https://feeds.thelocal.com/ Read the latest news and views from Italy in English en-us news@thelocal.com (TheLocal) webmaster@thelocal.com (TheLocal) TheLocal RSS Feed Italy's annual wine harvest, the biggest in the world, is off to its earliest start in a decade as the country swelters in a heatwave following months of drought. https://www.thelocal.it/20170804/heatstruck-italy-starts-harvesting-its-thirsty-vines Fri, 04 Aug 2017 16:20:03 +0200 heatstruck-italy-starts-harvesting-its-thirsty-vines Italians are fearing a wine drought after last year’s dismal harvest, thanks mostly to grape-munching German tourists. https://www.thelocal.it/20160401/italian-winemakers-fear-lean-year-as-german-tourists-decimate-vinyards Fri, 01 Apr 2016 02:01:22 +0200 italian-winemakers-fear-lean-year-as-german-tourists-decimate-vinyards Vin santo, the celebrated Italian dessert wine from Tuscany, could be in scarce supply after one of Tuscany's biggest producers revealed it will not be making any in 2014. https://www.thelocal.it/20141107/italys-holy-wine-falls-prey-to-weather Fri, 07 Nov 2014 09:31:00 +0100 italys-holy-wine-falls-prey-to-weather In a bid to get their hands on the prized grapes used to produce Sangiovese, one of Italy’s most famous red wines, a trio of robbers from Puglia stole 25 tonnes of grapes from a vineyard in Bitonto, near Bari. https://www.thelocal.it/20130924/puglias-great-grape-robbers-arrested Tue, 24 Sep 2013 11:35:00 +0200 puglias-great-grape-robbers-arrested