Tuscany

Bellissimo Brunellos of Montalcino

Cheryl Carlesimo | Posted 05.07.2012

Read More: Pasta, Wine Tasting, Italian Red Wine, San Marzano, Cherry Tomatoes, Tuscany, Brunello Di Montalcino, Suckling, Vintage, Wine, Vineyards, Burgundies, Sokolin, Romanesques, James Montalcino, City Winery, Food News

You feel like you can taste the sun in every swallow. The quality of the single grape wine made in the traditional centuries old method gives Brunello its distinctive taste of the land and the region.

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5 Tips For Renting A Villa In Italy

Kathy McCabe | Posted 04.27.2012

Read More: Italian Travel, Under the Tuscan Sun, Travel Tips, Italy Travel, Italy, Travel, Villa Rentals, Tuscany, Travel News

Renting a villa in Italy allows us to live like Italians -- if only for a week or two.

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A Luxury Villa Hotel In Florence

Jill Fergus | Posted 05.19.2012

Read More: Palazzo Strozzi, Romantic, Renaissance, Florence, Il Duomo, Tuscany, Villa Hotel, Slidepollajax, Travel News

Ojetti, a loft suite with a skylight, boasts a glass-floored living room and a winding stone staircase that leads to a fabulous Florence-facing outdoor deck.

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Sangiovese: Italy's Most Ubiquitous Grape

Richard Jennings | Posted 05.14.2012

Read More: Chianti, Winetasting, Vino Nobile Di Montepulciano, Super Tuscan, Wine, Italian Wine, Tuscany, Sangiovese, Brunello, San Francisco News

In years where full ripening is possible, Sangiovese grapes tend to have red and black cherry aromas, with dried cherry, dried berry, spice and savory notes coming through on the palate.

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Dozens Of Countries Worried About Passengers

AP | By DAVID STRINGER and NICOLE WINFIELD | Posted 03.15.2012

Read More: Costa Concordia Cruise Liner, Italy Cruise Liner Stricken, Costa Concordia Disaster, Italy Costa Concordia, Video, Costa Concordia Tuscany, Italy, Cruise Line Italy, Tuscany, Costa Concordia, World News

PORTO SANTO STEFANO, Italy -- Language barriers, overwhelmed local authorities, squads of foreign diplomats with lists of awkward questions – th...

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Luxury Cruise Ship Runs Aground Off Coast Of Tuscany

AP | FRANCES D'EMILIO | Posted 03.14.2012

Read More: Video, Cruise Ships, Costa Cruises, Cruises, Italy, Costa Concordia, Giglio, Tuscany, Cruise Ship, World News

By FRANCES D'EMILIO, The Associated Press ROME (AP) — A luxury cruise ship ran aground off the coast of Tuscany, gashing open the hull and forcin...

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PHOTOS: Preparing For Christmas In Italy

Kathy McCabe | Posted 02.12.2012

Read More: Turin, Markets, Milan, Puglia, Rome, Christmas, Food, Italy Travel, Italy, Vatican, Umbria, Italian Food, Christmas Shopping, Nativity Scenes, Tuscany, Slidepollajax, Travel News

From the Christmas markets in Alto-Aldige to a 250-person strong live Nativity pageant in Puglia, there are Christmas enchantments and surprises in every corner of Italy.

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U.S. Citizen Killed In Italy

AP | Posted 12.07.2011

Read More: Suspect, Surveillance Footage, Allison Owens Jogger, American Woman, Italy, Allison Owens Killed, Allison Owens, Tuscany, Tour Guide, Video, World News

By NICOLE WINFIELD, Associated Press ROME -- The driver of a car that hit and killed an American woman while she was jogging turned himself in Frid...

