"By the time you read this the vendemmia will be over, the grapes pressed and bottled and the wine starting to ferment. We have just the one huge monster vine which has wrapped itself around the pergola and after last year's brutal hacking back by the builders is now groaning under the weight of fat, black fragolina eating grapes. After reading Marc Millon's article in this issue on passito maybe I will let them get really mature and then try my hand at making vin santo for Christmas."
Fiona Tankard - Italy Magazine Editor Read on for the contents of the
November Issue or click here to order the issue online
sense of place
'chestnuts roasting in an open fire' - in Turin, Piedmont
on the rails - the Faenza to Florence line
A train journey off the beaten track from Faenza to Florence described by seasoned traveller Stefano Rossini
Todi: the perfect city
Stefano Caporali sings the praises of Todi and its surroundings in the Middle Tiber Valley
letters
what's on
Our guide to the most interesting events in Italy in November
Italian insight and news
painting in paradise
A double love for Italy has also enabled Alan Reed to mix business with pleasure
book reviews
what Rubens learned from the Italians
Aleid Ford reviews an exhibition covering the great artist's early years
dual language
In this issue's dual language article, Richard Sale describes an eerie battlefield in north-east Italy
what Rubens learned from the Italians
Aleid Ford reviews an exhibition covering the great artist's early years
ex-stravaganza
A lifelong love for Italy inspired Mary Hoffman's breathtaking series of books
Passito wines
The secrets of these luscious dessert wines revealed by Marc Millon
the generation game
Germaine Stafford travels to Irpinia to meet a family whose gastronomic future lies firmly in the past
day tripper
Let Christine Webb be your guide to Umbria's capital, PERUGIA
artisans of the Via Emilia
Why is Emilia Romagna home to so many car makers? Timandra Harkness seeks out the answer
one man and his olives
Oretta Zanini de Vita meets a man totally devoted to his 'children'
Palermo's Villa Giulia and Orto Botanico
Two lovely gardens in Palermo make Sue Robinson's days
an old mill by the stream
Adam Butler discovers a lovingly-restored property on the Tuscan coast
autumn and winter menswear fashion
There's a design company paying tribute to a devastatingly-cool Hollywood icon this winter. Monica Moretti seeks it out
business
Our regular feature by Emma Bird looks at surviving in Sicily and how to become a relocation agent
what's available in... western Umbria
Paul Cleary and Charlie Mitford look at the property market in the 'Green Heart' of Italy
