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A Taste of Italy Success Story: After a standing-room-only-seminar, Calabria prepares to send its best food products to Texas.

Earlier this week, IACC business development manager Francesca Bacci accompanied Texas-based chef Luciano Salvadore to the Mercato delle Eccellenze di Calabria (MEC) in Calabria. Chef Luciano, the executive chef at Il Calabrese restaurant in South Lake (Dallas), had been asked by MEC’s founder and director Giovanni Guido to be part of panel was tasked withs …

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IACC hosts a group of Italian winemakers for trade tastings and meetings May 25-26.

Click here to register for Jaime Deleon’s seminar May 25. On Thursday and Friday, May 25-26, 2023, the Italy-America Chamber of Commerce South Central will be hosting a group of visiting Italian winemakers and grape growers for a series of tastings and meetings with Houston-based trade members. On Thursday, at 2.30 pm at Vinology, Kroger …

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Taste of Italy Houston 2023 THE VIDEO is here!

Taste of Italy 2023: Nearly 400 attendees, more than 70 brands, more than 250 wines and food products presented, 2 sold-out seminars… THANK YOU to everyone who made Taste of Italy 2023 our best event to date! And special thanks to the honorable Mariangela Zappia, Italy’s ambassador to the U.S., and Italy’s Houston Consul General …

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Standing room only for Texas BBQ and Italian wine, a new Houston tradition.

Above, from left: Celebrity pit master Ara Malekian, owner of Harlem Rd. Texas BBQ; Dale Robertson, wine writer for the Houston Chronicle; Tom Dobson, Italian buyer for Spec’s; and presenter Jeremy Parzen. One of the greatest things about Taste of Italy, the largest trade fair and festival in the U.S. devoted exclusively to Italian food …

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Sold-out Calabria seminar wows attendees with a wide spectrum of flavors.

Above, from left: Caciocavallo Silano producer Antonio Arnone, Il Calabrese executive chef Luciano Salvadore, Mercato delle Eccellenze Calabresi Giovanni Guido, and presenter Jeremy Parzen. Taste of Italy 2023 opened with a seminar dedicated to the foods of Calabria. It was led by Mercato delle Eccellenze Calabresi (MEC) founder and director Giovanni Guido. And attendees had …

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Congratulations to the winners of the Houston Sommelier Competition 2023!

Above, from left: Presenter Jeremy Parzen, sommelier Dario Najera, sommelier Jason Barnett, wine educator Walden Pemantle, Italian Consul General for Houston Mauro Lorenzini, and Kroger regional wine manager Jaime De Leon, founder of the Houston Sommelier Competition. Now in its third year, the Houston Sommelier Competition was created by Kroger regional wine buyer and sommelier …

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Thank you to everyone who made Taste of Italy 2023 such a memorable event!

Taste of Italy 2023: Nearly 400 attendees, more than 70 brands, more than 250 wines and food products presented, 2 sold-out seminars… THANK YOU to everyone who made Taste of Italy 2023 our best event to date! And special thanks to the honorable Mariangela Zappia, Italy’s ambassador to the U.S., and Italy’s Houston Consul General …

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Ambassador Zappia, Consul General Lorenzini to attend Taste of Italy networking reception.

The Italy-America Chamber of Commerce Texas is pleased to announce that the Honorable Mariangela Zappia, Italian Ambassador to the United States of America, and Mauro Lorenzini, Italian Consul General in Houston, Texas, will be attending the Sunday evening networking reception on the occasion of the 2023 Taste of Italy trade fair and festival. Madame Ambassador …

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Taste of Italy remembers Francesco Tiralongo, leading manager for top Italian wineries and inspiration for Taste of Italy.

The world of Italian wine mourns the loss of one of its brightest stars this week. Francesco Tiralongo (above, left), veteran manager for some of Italy’s most iconic wineries, passed away yesterday, March 2, 2023. He was 55 years old. His passing was reported by scores of Italian mastheads, including the Giornale di Sicilia, the …

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When’s the last time you tasted wines from Uruguay? Taste of Italy hosts international winemakers for the first time.

Click here to register for the grand tasting and seminars on Monday, March 6. Now in its ninth year, the Taste of Italy trade fair and festival is widening its horizons. The event remains the largest of its kind in the U.S. devoted exclusively to Italian food and wine products. But this year, for the …

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