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Failure To Launch

Wendy Dennis | Posted 12.07.2011

Read More: Oxytocin, Boomerang Children, Coming-of-Age, Millennials, Delayed Adolescence, Tuscany, Teenagers, Detachment Parenting, Young Adults, Prolonged Adolescence, Parenting Gig, Echo Boomers, Attachment Parenting, Failure to Launch, Parental Units, Obnoxious, Generation Y, Huff/Post50 News

I used to think that adolescence was the rough ride of parenthood and that once it was over I could cruise to the finish line. But the one thing they ...

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Wine Country Wonders: Vineyard Vacations

Jetsetter.com | Posted 10.26.2011

Read More: Vino, Napa, Trip, Jetsetter, Vineyard, jetsetter.com, Winophile, Wine, Travel, Vacation, Tuscany, Slidepollajax, Foodie Travel, Travel News

What's better than an afternoon of swilling and slurping?

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Straightened Up, Not Out (VIDEO)

Posted 11.30.2011

Read More: Leaning Tower of Pisa, Video, Pisa Travel, Global Pulse, Travel Video, Italy Travel, Italy, Tuscany, Europe Travel, Pisa Leaning Tower, Travel News

Restoring the Leaning Tower of Pisa, a monument renowned for its imperfection, was a complicated business for the Italian government, which had to be ...

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Italian Friars Pray Bible Thief Gets The Runs

Posted 10.19.2011

Read More: Michelangelo, Italy, Italian Friars Pray for Diarrhea, San Salvatore Al Monte, Diarrhea, Italian Friars, Tuscany, Montezuma's Revenge, World News

It's often referred to as "Montezuma's revenge," but maybe now it will be known as "Tuscan friars' revenge." An order of Italian friars, angered a...

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Tips For Tipping Etiquette [GRAPHIC]

The Huffington Post | Posted 10.15.2011

Read More: Richard Stribling, Limo Drivers, Bartenders, Business Insider, Gratuity, Tipping Etiquette, Waiters, Prime Minister David Cameron, Tipping Guide, Tipping, Tuscany, Business News

The etiquette of tipping has always been tricky, and in this economy, people may be more sensitive to it than ever. Depending on the personal servi...

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Painting Poetry: The Art of Edward Mayes and Alberto Alfonso

Darby Roach | Posted 09.04.2011

Read More: Slidepollajax, Painting, Edward Mayes, Poetry, Tuscan Sun Festival, Tuscany, Art, Collaborative Art, Alberto Alfonso, Cortona Italy, Arts News

The collaboration between poet Edward Mayes and architect and painter Alberto Alfonso gives credence to the idea that art happens not on the printed page or on the canvas, but rather in our mind's eye.

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Kick Up Your Heels Down in the South of Italy

Jennifer Ceaser | Posted 08.20.2011

Read More: Italy, Greece, Puglia, Napa Valley, Adriatic Sea, Italian Wine, Sicily, Italian Food, Tuscany, Travel News

Tuscany is known for its wine, Sicily for its food, and the Amalfi Coast for its beaches, but Puglia has all these -- even if few know about it.

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Florence: Art On and Off the Beaten Path

Barbara Ernst Prey | Posted 07.22.2011

Read More: Leonardo Da Vinci, Italy, Europe, Watercolor, Pitti Palace, Museum Exhibit, Rome, Museum, Contemporary Art, Artist, Still Life, Michaelangelo, Musei Capitolini, Tuscany, Rafael, New York, Art Exhibit, Harvard, Rijks Museum, Metropolitan Museum, New Yorker, Casa Buonarrotti, Painter, Williams College, Art, Florence, Art History, Amsterdam, Strozzi, Uffizi, Arts News

In a city overflowing with art and history, there are always under-appreciated works to be seen and enjoyed. Having visited this Mecca for art-lovers several times in the past, I returned for another look.

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Tuscany Italy's Luxury Hotel Il Pellicano, a Respite Home to Generations of Fashionistas (VIDEO)

Shana Ting Lipton | Posted 07.05.2011

Read More: Resorts, Photography, Luxury Travel, Hotels, Fashion Photography, Italy, Tuscany, Travel News

A new book tells the story of the infamous and exclusive retreat in Porto Ercole through photographs -- from its inception in the '60s through to today.

