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Welcome fellow Italophiles. If you have a passion for visiting and learning about ITALY, a county rich in history, culture, natural splendor and gastronomic delights, In Love With Italy™ is for you! It’s an additional service we hope our friends and visitors will enjoy. List of all In Love With Italy™ editions and credits appear at the bottom of this page.
Did you know?
Abraham Lincoln asked Italian patriot and brilliant General Giuseppe Garibaldi to serve as a Major General leading forces of the Union Army during the Civil War. Garibaldi, who lived in the U.S. for four years and applied for citizenship, declined the honor primarily because his desire was to serve as commander of the Union forces, which the Constitution forbid. He also sought assurances from Lincoln that the war was being waged to end slavery. Garibaldi’s talents were needed to unify Italy. States Constitution.
 Famous Italian
Dante Alighieri (originally Durante) was Italy’s greatest poet and one of the most venerated authors of Western Civilization. Dante was born on 1 June 1265 in Florence and his immortal and vastly popular “Divina Commedia” – “Divine Comedy” is credited with standardizing the modern Italian language. In addition to authoring brilliant works such as "Inferno", the "Purgatario", the "Paradiso and “La Vita Nuova” – “The New Life”, he also served as a soldier, doctor, pharmacist and political strategist. A few famous Dante lines: “Follow your own star.” “He listens well who takes notes.” “Remember tonight for it is the beginning of always.” “The hottest places in hell are reserved for those who in times of great moral crises maintain their neutrality.” The famous poet died in Ravenna on 14 September 1321.
New Word
Sovramagnificentissimamente: in a very magnificent way. Dante invented the word in his “De Vulgari Eloquentia” written in 1303 and it is not used often today. It has 27 letters. Trivia: Years and numbers in Italian are spelled without spaces or commas so the words easily become quite long. For example, the number 7,777,777 is settemilliardisettecentosettantasettemilasettecentosettantasette which has 64 letters. Try to say that word 10 times fast—or even one time slowly!
 Place to visit
Bolgheri, a pictorial hamlet which is characteristically Tuscan. Famous Italian poet Giosuè Carducci, winner of the Nobel Prize for Literature in 1906, lived here from 1838-1848. In Carducci’s poem “Davanti San Guido”, the poet immortalized Bolgheri’s main viale (drive) lined with towering cypress trees. Mariò and Nicolo Incisa della Rocchetta put Bolgheri on the map again with their acclaimed super Tuscan red Sassicaia. Andy Hampsten, the only American biker to win the prestigious Giro d’Italia (also placed fourth in the Tour de France twice and won the Tour of Switzerland twice) moved to Bolgheri where he and his wife Linda have lived since 1996. Andy and his brother Steve run Cinghiale Cycling Tours in the heart of Tuscany’s bike riding country where they lead bike tours seven times a year. The nearby town of Castagneto Carducci is named after Giosuè Carducci.
Restaurant
Cucina Mediterranea Piazza Ugo 2/3, Bolgheri, Livorno 57020 tel. 0565.762173 (Closed Mondays). Creative Tuscan cooking at its best. A local favorite in the quaint town of Bolgheri, owner-chefs Omar Barsacchi and Jonathan D’Alessi prepare a feast that will please connoisseurs. Scrumptious courses such as pasta with shrimp and crayfish, fresh seafood and quail are prepared with great care. As a final indulgence, their specialty dessert is tortino di mele, an apple tort with gelati and an artistic burnt sugar design. Alfresco dining during spring and summer. Indulge with a bottle of Sassicaia!
 Hotel
Tombolo Talasso Resort (formerly Grand Hotel Tombolo)***** This five star resort is close to the Tyrrhenian Sea and only 7 miles from Bolgheri. La Regina Maria José, Italy’s last Queen, sojourned here with her children and with the deluxe spa, grottos and five thermal pools, Roman and Turkish spas, it’s easy to see why. Stay here and be pampered like royalty as well. Enjoy 200 meters of private beach. The hotel itself is set beyond sand dunes 50 meters from the sea. Recently acquired by the Antinori family, cousins to Marchese Nicolò. Via del Corallo 3, Marina di Castagneto Carducci, 57022 Italy. tel: 0565-74530 fax: 0565-744052
email:info@tombolotalasso.it http://www.grandhoteltombolo.com/
 Winery
 Tenuta San Guido. Bolgheri, Livorno. Most wine cognoscente consider Sassicaia to be Italy’s quintessential Cabernet Sauvignon. The winery is a venerable institution. Vintage after vintage Sassicaia proves to be extraordinary. Sassicaia is instantly recognizable because of its amazingly fine-grained tannins which are impeccably silky. Il Marchese Nicolò Incisa della Rocchetta (right) and his oenologist Giacomo Tachis are to be commended for their legendary Bolgheri reds!
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Sassicaia 2001. Tre bichiere or three glasses—the highest rating which equates to a 90-100 score. “It is a massive, muscular Sassicaia…one of the finest Sassicaia’s of the past 15 years, along with the ’98…Sassicaia is on a different planet” says Gambero Rosso.
  
Italian Wines 2005”, Gambero Rosso and Slow Food Editore, page 499
More InfoItalia:
 Highly recommend coffee table book: “Sassicaia: The Original Super Tuscan” by Marco Fini.
We’ve all known for a long time that Sassicaia is out of this universe but now Sassicaia is the first vine in space. Tendril-grafts from the Sassicaia vineyard were launched into space on a Kayser Italia mission with Italian astronaut Roberto Vittori on 15 April 2005.
Nicolò Incisa Della Rocchetta pictured on the left with his daughter Priscilla.
Twelve limited edition MiniSassicaia cars were produced in 2001 in collaboration with Mini Cooper, UKgarage of Milano and Gruppo Meregalli in honor of Sassicaia. This collector edition features an all leather interior with mahogany accents and a gigantic 1985 label decorates the car’s top in honor of this cherished vintage.
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In Love With Italy™ - List of All Editions:
- Vol VII, No. 1
- Vol VII, No. 2
- Vol VII, No. 3
- Vol VII, No. 4
- Vol VII, No. 5
- Vol VII, No. 6
- Vol VII, No. 7
- Vol VII, No. 8
- Vol VII, No. 9
- Vol VII, No. 10
- Vol VII, No. 11
- Vol VII, No. 12
- Vol VII, No. 13
- Vol VII, No. 14
- Vol VII, No. 15
- Vol VII, No. 16
- Vol VII, No. 17
- Vol VII, No. 18
- Vol VII, No. 19
- Vol VII, No. 20: In Heaven with SEVEN and Seven Angels
- Vol VII, No. 21: The Heavenly Angels - Sette Angeli - Seven Angels
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Vol. VII № 2 Source Notes and Credits
- Abraham Lincoln & Giuseppe Garibaldi
- Dante Alighiere
- Sovramagnificentissimamente
- Bolgheri and Giosuè Carducci
- Cucina Mediterranea
- Tombolo Talasso Resort - Grand Hotel Tombolo
- Sassicaia - Tenuta San Guido - Marchese Nicolò Incisa della Rocchetta
Abraham Lincoln & Giuseppe Garibaldi
Dante Alighieri
Sovramagnificentissimamente
Bolgheri and Giosuè Carducci
Cucina Mediterranea, Bolgheri
- Recommendation of Il Marchese Nicolò Incissa della Rocchetta , 21 June 2005
Tombolo Talasso Resort - Grand Hotel Tombolo
Sassicaia - Tenuta San Guido - Marchese Nicolò Incisa della Rocchetta
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