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 Italy's oil producers are urging consumers to give olive oil as Christmas gifts and help the industry hard hit by this year's disastrous harvest. https://www.thelocal.it/20141222/buy-olive-oil-for-christmas-to-help-italy Mon, 22 Dec 2014 11:52:00 +0100 buy-olive-oil-for-christmas-to-help-italy New research from Harvard University suggests it could put years on your life. But a Mediterranean diet rich in pungent olive oil does not come cheap, and it is just about to get a lot more expensive. https://www.thelocal.it/20141208/disastrous-olive-oil-harvests-sends-prices-shooting-up Mon, 08 Dec 2014 10:47:44 +0100 disastrous-olive-oil-harvests-sends-prices-shooting-up The autumn wine harvest has seen Italy top France in production, while exports also jumped to €5 billion. https://www.thelocal.it/20131104/italy-beats-france-in-wine-output Mon, 04 Nov 2013 12:14:00 +0100 italy-beats-france-in-wine-output