Conferenze e Fiere

🎮 Merlin Entertainments teams up with Microsoft to create Minecraft-themed attractions in the US and UK, with over $110 million investment. Attractions, enhancing the video game experience into reality, are planned within the next two years, coinciding with a Minecraft Netflix movie release next year.

🔥 In Islanda, la Blue Lagoon è chiusa a seguito della settima eruzione del 2024 del vulcano Reykjanes. La lava ha raggiunto il parcheggio della struttura, provocando l'evacuazione e la chiusura temporanea annunciata dall'Iceland Met Office e Blue Lagoon. Sebbene l'apertura possa avvenire lunedì, dipende dall'attività vulcanica. L'aeroporto di Keflavik è operativo, ma Isavia consiglia ai passeggeri di restare informati. Autorità aeronautiche sono pronte per eventuali chiusure dello spazio aereo.

🍺 Krombacher Brewery, a beer producer from Germany, will invest over 100 million euros in the next six years to convert its bottling plant, with the project completion expected by 2030. The investment includes the installation of a new sorting area and the replacement of four bottling lines starting in 2026. This initiative highlights Krombacher's commitment to its headquarters in North Rhine-Westphalia and its role as a key employer in the region. The modernization aims to improve efficiency, meet rising consumer demand for variety, and support sustainable growth.

🍴 Chef Stefano Sforza to showcase Italian cuisine during a gala dinner at the Italian Embassy in Turkey's capital, Ankara, on November 25, celebrating the 9th edition of the Week of Italian Cuisine in the World, an event started in 2016. This year's theme is "Mediterranean Diet and Root Cuisine: Health and Tradition," with Sforza presenting a six-course menu highlighting his approach to integrating research, boundaryless innovation, and a focus on vegetables.

🍸 Naturæ Gin introduces two new gin-flavored desserts—panettone and babà—created in collaboration with Pasticceria Binati, and the ancient drink Aureum, in chestnut honey and millefiori versions, ahead of Christmas. Aureum will debut at Artigiano in Fiera in Milan, Pavilion 2, Stand B127, from November 30th to December 8th, 2024. Exclusive Christmas packs are available for unique gifts, with personalized options for businesses via info@naturaegin.it.

🍕 Antica Pizzeria Da Michele in the World (MITW) offers a free professional pizza-making course in partnership with Logos Formazione and Regione Campania, aimed at 10 apprentices aged 18-35. Alessandro Condurro, CEO of MITW, discussed the effort during the closing of the ninth edition, which awarded a 34-year-old Ghanaian trainee named Ghinde. The course covers dough preparation, ingredient analysis, pizza shaping and baking, supply management, food safety, self-empowerment, and economic aspects like Food cost in catering.

🍫 Eurochocolate, which ends on November 24, is celebrating its 30th edition in Perugia's historic center with a vibrant lineup including the Chocolate Show, Choco Lab, and various themed entertainments like Choco Buskers, Choco Street Band, and Choco Parade. Exclusive international guests will be featured in tastings at the Choco Lab. Highlights include "Tibitò. Colombian vibes" showcasing Chocolate Tibitò's journey since 2015 and its award-winning artisanal chocolate in 2016 by the Colombian Federation of Cocoa Growers. Sold-out masterclass "Il viaggio all’origine del Cioccolato" by Lorenzo Turina and the special tasting "Cacao Caracas. I bianchi ancestrali" with Douglas Dager are scheduled. Daily sessions titled “Scopriamo i perché del Cioccolato” are held by Roberto Caraceni, Vice President of the Compagnia del Cioccolato.

🍸 In 1858, Domenico Petrone established the Antica Distilleria Petrone. Andrea Petrone introduced a new line of liquors, "Alchimisti Reali", honoring the founder's legacy. The line consists of four elixirs with rare plants significant in spiritual alchemy: Laurea Divina, Santo Bianco, Opera, and Amaro Esoterico. Each has a limited production of 2000 bottles. The launch was on November 20 at the Galleria Borbonica in Napoli with experts like professor Gennaro Rispoli and barman Roberto Pellegrini.

🍻 Legend Kombucha lancia la limited edition Wasabino per Natale, in collaborazione con Chef Antonio D’Angelo e L’Orto di Mimì, Brescia. Ricca di probiotici, la bevanda combina insalata asiatica, zenzero disidratato, liquirizia e cardamomo. Disponibile dal 1 Dicembre in preordine, in commercio dal 8 Dicembre. Venduta online, a Milano, presso L’Orto di Mimì e in selezionati bar e ristoranti. Confezione da 12 lattine a 44,90 €, abbinabile con altri gusti.

🍷 The Consorzio di Tutela dei Vini dei Campi Flegrei presents a conference on November 23, 2024, at Parco Vanvitelliano del Fusaro, Bacoli, celebrating the 30th anniversary of DOP recognition for Campi Flegrei wines, titled "Dalla viticoltura eroica alla città del vino". Key figures include Michele Farro, Daniele Marrama, and officials from Bacoli, the National Association of Wine Cities, and the agricultural sector. The event concludes with a wine tasting by Pasquale Brillante and dishes by chef Michele Grande.