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Angiò

Angiò is a work that breathes life into the spirit of Lorenzo Viani, the artist. It is a film by director Leonardo Palmerini, who hails from Viareggio. It is an experimental film that uses live shots processed through digital technology to echo the graphic work of Viani, painter, sculptor printmaker whose etchings exhibit a rare expressive power; it tells the story of Angelo Bertuccelli, who was born in Via Pinciana in Viareggio in 1850. Small of stature with a strong and proud character trapped in a deformed body. Sailor, like the majority of the inhabitants of the Viareggio of those days, who escaped the gail-winds aboard the “Dedalo” and swore never to return to the sea. The “sailor of the Ocean” spends his days in increasing isolation far from the pettiness of people who laugh at his grotesque appearance. In a whirlwind of desperation and rebellion the dwarf with the heart of a giant will end his days overcome by the tides of madness, a man drowned in a deep sea “a man of water” as prescribed by a hostile destiny. Based on the novel “Angiò uomo d’acqua” by Lorenzo Viani.

Directors Leonardo Palmerini

Writers Lorenzo Viani

Producers Carlo Alberto Carrai, Felix Arneodo

Key Cast Iacopo Gori, Luca Checchi

Duration 01:15:09

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Giallo Films Include Argento's Phenomena, Mario Bava's Black Sunday, Luciano Onetti's Francesca and the 2013 Giallo Homage, Sonno Profondo, and More!

Luca Guagadnino's remake of the 1977 Dario Argento cult classic Suspiria just set a 2018 box office record for best opening per theater before it goes wide this coming weekend. The update, which stars Tilda Swinton, Dakota Johnson, Mia Goth and Chloë Moretz, is set at a prestigious dance academy, and, as in the original, involves grisly murders and the supernatural.  But for genre fans interested in screening Argento's version "considered by many to be one of the all-time best horror films" the OTT platform MIDNIGHT PULP has horror fans covered - for FREE.

  Offering an expertly-curated selection of horror, thriller and cult programming, MIDNIGHT PULP is one of the few streaming outlets online offering the original SUSPIRIA, guaranteed to put an extra chill into this spooky season. In addition to this supernatural classic, MIDNIGHT PULP also offers a coven's worth of Italian horror classics in the GIALLO collection, featuring the best of the Italian horror genre from notable directors like Argento, Mario Bava and Luciano Onetti, and viewers can choose to view on a no-charge freemium model or with an ad-free premium subscription starting at $4.99.

  GIALLO Collection titles now available on MIDNIGHT PULP include: 

 SUSPIRIA (1977, Director Dario Argento) -- A newcomer to a fancy ballet academy gradually comes to realize that the school is a front for something far more sinister and supernatural amidst a series of grisly murders. Starring Barbara Magnolfi, Flavio Bucci, Jessica Harper, Miguel Bosé and Stefania Casini. (97 minutes) 

BLACK SUNDAY (1960, Director Mario Bava) -- A vengeful witch and her fiendish servant return from the grave and begin a bloody campaign to possess the body of the witch's beautiful look-alike descendant. Only the girl's brother and a handsome doctor stand in her way.  Starring Andrea Checchi, Arturo Dominici, Barbara Steele, Ivo Garrani, John Richardson and Mario Passante. (88 minutes) 

FRANCESCA (2015, Director Luciano Onetti) -- Two detectives must hunt down a maniac bent on cleansing his city of impure souls. At the same time, a young girl who'd disappeared 15 years ago mysteriously resurfaces. Could these two events be connected?  Gustavo Dalessanro, Luis Emilio Rodrigues, Raul Gederlini and Silvina Grippaldi star. (80 minutes)

MADHOUSE (1981, Director Ovidio Assonitis) -- Julia has spent her entire adult life trying to forget the torment she suffered at the hands of her twisted twin Mary... but Mary hasn't forgotten. Escaping hospital, where she's recently been admitted with a horrific, disfiguring illness, Julia's sadistic sister vows to exact a particularly cruel revenge on her sibling this year - promising a birthday surprise that she'll never forget. Starring Dennis Robertson, Michael MacRae and Trish Everly.  (93 minutes) 

