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...which has a slightly decadent air, as if it was a private sitting room. Afterward, I might drop into Bar Jamaica, tel: (39-02) 876 723. Opened in 1921, it was renamed after Alfred Hitchcock's 1939 film, Jamaica Inn. The haunt of writers and artists such as Piero Manzoni and Allen Ginsberg, it's a taste of the bygone, bohemian days of the Brera district...
...INCROCIO MAZONI Some winemakers are hoping to cover their bases by launching hybrids of already-popular varieties. These aren't necessarily new. One of the most promising is the Italian Incrocio Manzoni (incrocio means "cross"). Created in the 1930s by vintner Luigi Manzoni, but not produced in any great quantities until recently, it's a cross between fruity Riesling Renano and fragrant Pinot Bianco. An elegant wine, with characteristic notes of nectarine and apple, Incrocio Manzoni goes well with delicate risottos and fish dishes. To buy a case, contact Veneto's Rechsteiner winery...
...pancetta), which can be acquired for less than $35 a bottle. For more information, visit www.yunnanhong.com. INCROCIO MAZONI Some winemakers are hoping to cover their bases by launching hybrids of already-popular varieties. These aren't necessarily new. One of the most promising is the Italian Incrocio Manzoni (incrocio means cross). Created in the 1930s by vintner Luigi Manzoni, but not produced in any great quantities until recently, it's a cross between fruity Riesling Renano and fragrant Pinot Bianco. An elegant wine, with characteristic notes of nectarine and apple, Incrocio Manzoni goes well with delicate risottos and fish dishes...
...prison camp in Hereford, Texas. Depressed and dispirited, Burri abandoned medicine for art. Short of materials, he turned to the abundant supply of burlap in the camp and used it as a canvas. After the war, Burri returned to Italy, where he and contemporaries Lucio Fontana and Piero Manzoni forged their own unique style to grab attention from the American and French modernists then in vogue. It was the burlap paintings that first drew the attention of American art critics to Burri in the early '50s; a young Robert Rauschenberg came to Rome to watch him work. "To his peers...
...addition to rehiring original craftsmen, Suppancig, 44, also reconstructed both the company's product and its image. In September he opened a 500-sq-m store and headquarters on Milan's Via Manzoni. The minimal designs were soon back on the arms of fashionistas, including the house's trademark bag, "Punch," originally created in 1951. The bag comes in bright colors like kelly green and fuchsia and is made with 19th century techniques, including "boarding" treatment, or pressing the leather into a silky consistency using the palms of the hands. "This is not about logos, it's about the quality...