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La Rei Natura joins Les Grandes Tables du Monde
Michelangelo Mammoliti's restaurant in the Langhe enters the fine-dining association founded in Paris in 1954, which now counts 208 member houses in 29 countries.

Scerni winery accident: young worker dies at cooperative
A seasonal worker died while cleaning wine vats at the Cantina sociale San Panfilo in Abruzzo. Prosecutors have ordered an autopsy and the cause is under investigation.

Ein Prosit Udine brings Lima, Buenos Aires and Paris to Friuli
The 27th edition runs until Sunday with more than 90 chefs and dinners priced from €90 to €250. Three recent World's 50 Best winners are on the bill, mostly in shared kitchens.

Ribollita recipe: the Tuscan soup that is boiled twice
Dried cannellini, cavolo nero, savoy cabbage and stale unsalted bread, cooked one day and boiled again the next. Six portions, with the reason behind every step.

La Dolce Vita Orient Express adds four routes for 2027
Wine in Bolgheri and Verona, truffles in Alba, plus Portofino and Venice: the Italian sleeper train's new programme starts at €3,060 a head, and most of the tastings are extras.

Antinori wine theft: 30,000 bottles reported stolen in Cortona
Italian media put the value at about €5 million. Carabinieri and police are investigating, no arrests are reported, and the sources disagree on the night it happened and on bottle prices.

World's 50 Best Bars 2026: the full list, Bar Leone on top
Hong Kong's Bar Leone keeps the No.1 it won last year, Moebius Milano jumps to second in its home city and 14 new bars enter a ranking spread over 26 cities.

Merano WineFestival sets up a wine observatory for 2027
The 35th edition opens at the Kurhaus on 6 November with 810 exhibitors. Its founder also wants the fair to start measuring how wine will be made, sold and drunk.

Mauro Uliassi named Chef of the Year by Food and Travel Italia
The Senigallia chef and Don Alfonso 1890 took the two main titles at a gala in Salento that handed out 40 prizes in one evening, from pizzaiolo to airline of the year.

Bonci opens a no-seat pizza counter at Roma Termini
Gabriele Bonci is back inside Rome's main station with a streamlined pizza counter built for travellers, run with MyChef and Grandi Stazioni Retail.

Donatella Cinelli Colombini wins DoctorWine's A Life for Wine
The Montalcino producer who started Italy's open-cellars day in 1993 was handed the career award of the Guida Essenziale ai Vini d'Italia 2027 in Milan on 3 October.

Best restaurants in Palermo 2026: 12 tables worth booking
From one-star Mec opposite the Cathedral to a third-generation deli in Mondello: 12 Palermo tables, all inside the city and all in the current Michelin selection.
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