PHENOMENA (1985, Director Dario Argento) -- A young girl, with an amazing ability to communicate with insects, is transferred to an exclusive Swiss boarding school, where her unusual capability might help solve a string of murders.  Daria Nicolodi, Donald Pleasence, Federica Mastroianni, Fiore Argento and Jennifer Connelly. (116 minutes)

SONNO PROFONDO (2013, Director Luciano Onetti) -- A stylish, lush, and lurid film from Argentina, Sonno Profondo faithfully recreates the style of Italian horror films of the 70s. After murdering a woman, a killer that is traumatized from his childhood memories gets a mysterious envelope slipped under his door. The hunter becomes the prey when he finds out that the envelope contains photos that show him killing the young woman. Starring Daiana Garcia, Luciano Onetti and Silvia Duhalde. (67 minutes) 

THE NIGHT EVELYN CAME OUT OF THE GRAVE (1971, Directed by Emilio Miraglia) - A decadent English lord thinks his second wife is his first wife back from the dead.  Anthony Steffen, Enzo Tarascio and Marina Malfatti star. (101 minutes) 

YOUR VICE IS A LOCKED ROOM AND ONLY I HAVE THE KEY

(1972, Directed by Sergio Martino)-- As a string of violent murders plagues the town, a lecherous writer, Oliviero, is visited by his young, beautiful, and self-confident niece, Floriana. A silver-haired stranger observes. More women die, and thoughts of harming his wife give Oliviero new inspiration. What's Floriana's game and who's the observant stranger? Watching all is a black cat named Satan. Starring Anita Strindberg, Daniela Giordano, Edwidge Fenech, Ivan Rassimov and Luigi Pistilli. (97 minutes). 

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Il Barbiere di Siviglia

Il Barbiere di Siviglia

Video recensione de Il Barbiere di Siviglia di Giovanni Paisiello, stagione lirica 2017 di VoceAllOpera in collaborazione con Mare Culturale Urbano. Servizio di Valeria Palumbo e Carlo Rotondo. (more…)

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Cosa c'è stasera in tv? I programmi tv stasera 6 agosto

Questa sera in tv c'è una serie in prima visione su Rai 1, Velvet Collection; un episodio di Squadra Speciale Cobra 11 su Rai 2; Quelli della luna su Rete 4 e la puntata serale dell'approfondimento politico "In Onda" su La7. Molti i film in programma in serata. Samba (21.20 Rai Tre) Trama: Samba Cissé è un senegalese che è da dieci anni in un centro di accoglienza a Parigi. In attesa del permesso di soggiorno ha paura di essere espulso e si rivolge ad un'agenzia. L'associazione prende in carico il suo caso con Alice, una donna in congedo lavorativo. I due troveranno la chiave per migliorare le loro condizioni sociali. Anno: 2014; Durata: 2h; Cast: Omar Sy, Charlotte Gainsbourg, Tahar Rahim Trailer: A perfect getaway - Una perfetta via di fuga (21.15 Rai 4) Trama: Una luna di miele tra Cliff e Cydney è fatta di avventure con zaino in spalla. Raggiungono le Hawaii, ma la sensazione di ambiente perfetto svanisce dopo che incontrano un gruppo di turisti spaventati da alcuni omicidi. Anno: 2009; Durata: 1h 40m; Cast: Milla Jovovich, Chris Hemsworth, Timothy Olyphant, Steve Zahn, Marley Shelton, Dale Dickey Trailer: Pazze di me (21.10 Rai Movie) Trama: Da quando il padre ha abbandonato la famiglia, il 30enne Andrea si sente responsabile delle donne della famiglia. Un giorno incontra una veterinaria e tutto cambia. Anno: 2013; Durata: 1h 35m; Cast: Francesco Mandelli, Loretta Goggi, Chiara Francini, Claudia Zanella, Marina Rocco, Valeria Bilello Trailer: Quien sabe? (21.00 Iris) Trama: Bill Tates è un funzionario del governo che deve far fuori i rivoluzionari ed il loro capo Elias, in Messico. Per arrivare all'obiettivo si aggrega ad una banda, che ruba nelle carovane del governo per rivendere armi al gruppo di Elias. La situazione precipita velocemente. Anno: 1967; Durata: 1h 40m; Cast: Gian Maria Volonte', Klaus Kinski, Lou Castel, Martine Beswick, Andrea Checchi Fabrizio De Andre' - Principe libero (21.20 Rai Premium) Trama: La biografia del cantante De André raccontata in un film prodotto dalla Rai. Anno: 2018; Durata: 3h 10m; Cast: Luca Marinelli, Valentina Belle', Elena Radonicich Infanzia clandestina (21.15 Rai 5) Trama: La resistenza alla dittatura vista da un bambino, in una storia tragica delle dittature del sud America. Anno: 2012; Durata: 1h 50m; Cast: N. Oreiro, E.Altiero, C.Troncoso,C.Banegas, T.Gutierrez Moreno. Trailer: Ip Man 2 (21.30 Tv8) Trama: Riuscito a sfuggire alla colonizzazione giapponese Ip Man si stabilisce nell'Hong Kong controllata dagli inglesi. Ip cerca di aprire una scuola di arti marziali, ma un boss locale si contrappone a lui. Anno: 2010; Durata: 1h 30m; Cast: Donnie Yen, Simon Yam, Lynn Hung Trailer: Compromessi sposi (21.15 Sky Cinema 1) Trama: Diego e Gaetano arrivano da due realtà diverse, uno imprenditore del Nord e l'altro sindaco del Sud. Si ritrovano ad essere consuoceri. Provano un odio immediato, ma hanno un obiettivo comune: impedire il matrimonio dei figli. Anno: 2019; Durata: 1h 35m; Cast: Vincenzo Salemme, Diego Abatantuono, Valeria Bilello, Rosita Celentano Trailer: Alexander (21.15 Mediaset Premium Cinema) Trama: Un grande cast per la storia di Alessandro III di Macedonia, re e condottiero, salito al trono a 20 anni, riesce a sottomettere il mondo. Anno: 2004; Durata: 2h 45m; Cast: Colin Farrell, Anthony Hopkins, Angelina Jolie, Val Kilmer, Jared Leto Read the full article

