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Costa Coffee: New items confirmed on summer menu including cheese bites and tiramisu cookie
Chad
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July 2, 2025
The cookie joins Costa’s tiramisu coffee range ☕ Costa Coffee set to launch brand-new menu items New items include hot drinks, iced drinks, savoury and sweet food Costa has launched a brand-new tiramisu cookie Costa Coffee has confirmed the launch...
The Barn by NOA: a Schatzkammer in Northern Italy
Hotel Designs
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July 2, 2025
A new chapter for the family-owned Apfelhotel Torgglerhof in Val Passiria, Northern Italy, The Barn has been conceived as a place to explore a curated selection of regional products in an intimate, lived-in environment. Located on the ground floor...
Meghan, Duchess of Sussex, launches rosé wine
The Drinks Business
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July 1, 2025
The Duchess of Sussex has launched a rosé from Napa Valley – her first wine – as part of her lifestyle brand, which goes on sale today. Image from wikipedia – https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/deed.en The wine, which was first announced...
Historic pub on cobbled market square to reopen as £1m Italian
Manchester Evening News
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July 2, 2025
An historic pub that sits in a unique location on a cobbled market square next to one of Cheshire's most famous landmarks is to reopen as a new £1m Italian restaurant. The Crown Hotel in Sandbach, which dates back to the 17th century, has lain...
Travel: Paradise Found In Italian Lake District
Los Alamos Daily Post - New Mexico
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Lake Sils is an ideal place to kayak with beautiful scenery and calm water. Photo by Debbie Stone Approaching Villa Balbianello by kayak provides the best views of this stately estate. Photo by Debbie Stone By DEBBIE STONE Santa Fe For the Los...
Jessica Biel Launches Family Wine Label with Brother and Sister-in-Law
Times News Global
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July 2, 2025
Los Angeles, CA — Actress Jessica Biel has officially launched Prophet & Poet, a new wine label she co-founded with her brother Justin Biel, sister-in-law Rose Biel, winemaker Jesse Katz, and Chris and Ariel Jackson, the owners of Jackson Family...
The 'real reason' Meghan Markle has decided to start selling wine
Daily Express
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July 2, 2025
The wine was described as featuring "soft notes of stone fruit, gentle minerality, and a lasting finish". It was sold on the As Ever website in batches of three, six and twelve. While Meghan is believed to be fond of wine herself, having...
OrderPort Announces Strategic Investment in Wine Suite
Wine Industry Network
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July 1, 2025
International expansion creates a global winery-focused software company Bellevue, WA & Milan, Italy (July 1, 2025) – OrderPort, a leading provider of software dedicated to the needs of wineries and related beverage alcohol producers, today...
Using an Italian Chitarra, homemade pasta comes with strings attached
The York Dispatch - Pennsylvania
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Being a mom is a tough job, but it also can come with some amazing perks. That includes terrific gifts on Mother’s Day as tokens of appreciation for everything you’ve done for your kids over the years. This year, I got an Italian chitarra...
New restaurant opens in former Huntington Italian spot
Newsday - New York
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Slow and steady wins the race. What started as a takeout spot in Franklin Square in 2015 has expanded with another full service restaurant, Brasas Peru Bistro, which recently opened in Huntington village. After a glow-up of the former Osteria da...
A glamorous new Negroni bar and Italian haven has opened in Sydney’s CBD
Time Out
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Stepping into Conte Sydney, you’d be forgiven for thinking you’d skipped the 21-hour flight and landed straight in a glamorous bar and restaurant in Italy. The new multi-level dining destination, located on Clarence Street in the CBD, is the...
Valeo Foods Group Acquires Melegatti Cakes Expanding the Italian Bakery Portfolio
Voice of Alexandria - Minnesota
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LONDON--(BUSINESS WIRE)--Jul 1, 2025-- Valeo Foods Group, one of Europe’s leading producers of quality sweets, treats and snacks, has successfully acquired the assets of an Italian panettone, pandoro and croissant producer, Melegatti 1894 S.p.A....
BOTTLE SHOTS | OPINION: Seven Arkansas eateries receive Wine Spectator Restaurant Awards
Northwest Arkansas Democrat Gazette
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July 1, 2025
In 1981, Wine Spectator magazine established its Wine Spectator Restaurant Awards to recognize excellence in restaurant wine programs and wine lists from around the world. The award aims to highlight restaurants that offer outstanding wine...
Wilder Wines Sparkles in Its New Downtown Burlington Home
Seven Days - Vermont
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July 1, 2025
When I walked into Wilder Wines' new location on Burlington's College Street on opening day, I had a flashback. It was T. Rugg's Tavern, July 2021. Sipha Lam was hosting a packed pop-up — one I later described in this paper as "somewhere between a...
Al Pacino, 85, gets smooch from much-younger Italian journalist at dinner in Rome
New York Post
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July 1, 2025
Al Pacino got a tender kiss from much-younger Italian journalist Caterina Di Terlizzi during a dinner in Rome. The “Godfather” actor, 85, was photographed dining with a group at Il Bolognese in Piazza del Popolo on Monday while dressed in...
The rise of at-home wine rooms: Inside the trend redefining the modern cellar
Allhomes
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When you think of a wine cellar, your mind might picture a subterranean dugout brimming with dusty old bottles. It’s cold and crowded, even a little creepy. It’s a novelty to visit, sure, but not as comfy as your neighbourhood wine bar. That’s all...
Celebrating the goddess of Italian cooking — a film, friend and recipe
Yakima Herald-Republic - Washington State
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THE RECENTLY RELEASED documentary “Marcella” got people talking about the revered Italian cookbook author again, and she should be talked about. If you love food and you’re not yet a Marcella Hazan acolyte, you need to know about her volumes of...
Red Wine and Dr. Pepper, but Not Combined — Because That Would Be Gross
The Good Men Project - California
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July 1, 2025
What is my favorite drink? Red wine is my go to in the evenings and with dinner. But margaritas are a close second when out on the town, or for happy hour. However, I was a Dr. Pepper addict for a long time. As in, I had one every day around 3:00...
Six white wines that work wonders as an aperitif
The Times
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One of the great things about wine is that there’s a style to suit almost any occasion. If it’s a celebration, is there anything better than the popping of the cork on a bottle of fizz? Similarly, almost any dish, heavy or light, will find a wine...
Peroni Wants Italian Beer Ice to be the Drink of Summer
Adweek
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July 1, 2025
Every year as the temperatures heat up, so does the public debate: what will be the drink of the summer? Will it be a margarita, a frosé, or some kind of spritz? Enter a new contender: Peroni Italian Beer Ice, a limited-edition, frozen treat...