FASHION & LIFESTYLE!

Fabiano Ricci is a brand committed to the best tradition of fine Made in Italy footwear production.
The company is located in the picturesque hills of the Le Marche region, which is known as the heart of the Italian footwear industry where artisans have honed their skills over generations.

Fabiano Ricci has always offered a wide and diverse range of footwear created for a selected market looking for classic handmade shoes as well as dress or casual and sport shoes: always stylish.

Fabiano Ricci collaborates with designers and technicians in order to create unique styles for clients. The collections branded Fabiano Ricci are the result of an in-depth experience and advanced research.

The purpose is to keep alive the handmade tradition using top quality shapes and materials. Fabiano Ricci is distributing all over the world his own products of men’s footwear: to wholesalers, retailers, specialty shops and retail chains.

It was a sunday morning, my mother was coming to visit us in Macerata. Let me check if there is any “sagra” going on.. i don’t know, maybe some food festival, religious feast or something.. We find this one in Ripatransone, in the province of Ascoli Piceno. A few times I’ve heard the name of this little town facing the Sibillini mountains on one side and the sea on the other side. Never though have I known it was home to Ascanio Condivi, first official biographer of Michelangelo.

Not only this, Ripatransone is one lovely town, with a vibrant Renaissance vibe, a little Florence on the Marche hills. Perfect for a day trip, especially when it’s too hot in the valley and you feel like you need to enjoy the view on the mountains while drinking some good wine.

During the snow storm of the century in Central Italy, I can't think of a better way to warm up than devouring a plate of rich & creamy pasta with a good bottle of red after a day of shoveling the drive. Perfect for a cold winter's night, lasagna bianco, 'white lasagna' is made with porcini mushrooms, sausages & bechamel, a local classic in northern Le Marche. A refined take on the usual red sauce classic, that will have your mouthwatering for more after the first bite.

Extra Delicious Tip: Make sure to have your pasta sheets large enough to hang over the edges creating golden crispy edges!

Lasagna Bianco -White Lasagna

serves 6
1 recipe of egg pasta or 4 sheets of fresh pasta
1 recipe of béchamel sauce
8 oz. sausage meat (250 gr)
2 cloves garlic, whole, peeled
2 big handfuls (about 2 cups) chopped mushrooms (we use porcini, chanertelle and other local wild mushrooms)
small handful of chopped parsley
3 Tablespoons of olive oil
salt & pepper to taste...

Vineyards - Growing area: the Marche, in the province of Ascoli Piceno. Location: the vineyards are sited nearby Acquaviva Picena town and are cultivated by using the biological techniques. Age: varies from 8 to 30 years. Soils: derived from alluvially-deposited seabed sediment, predominantly Plio-Pleistocene and Miocene, with predominance of sand and rock sloping down to the coast. Aspect and elevation: on sunny hills at 200-350 m. Grapes: 60% Montepulciano, 40% Sangiovese. Training system: guyot and double guyot. Vineyard density: 2.500-4.000 vines per hectare. Yield: 100 q of grapes. Harvest: hand-picked. Vinification: fermentation at controlled temperature, maceration on the skins in steel tanks with daily pumpovers. Maturation: partly in French oak barrels for 4 months Appearance: ruby red colour tending to garnet at the rim. Bouquet: soft fruit, well-ripened cherry melding impressively into subtler impressions of violet. Long and intense. Palate: dry and sapid, its supple tannins and the alcoholic warmth create an admirable balance. Cellaring - Its obvious youthful qualities best suit it to be enjoyed during its first year, but it give considerable pleasure even after 3-4 years. Serving suggestions - Tomato sauce and ragout pasta, very good with bolognese lasagne and macaroni timbale. Perfect with porchetta (roast whole pig), shank of pork and veal stew. Serving temperature - 16/18° C. Alcohol: 12,5% vol.

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The Swiss watchmaker IWC Schaffhausen manufactory and the Italian brand Santoni joined their know-how and their prestige to create classic and elegant aesthetic unique products that give little or no concessions to the excesses of technicality; masterpieces of manufacturing art precision.
Their partnership begins with the creation of exclusive alligator finest leather straps, designed and handcrafted by Santoni manufacturing for the Portofino Manual Upload Eight Days model and for the Portofino Dual Time model.
Creations where can be found all the craftsmanship values, combined with the technical research, technological innovation and creative thinking, generating a perfect combination of simple elegance and timeless beauty.
Elegant straps for exclusive timepieces inspired by the Italian Dolce Vita.

Brosway is a company leader in the market of Italian fashion jewels.
All the Brosway jewels are fashion creations which show quality, innovation and design.
Brosway is synonym of Italian glamour jewellery, trendy anthology of stainless steel, gold and diamond jewels.
Choosing soft lines, refined shapes and pairing precious materials like diamonds with stainless steel, small precious stones with gold.
Brosway, the satisfaction of wearing a jewel with its own distinctive and timeless design, distinction in elegance, simplicity and style. As part of its total communication strategy, Brosway introduces its first international spokesmodel: the Spanish actress Penelope Cruz. Through the years Brosway’s Italian glamour jewellery production grows exponentially, becoming the company’s core business. Today, Brosway’s Italian glamour jewellery is known and appreciated globally and continues to set the trends.

Organolectic Description of the Wine

Colour: greenish yellow
Fragrance: intense with hints of ripe fruit and lightly dried grapes
Flavour: velvety with pleasant sensations of tropical fruit, candied peach and pineapple
Consistency: dry, with correct acidity, a wide and full concoction unfolds in the mouth in confirmation of an elegant combination

Technical Data

Total Hectarage as vineyard: 550 hectares, from participating members, in total
Soil makeup: medium mix, predominantly clayish
Production in Hl: 150

Availability as bottles: 20.000
Mean vineyard altitude in metres: 300 above sea level
Plant density per hectare: No.of vines 3.000
Training method: vertical-trellised
Percentage grape mix: trebbiano, pecorino, passerina and verdicchio
Fermentation: without the skins and with the use of a selected yeast strain
Bottle ageing: 6 months
Alcohol content % vol.: 13 Total acidity gr./l.: 5,8
Residual sugar gr./l.: 3,5

Villa San Pellegrino is situated on a splendid panoramic hill, from which you can admire the Adriatic Coast and the Sibillini Mountains. Thanks to its beautiful location and the typical climate of Italian hills, the atmosphere is really relaxed and that favors a high quality of life.The villa, situated amidst a green park of 30.000 m surrounded with secular trees, fruits and olive trees and far from the city traffic, is the perfect place to find privacy and a peaceful environment.Villa San Pellegrino is an ancient villa which dates back to the 1800, but has been completely restored in the 1990s.Finished using prestigious materials like marble, wood and wrought iron and enriched with artistic decoration, the Villa provides an elegant and exclusive atmosphere....