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The Very Best Of The 2018 Milan Coffee Festival

Italy is sometimes regarded as the final frontier for specialty coffee, and at the first Milan Coffee Festival all signs pointed to progress—and a promising way forward for coffee culture in the nation that helped create it. Italy’s decades-old espresso cultural laws and general unwillingness to change the flavor, preparation, and most restrictively the price of coffee are all directly under challenge by a new generation of entrepreneurs and globe-traveling coffee lovers. Contradicting this reputation, there is a rapidly growing group of coffee professionals of all ages and backgrounds dedicated to increasing quality and shaking up cultural coffee standards in Italy. It’s a really exciting time to be here to see it all unfold.

Change is in the air here, proliferating and circling throughout the industry for years, and now it’s been given a consumer-friendly platform in the form of this new festival. The consensus is that the Milan Coffee Festival was able to provide a capsule snapshot of today’s inspiring new movement and an opportunity for the public to explore the new Italian specialty coffee in an approachable format.

The event stayed busy across all three days, in a notably smaller space than, say, the juggernaut London Coffee Festival (also hosted by Allegra Events), yet there was plenty to explore and experience. Here are a few people and moments that left a strong impression.

Pasta, of course.

Mattia Angius and Martina Miccione of Milan’s slow food bistro and natural wine bar, Tipografia Alimentare, concocted one the most glorious surprises of the weekend with two of the greatest things on the planet: ravioli and broth. They were hand making delicious ravioli on the spot and cooking them in a bowl of salted water with an espresso machine steam wand. For the broth, Angius was dosing a tamping his dried vegetable mix into a portafilter, then pulling broth shots from the group. “It took a week to dial in the grind size particles of the vegetables for the perfect extraction,” he said. A splash of the wine they brought along to pair made it an ideal unexpected aperitivo.

Unique Brews

There were some funky and fruity beans in almost every booth at the festival. But one coffee that truly stood out was an Ugandan coffee roasted by World Roasting Champion, Rubens Gardelli of Gardelli Specialty Coffee in Emilia Romagna. The brew was crafted by Piemontese barista Serena Gentile.

Ugandans use the Bantu word “Mzungu” when referring to someone of European descent, and for whatever inspired reason—perhaps a bit of self-satire—Gardelli decided to name the coffee “Mzungu Project.” Besides the coffee being made with rare and indigenous coffee varieties, it is also processed in a proprietary “secret” fermentation technique called the “Gardelli Natural Process.” After some research, it’s not really clear what that actually implies, however one thing for sure: it made for a shocking and unusual cup! Think layers of freshly toasted cocoa nibs, tepache (fermented pineapple), marjoram, and cherry mostarda arriving one after the other in delirious deliberation.

