano to

MILAN A VISUAL PROTEST. THE ART OF BANKSY

in metaphor, transcending any language barriers. A

On show in Milan for the first time, Banksy, the

wonderful documentary created especially for this

most famous yet unknown British street artist. The

exhibition describes Banksy, his social message

exhibition is divided into themes, from street culture

and his strategies to the public.

and wall paintings to rebellion against consumerism,

Curated by curated by Gianni Mercurio

conformity and conflict.

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The simple, accessible images in his works, expressed

Until April 14, 2019

in his signature style, are extremely effective and rich

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GIULIO PAOLINI DEL BELLO IDEALE

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The Carriero Foundation continues its commitment to conceptual art with one of the genre’s greatest exponents, Giulio Paolini, in an exhibition called del Bello ideale, presenting Paolini’s journey through fifty years of artistic activity

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he Foundation is in the San Babila district of Milan, and this home-museum’s interiors have been adapted by Gae Aulenti inside the Casa Parravicini, a centre of excellence dating back

to the 15th century. Curated by Francesco Stocchi, the exhibition is based around three thematic nuclei and is laid out over the Foundation’s three floors, enabling Paolini’s works to engage in a dialogue with Margherita Palli’s striking backdrops, inviting visitors to discover the artist and his concept of the Bello ideale. It is an introspective journey on several levels, during which Paolini highlights his philosophical research on time, the discovery of a dimension where the past, present and future are not stages in a linear progression but lead back to a continuous present, like his work: in effect, a single continuous piece.

Giulio Paolini del Bello ideale, ’18 installation view at Fondazione Carriero, Milan - Ph. Agostino Osio. Courtesy Fondazione Carriero, Milan

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UNIQUE PIECES Valeria Rastrelli

Travel, nature, cinema, theatre, literature, culture, people, body, dance – these are the passions that inspire Giovanna La Falce, an eclectic artist who lives and works in Milan

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ove of beauty in whatever form and meaning is the inspiration

interest in photography, which she transformed from a source of

behind her multi-faceted art, made up of paintings, sculpture,

inspiration to the work itself. She reprocessed and assembled

photographs and a wide range of material techniques. She

her photographs using multimedia techniques and painting,

uses mainly oils for her painting, lost wax bronze and clay for the

creating in this way surreal works that critics have described

sculptures, pixels and oils for her photo paintings. The overriding

as photographic paintings. La Falce’s eclecticism drove her to

characteristic in all her output is its unique nature – she rejects

experiment continually with materials and techniques. She made

uniformity and will not produce works in series. From oil paintings

metal grids in iron, bronze and copper, combining them with old

to the ceramic Raku vase, slip sculptures and her assembled

slips, ripped fabrics, paper, card and casts of liquid material.

and reprocessed photos, all her works are unique and entirely

The result is light, striking sculptures made even more ethereal

unrepeatable. She has always painted, but made her official entry

by invisible wires used in their creation. This type of exploration

into this fascinating world in the early 1990s after a stint in the

inevitably involved clay, a material she uses to make sculptural

hectic world of Milanese fashion. Her paintings of this period are

vases, heads, plate services and design objects. Her studies

oils characterised by the juxtaposition of light and shade, often

with Luca Leandri gave her a close relationship with the ancient

only bitonal, mostly depicting the human body, movement and

Japanese technique of Raku, which led her to realise that chance

dance. In the early 2000s La Falce began exploring the three-

can be the wayward variable that gives a work uniqueness and

dimensional world through sculpture and by visiting the historic

power, investing them with a very special appeal. Giovanna La

workshops of Pietrasanta. With them she mainly worked in bronze

Falce has exhibited in many one-woman and collective shows

using the lost wax technique and iron, creating slender human

in Italy and some of Europe’s most important cities. She lives

figures, spare and hollow to the point where the essence of

and works in Milan.

their spirit is reached. A few years later La Falce broadened her

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3 new faces of design Valeria Rastrelli

Tommaso Barbiero from Padova + Xhakomo Doda from Albania + Federico Rodio from the Salento = Studio Lunoma, alias creativity in its purest state

