15 June 2022

Axolight and Villa Bogdano at Furisalone 2022

On the occasion of the Fuorisalone, which involves the whole of Milan  during the most important international design furniture fair, an interesting design&wine partnership took place. Axolight, the Made in Italy design brand that has made interior lighting a style icon recognized all over the world, has chosen Villa Bogdano 1880 wines to toast to the novelties presented.

Axolight guests – welcomed in the Showroom in Corso Monforte 16 – were able to view the new collection designed by Timo Ripatti, tasting the Brut Nature Millesimato DOC of the historic company from Lison di Portogruaro (VE). A sparkling wine with a very low sugar content, with a fine and elegant perlage, which comes from a careful and timely processing to best develop the typical aromas of the grape variety and the clay-rich soil.

3 November 2021

The oenologist Luca D’Attoma, the fashion designer Luigi Lardini and Federico Gordini together to talk about bespoke fashion and wine

What do fashion and wine have in common?

Of course, both are Made in Italy excellences but, do these apparently distant worlds really have points of contact? To answer this question, Federico Gordini, President of the Milan Wine Week, held a talk with Luca D’Attoma, one of the most awarded winemakers in Italy and abroad, and Luigi Lardini, renowned for its tailor-made outerwear made with the finest fabrics.

During the talk, which took place on Thursday 7 October at Lardini flagship store in Milan, the two experts highlighted the many aspects that surprisingly unite both worlds. At the end of the meeting, 6 “bespoke” wines by Luca D’Attoma were offered for a final tasting.

3 November 2021

Marmomac 2021 back in attendance

Marmomac, the 55th International Exhibition of Marble, Technology and Design, was held in Verona from 29 September to 2 October.

There were over 30 thousand qualified exhibitors, 48% of whom came from abroad, representing 120 nations. A success that consolidates the exhibition as the absolute international leader for the entire natural stone industry. Importers, contracting companies, architects and designers from all over the world met 756 exhibiting companies at Veronafiere, including 329 foreign companies from 39 countries.

Besides the many business and training meetings scheduled, there is also, as usual, great focus on cultural exhibitions, which this year saw the evolution of Hall 1 into The Italian Stone Theatre – Time in Stone, with an original layout – designed by Raffaello Galiotto and Vincenzo Pavan – positioned in Halls 11 and 12 of the exhibition.

28 July 2021

Villa Santo Stefano chooses Zed_Comm for press office activities and media relations in Italy

Villa Santo Stefano is the choice of Wolfgang Reitzle who, after many years as manager for leading car manufacturers in Germany, made the decision to produce his own wine and oil amongst the hills of Lucca, a land with a mild climate and generous harvests. Born in Neu-Ulm in Germany, Reitzle used to spend his summers in Italy with his family as a child. His passion for Tuscany led him to purchase Villa Bertolli, which should just have been a house to spend a few months in with his wife, Nina Ruge, in Tuscany but turned out to be transformed into an agricultural company dedicated to the production of oil and wine. Today the company produces around 50.000 bottles of wine and 2.000 liters of extra virgin olive oil in its 12 hectares of land, and its management pays special attention to the environment, as well as having a specially dedicated area for hospitality.