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...around La Serenissima: in the dank Palazzo Giustinian Lolin, where Susan Norrie's videos of environmental dysfunction play; in the secret gardens of Palazzo Zenobio, where Callum Morton's recreation of his demolished childhood home gives off good-humored gusts of dry ice; and in the Giardini di Castello, where Daniel von Sturmer's video installations spill across the wave-like plywood plinth of the shed-like pavilion...
...Last Thursday night, after watching her daughter receive a gold medal at Torino's magnificent Piazza Castello, Helga Klassen remembered that fateful day more than two years earlier. "When we got the call that night, we didn't know how serious her injury was," the athlete's mother says. Or how magnificently she would recover...
...shaped outer structure, she introduced a new "building within a building" independent of the overlapping roof above. Yet the makeover has left intact Torino's graceful arcaded shopping streets, lively 19th century cafés and splendid squares: medal ceremonies will be held each night in the grand Piazza Castello against the backdrop of the imposing 350-year-old Palazzo Reale. Inside the cafés, visitors can indulge in Torino's sinful bicerin, a concoction of coffee, cream and the chocolate locals adore. They may work hard, but the Torinesi know how to make the aperitif hour a nightly...
...making the first Brunello around 1888, and the firm still produces a glorious version. But it took two winemaking brothers from Long Island, New York, John and Harry Mariani, to raise the wine to fame. In the late 1970s, the Marianis bought a medieval castle in the Montalcino area, Castello Banfi, started growing Sangiovese Grasso grapes on some of the surrounding 2,800 hectares and began making their own Brunello. Thanks to their efforts, the quality and reputation of the local wine whooshed upward. Brunello became one of the top Italian wines, and Americans and Italians took notice...
...Santi Brunello di Montalcino, $100 Very pretty, marked by bittersweet chocolate, black olive and roses ? 1999 Mastrojanni Brunello di Montalcino, $50 Delicious. Touches of cherry and Earl Grey tea and tangy acidity. Look for the same maker's Schiena d'Asino, a single-vineyard version, gorgeous at $80 ? 1999 Castello Banfi, $60 While this is a more modern style than the other three, it's a sure crowd pleaser with its smoky cherry and little-red-berry flavors