Women In Coffee

A long overdue focus on the women in the Italian coffee industry as a major component of the Milan Coffee Festival. This came as some relief to the many festival participants that were actively raising awareness around the lack of diversity in the European Coffee Symposium.

On Saturday in “The Lab,” a full crowd was focused attentively on a panel of eight women, roles ranging from barista trainers to CEOs, who were speaking about their personal experiences and discussing the landscape, challenges, issues, and opportunities for women working in coffee in Italy. The panel was organized and led by Valentina Palange of Specialty Pal. “Times are changing in Italy,” Paling told the crowd. “The barista woman is no longer wanted at times for her physical appearance but rather for her professional skills.” She went onto explain that there are still huge obstacles in the workplace including not being trusted to handle technical aspects, employee training, and machine maintenance.  

A common discussion theme was dismissal of opinion or ability from customers or coworkers. Jessica Sartiani, panelist from Florence, emphasized this important point, “I have always felt that I had to fight for my place, unfortunately often having to be aggressive to avoid being walked on.” She concluded, “I would like to see skilled woman treated as they deserve and not forced into being some kind of warrior to prove your ability.”

Specialty Pal

Valentina Palange and Luca Rinaldi of Specialty Pal.

Being the first festival in Milan, it was especially important to involve the community in grassroots advertising and by involving social media influencers that are passionate about coffee. Two of the most active participants in the organization of the festival were the aforementioned Valentina Palange and Luca Rinaldi of the coffee culture blog, Specialty Pal. Coming from a background of personal coffee research and passion to learn more, they were able to rally the whole community together for this event. They spent weeks before the event visiting almost every cafe and participant to deliver flyers and spread the word with a personal touch. Rinaldi was also the official photographer of the festival, and Palange hosted the Latte Art Live booth throughout the weekend.

Fusillo Lab

Another huge contributor and activator of the festival was Michael Gardenia of Fusillo Lab. During the month leading up to the festival, Gardenia hosted a series of coffee awareness events featuring previous coffee champions and current educators like Francesco Sanapo and Matteo Beluffi. As content creators, the Fusillo Lab events were a collaboration with the festival that were geared towards bloggers and journalists to offer a hands-on experience in the world of specialty coffee.

On Sunday, Gardenia was present at the festival in a pop up Fusillo Cafe. He collaborated with local coffee roaster, Peacocks Coffee, to make a private label Fusillo Coffee bag with a blank frame in which guests could create their own label design for the coffee bag and submit it to a contest to win a lot of splendid swag.

New(ish) Equipment in the Wild

Any Italian coffee festival worth its salt should be awash with exciting coffee gear, and Milan Coffee Festival did not disappoint. It was good to meet face to face with a couple of unfamiliar pieces of equipment!

One machine that was exciting to play with was the Dalla Corte XT. Simone Guidi, coffee roaster at La Sosta in Florence, walked me through some of the wild features that really allow the barista to dig into extraction parameters. Since the machine has independent boiler for each group, there is an easy interface that allows to maintain three groups at three different temperatures.

It also comes equipped with a patented flowmeter technology that provides extremely accurate results. You press a button on a screen above the grouphead when the first droplet of espresso arrives on the portafilter spout, and that is when the flowmeter starts to count rotations. We pulled 10 shots and weighed them afterwards and they were all spot on.

Guidi then started unscrewing a mini allen wrench key from the DC tamper that you can use as a dial to adjust each group heads flow rate live during extraction.

The machine can also communicate with the DC grinder to adjust coffee grind size automatically if the machine detects fluctuations in a profile that you can program into the machine.

No doubt it demonstrates stunning technology, but I wonder if it underwent Paolo Dalla Cortes crowbar test.

