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Pasta alla norcina  is a typical recipe from Umbria; specifically the ancient town of Norcia, famous for its sausages and cured meats. There are actually two versions of pasta alla norcina. This one is made with Norcia sausage crumbled into a pan with oil and onion, fresh cream, truffle and pecorino. This is a very simple recipe with few ingredients  but so flavourful and creamy you’ll want to make it part of your regular pasta menu. Remove the casing from the sausages and crumble the meat filling. Peel and chop the onion finely. Bring a large pot of water to a boil for the pasta, add salt and bring to the boil again. Meanwhile, heat the oil in a large frying pan over a medium heat. Add the onion and cook until soft then add the crumbled sausage meat. Brown the sausage, while stirring to prevent it from sticking. Pour in the wine. Allow the alcohol to evaporate (while stirring). Lower the heat, cover, and finish cooking the sausage in its own juices for 10 minutes. Un...

Italian Wine makes daily living easier, less hurried, with fewer tensions and more tolerance.. G.D. Vajra - Albe - Vintage 2014

The Rolex Explorer II Reference 1655 nicknamed by collectors as the Steve McQueen or 'Freccione' by some Italian collectors because of the bright orange arrow-shaped 24-hour hand on the watch —the word 'Freccione' comes from the Italian word 'Freccia' which means "arrow"— was only produced by Rolex from 1971 through 1984. (This watch was produced in 1982.) Rolex Explorer II At the time of its launch, the watch was intended to be a 'tool' watch for cave explorers that after spending days in a cavern, couldn't tell if it was day or night outside. A problem that was easily solved by the 24-hour orange arrow-shaped hand that along with the 24-hour military time bezel, would help them identify day or night times with ease.

The Albeisa bottle was created towards the end of the 18th century by producers around Alba who, desiring a unique and recognizable bottle of their own, a “BOCG” for their own wines, requested it from the master glaziers of the renowned Vetrerie di Porino firm just outside the city of Turin. A new bottle which would satisfy their requirements. It was in 1973 that the “BOCG” of the Langhe area came back to life. Thanks to the foresight of 16 producers of wine, inspired by the visionary work of Renato Ratti, the ALBEISA bottle was reproduced and given formal production regulations through a precise Statute which never previously had been put into practice to govern and control the use of a container.