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How Cantine Zagarella turns wine into a lasting memory Cantine Zagarella is redefining Calabrian winemaking through sensory experience, artisanal philosophy, organic viticulture, and innovative technology, creating wines deeply connected to territory, family, and identity. For Giovanni and Maricle Zagarella, the most important measure of a wine is not what happens in the glass, but what remains in the memory afterwards.

Why modern homes need more than design A new approach to home building is emerging, one that prioritises wellbeing, emotional connection, simplicity, and human-centred design. Today’s homes are no longer defined only by aesthetics, but by how they make people feel. Since the end of World War II, the idea of the dream home was often associated with size, luxury finishes, and visual impact.

The innovative vision behind Black Sheep posters Black Sheep Posters transforms the textures of Italian life into contemporary visual storytelling, blending the vintage Italian poster art with modern graphic minimalism through the artistic vision of founder Sebastiano Motta. Founded in Melbourne by Italian-Australian designer Sebastiano Motta, Black Sheep Posters reinterprets vintage Italian graphic culture through contemporary poster design.

Walking through the eternal city The Melbourne Museum’s ROME: Empire, Power, People exhibition transforms archaeology into lived experience, guiding visitors through the ambition, luxury, spirituality, and everyday life of the Roman Empire in one of Australia’s most immersive cultural exhibitions. ‍ The ROME: Empire, Power, People exhibition at Melbourne Museum avoids treating antiquity as something distant and sealed behind glass.

Three women, out of place, in the right place To address Calabria’s low female employment rate, the Roberta Lanzino Anti-Violence Centre launched an empowerment program that enabled three women to found LAG Lab, a line of sustainable, handcrafted bags that transformed newly acquired skills into an entrepreneurial path toward independence. According to data from the Italian Bureau of Statistics, Calabria’s female employment rate is one of the lowest in Italy.

Culture Unesco recognises Italian cuisine as intangible cultural heritage Melbourne’s delegation of the celebrated UNESCO’s recognition of Italian cuisine at Trattoria Emilia, highlighting its cultural significance beyond recipes and reflecting on how food traditions, shared practices, and community evolve. ‍ When UNESCO recognised Italian cuisine as Intangible Cultural Heritage of Humanity in December 2025, it did more than honour a repertoire of traditional dishes.

Frolic reimagines Italian Opera through Asian storytelling For nearly two decades, Italian-Australian conductor Aaron Carpenè, through his company FROLIC, has created musical-theatre that combine Western opera with traditional Asian storytelling. After projects in Bhutan, Japan, and Korea, he now sets his sights on Australia for his next cross-cultural venture. What does Monteverdi’s L’Orfeo have in common with the Japanese tale of Izanami and Izanagi?

Giorgio Linguanti brings restaurant-quality cheese to supermarket shelves Melbourne cheesemaker Giorgio Linguanti is bringing authentic Italian-style cheeses to everyday Australians with the launch of a new exclusive supermarket range. For nearly two decades, Melbourne’s culinary scene has quietly benefited from the craftsmanship of one of Australia’s most respected artisan cheesemakers.

Anna Trombelli Acquaro: Poetry, memory, and Calabrian identity Segmento met with Anna Trombelli Acquaro, a Calabrian-born poet and writer whose life and work trace a bridge between postwar Calabria and multicultural Australia, shaped by memory, dignity, and resilience. Poetry, for Anna Acquaro, was never an abstraction. It emerged early, almost instinctively from the sights, sounds, and silences of postwar Calabria.

An overview of the growth of the Steiner-Waldorf schools in Italy Steiner education—also globally known as Waldorf education—is based on the teachings of Rudolf Steiner (1861-1925), Austrian philosopher, educator and architect. At its core is the aim of educating the whole child through learning experiences that develop emotional and social maturity while fostering intellectual, practical and artistic capacities.