Meanwhile, the Bugan Coffee Lab from the nearby city of Bergamo went all out on their booth that was stationed directly across from the CMx stage. Portafilter and gasket ring toss, Panettone from their wholesale customers at Bologna’s cafe and artisan bakery Forno Brisa, daring cold brew in a flask, and latte art throwdowns with Dritan Alsela were just some of the highlights during their residency. They were also seen enthusiastically slinging spro on a Modbar AV (or Ah-Voo as they say here), and grinding coffee for filter with a Ceado E37Z Hero grinder (roughly $6,500 USD). Through the lab and field trials that Bugan Coffee Lab has been conducting with Ceado, head roaster Gian Andrea Sala described it as being very versatile and a unique grinder.

50’s Throwback

One showstopper on the show floor was FAEMA’s completely functional Saturno lever machine. Only a few units of the machine were originally manufactured in 1950, and this one was brought into working order for the festival by espresso machine collector and curator of the MUMAC museum, Enrico Maltoni.

This was the first FAEMA that used the design of the double boiler to lower the machine body and to give the coffee machine a better aesthetic, and was the first coffee machine with patent “pistol taps.”

“Everybody loved it!” Maltoni said. “The Saturno represents a piece of history not only for FAEMA but also in the coffee machine industry.”

CMx Italia

Carlos Alvarado (left).

The groundbreaking competition series Coffee Masters debuted the CMx Italia contest at the Milan Coffee Festival. After passing through 7 disciplines during the competition, Matteo Pavoni of Peacocks Coffee Roasters came in second place to CMx champion, Carlos Alvarado of Checchi Downtown in Brescia. Carlos is originally from El Salvador and has been working in coffee since he arrived in Italy. From high paced traffic at a highway side Autogrill, to working at boutique specialty coffee shops in the center of Milan, there’s not much he can’t handle behind the bar. Carlos will be moving on to compete in the Coffee Masters at the 2019 London Coffee Festival. Bravo Carlos!

Alexander Gable (@mrgable) is a freelance journalist based in Milan. A regular contributor to Sprudge Wine, this is Alexander Gable’s first article for Sprudge.

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The Very Best Of The 2018 Milan Coffee Festival

Italy is sometimes regarded as the final frontier for specialty coffee, and at the first Milan Coffee Festival all signs pointed to progress—and a promising way forward for coffee culture in the nation that helped create it. Italy’s decades-old espresso cultural laws and general unwillingness to change the flavor, preparation, and most restrictively the price of coffee are all directly under challenge by a new generation of entrepreneurs and globe-traveling coffee lovers. Contradicting this reputation, there is a rapidly growing group of coffee professionals of all ages and backgrounds dedicated to increasing quality and shaking up cultural coffee standards in Italy. It’s a really exciting time to be here to see it all unfold.

Change is in the air here, proliferating and circling throughout the industry for years, and now it’s been given a consumer-friendly platform in the form of this new festival. The consensus is that the Milan Coffee Festival was able to provide a capsule snapshot of today’s inspiring new movement and an opportunity for the public to explore the new Italian specialty coffee in an approachable format.

The event stayed busy across all three days, in a notably smaller space than, say, the juggernaut London Coffee Festival (also hosted by Allegra Events), yet there was plenty to explore and experience. Here are a few people and moments that left a strong impression.

Pasta, of course.

Mattia Angius and Martina Miccione of Milan’s slow food bistro and natural wine bar, Tipografia Alimentare, concocted one the most glorious surprises of the weekend with two of the greatest things on the planet: ravioli and broth. They were hand making delicious ravioli on the spot and cooking them in a bowl of salted water with an espresso machine steam wand. For the broth, Angius was dosing a tamping his dried vegetable mix into a portafilter, then pulling broth shots from the group. “It took a week to dial in the grind size particles of the vegetables for the perfect extraction,” he said. A splash of the wine they brought along to pair made it an ideal unexpected aperitivo.

Unique Brews

There were some funky and fruity beans in almost every booth at the festival. But one coffee that truly stood out was an Ugandan coffee roasted by World Roasting Champion, Rubens Gardelli of Gardelli Specialty Coffee in Emilia Romagna. The brew was crafted by Piemontese barista Serena Gentile.

Ugandans use the Bantu word “Mzungu” when referring to someone of European descent, and for whatever inspired reason—perhaps a bit of self-satire—Gardelli decided to name the coffee “Mzungu Project.” Besides the coffee being made with rare and indigenous coffee varieties, it is also processed in a proprietary “secret” fermentation technique called the “Gardelli Natural Process.” After some research, it’s not really clear what that actually implies, however one thing for sure: it made for a shocking and unusual cup! Think layers of freshly toasted cocoa nibs, tepache (fermented pineapple), marjoram, and cherry mostarda arriving one after the other in delirious deliberation.