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hree young designers with a great deal in common despite

based on sustainable materials, a crucial element on their work.

their different backgrounds, life stories and personalities. They

Although they have only been operating for a short time, they

are united by a shared passion, – design, and in order to give

have completed a wide range of projects. Their first was “Linea

free rein to their individual and collective talent they set up Studio

19”, where the material communicates the Italian style – simple,

Lunoma. This young, fresh, dynamic company expresses creativity

elegant and honest. It comprises a lamp, armchair and coffee

with intense enthusiasm, and backed by their firm friendship the

table. In “Tredìtre” three vases of different heights express the

three designers are producing a series of exceptional projects

elegance of marble. They have a manifold function but a unique

and ideas. Their love of design is complemented by a feeling for

excellence. The third creation is “Sybilla”, where evocations and

communications and the number 19, their date of birth. Their

quotes from 20th century Italian design inspire an elegant, versatile

activity centres on a handful of focal points – designing brand

folding chair with the ceremonial shape and nature typical of

identities, digital illustration, interior and industrial design, the

prophets, priests and monarchs. It expresses a nostalgia for

web and social networks. They create a emotional narrative

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been forgotten. It is made entirely of chromed aluminium in two colour versions. “Sybilla” played the leading role in the “Hotel Nomade” exhibition held in August 2018 at the Palazzo dell’Elefante della Torre, curated by Ilaria Bona from an idea

by Antonio Lodovico Scolari and Christian Pizzinini. Instagram addicts, the guys at Studio Lunoma are always quick to share their work, surrounded by their passions and their life. Their adventure, though, can’t be summarised in simple, conventional terms – it’s a story of elegance, sustainability and emotions.

What makes this team of young designers so special is their ability to “look beyond”, becoming unique and utterly distinctive. studiolunoma.com

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Art and history in Valpolicella Antonella Euli

Holidaying in one of the oldest hotels in the world, surrounded by art and style, is a real privilege. We find out why

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e’re welcomed by the host, architect Leopoldo Montresor, a refined, cultured individual (his maternal grandfather was related to Emilio Salgari, a native of Verona, where he is also

buried) with an enthusiasm for collecting. He is passionate about fabrics and 17th and 18th century antiques of the Veneto region that he buys for himself and the hotel. The Villa del Quar, part of the LVX division of the prestigious Preferred Hotels & Resorts chain, is a luxurious refuge in Valpolicella, near Verona, an area that has been famous for its wine since Roman times. It’s not surprising, then, that the huge vineyard that surrounds the propriety nurtures grapes that go to produce Satyrus wine, a blend of corvina, corvinone, rondinella, merlot and cabernet. Originally a Roman residence providing accommodation for dignitaries and officials travelling along the via Claudia Augusta, the hotel structure still includes remains of the old walls and a Roman cellar that hosts tastings and dinners with dishes created from recipes by the ancient Roman gourmet Marcus Gavius Apicius. It became a castle when under the control of the Scaliger family of Verona, and then a Veneto villa, as attested to by the date of 1539 that appears on a frieze.

Montresor describes it as a “residence in movement”,

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and constantly adds magnificent objects for guests to

swimming pool, reading room, the Salgari Bar and a helipad

admire and enjoy. Its twelve double rooms and thirteen

for prestigious guests. The Arquade restaurant features

lifestyle suites contain references to the neo-classicism of

a menu with local and gourmet dishes by Executive Chef

the exterior architecture and the Imperial style. The hotel also

Alessio Cera, creator of a refined, abstract contemporary

features Italy’s largest country suite, with a floorspace of 550

style with colourful dishes prepared using molecular

square metres. The single two-storey block Villa Tresor is a

techniques. Guests enjoy all this on the bright, flower-filled

complex of four suites plus lounge with independent access,

veranda or in the elegant setting of the indoor restaurant. The

offering breakfast, restaurant, bar and in-room check-in. In

hotel is part of the LVX division of the prestigious Preferred

the scrupulously well-tended garden are a clover-leaf shaped

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