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Ex-Olive Garden Manager Reveals Truth Behind Chain's Tuscan Cooking School

Slashfood | Posted 06.14.2011

Read More: Culinary Institute of Tuscany, Olive Garden, Olive Garden Tuscany, Tuscany, Olive Garden Cooking School, Food News

Sorry to burst your bubble, Olive Garden fans, but that "cooking school" in Tuscany, the one where the chain's chefs supposedly go to learn the secret...

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A Weekend in Florence

Anthony Lassman | Posted 06.07.2011

Read More: Chianti, Holidays, Travel Tips, Salvador Dali, Museums, Ponte-Vecchio, April, Cianti Art Museums, Italy, Travel, Joan Miro, Picasso, Tuscan Food, Tuscany, Florence, Holiday Tips, Travel News

As opposed to Rome, the first weekend of April is not traditionally sunbathing weather for Florence. However, I was there on Friday and Saturday an...

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Why We Don't Need A 'Men's Movement' To Be Good Men

Tom Matlack | Posted 11.17.2011

Read More: Robert Bly, Iron John, Recovery, Adultery, Aa, Men's Rights, Tuscany, Masculism, Mgtow, Masculinity, Anti-Misandry, Gender Stereotypes, Parenting, Gender, Gender Equality, Gender Roles, Fatherhood, Deadbeat Dads, Absentee Fathers, Fathers, Healthy Living News

There are plenty of ways the law (particularly family law) and popular culture, as represented by the media, have limited men. But we have no one to blame but ourselves. We made the laws. We control the media. Our popular culture has dumbed down men to sex- and sports-crazed idiots, with very little space for the nuanced truth of how hard it is to try to be a good dad and a good husband and breadwinner

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Mama Gogo Goes for the Oscar

Cynthia Ellis | Posted 05.25.2011

Having lunch with director Fridrik Thor Fridriksson is like sitting across the table from Steven Spielberg who has magically fused with the Dalai Lama, and then taken up residency in a tall Nordic man's body.

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Taiwan: A Cycling Paradise (SLIDESHOW)

Michael Turton | Posted 05.25.2011

Read More: Bicycling, Taiwan, Travel, Asia, Slidepollajax, Miaoli County, Jiufen Ershan, Liyu Reservoir, Sashimi, Yosemite Valley, Tuscany, 7-11, Travel News

The other day a friend of mine posted a picture from a recent bike ride in Taiwan to a popular bike forum. "Where was that taken," commenters asked, "Tuscany?"

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PHOTOS: Traveling To (And Through) The Heart Of Italy

Paolo Rossi | Posted 05.25.2011

Read More: Lucca, Holidays, Siena, Romance, Roadtrip, Road Trip, Italy, Travel, Pisa, Tuscany, Florence, Slidepollajax, Travel News

Over 40 million tourists travel to Italy every year, making it the fith most visited country in the world. The capital Rome is by far the most popular...

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Live Like a Local With Vacation Rentals

Millie Kerr | Posted 05.25.2011

Read More: Travel Tips, Vacation Travel, England, Venice, Travel, Vacation, Home Rentals, Italy, Europe, Tuscany, Travel News

Vacation rentals are fast becoming my travel obsession: how else can travelers, especially those on a budget, really get to know a place? Spend the night cooking in with friends, rather than dining out among strangers?

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Hidden Italy's Pitigliano Remains off the Tourist Grid

Susan Fogwell | Posted 05.25.2011

Read More: Tuscany, Pitigliano, Slidepollajax, Tour Italy, Italy Travel, Italy, Visit Italy, Travel News

Pitigliano is in Maremma, which is considered a wild and undiscovered region in southern Tuscany complete with cowboys, half-feral horses and long-horned white cattle.

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