Women In Coffee

A long overdue focus on the women in the Italian coffee industry as a major component of the Milan Coffee Festival. This came as some relief to the many festival participants that were actively raising awareness around the lack of diversity in the European Coffee Symposium.

On Saturday in “The Lab,” a full crowd was focused attentively on a panel of eight women, roles ranging from barista trainers to CEOs, who were speaking about their personal experiences and discussing the landscape, challenges, issues, and opportunities for women working in coffee in Italy. The panel was organized and led by Valentina Palange of Specialty Pal. “Times are changing in Italy,” Paling told the crowd. “The barista woman is no longer wanted at times for her physical appearance but rather for her professional skills.” She went onto explain that there are still huge obstacles in the workplace including not being trusted to handle technical aspects, employee training, and machine maintenance.  

A common discussion theme was dismissal of opinion or ability from customers or coworkers. Jessica Sartiani, panelist from Florence, emphasized this important point, “I have always felt that I had to fight for my place, unfortunately often having to be aggressive to avoid being walked on.” She concluded, “I would like to see skilled woman treated as they deserve and not forced into being some kind of warrior to prove your ability.”

Specialty Pal

Valentina Palange and Luca Rinaldi of Specialty Pal.

Being the first festival in Milan, it was especially important to involve the community in grassroots advertising and by involving social media influencers that are passionate about coffee. Two of the most active participants in the organization of the festival were the aforementioned Valentina Palange and Luca Rinaldi of the coffee culture blog, Specialty Pal. Coming from a background of personal coffee research and passion to learn more, they were able to rally the whole community together for this event. They spent weeks before the event visiting almost every cafe and participant to deliver flyers and spread the word with a personal touch. Rinaldi was also the official photographer of the festival, and Palange hosted the Latte Art Live booth throughout the weekend.

Fusillo Lab

Another huge contributor and activator of the festival was Michael Gardenia of Fusillo Lab. During the month leading up to the festival, Gardenia hosted a series of coffee awareness events featuring previous coffee champions and current educators like Francesco Sanapo and Matteo Beluffi. As content creators, the Fusillo Lab events were a collaboration with the festival that were geared towards bloggers and journalists to offer a hands-on experience in the world of specialty coffee.

On Sunday, Gardenia was present at the festival in a pop up Fusillo Cafe. He collaborated with local coffee roaster, Peacocks Coffee, to make a private label Fusillo Coffee bag with a blank frame in which guests could create their own label design for the coffee bag and submit it to a contest to win a lot of splendid swag.

New(ish) Equipment in the Wild

Any Italian coffee festival worth its salt should be awash with exciting coffee gear, and Milan Coffee Festival did not disappoint. It was good to meet face to face with a couple of unfamiliar pieces of equipment!

One machine that was exciting to play with was the Dalla Corte XT. Simone Guidi, coffee roaster at La Sosta in Florence, walked me through some of the wild features that really allow the barista to dig into extraction parameters. Since the machine has independent boiler for each group, there is an easy interface that allows to maintain three groups at three different temperatures.

It also comes equipped with a patented flowmeter technology that provides extremely accurate results. You press a button on a screen above the grouphead when the first droplet of espresso arrives on the portafilter spout, and that is when the flowmeter starts to count rotations. We pulled 10 shots and weighed them afterwards and they were all spot on.

Guidi then started unscrewing a mini allen wrench key from the DC tamper that you can use as a dial to adjust each group heads flow rate live during extraction.

The machine can also communicate with the DC grinder to adjust coffee grind size automatically if the machine detects fluctuations in a profile that you can program into the machine.

No doubt it demonstrates stunning technology, but I wonder if it underwent Paolo Dalla Cortes crowbar test.

Meanwhile, the Bugan Coffee Lab from the nearby city of Bergamo went all out on their booth that was stationed directly across from the CMx stage. Portafilter and gasket ring toss, Panettone from their wholesale customers at Bologna’s cafe and artisan bakery Forno Brisa, daring cold brew in a flask, and latte art throwdowns with Dritan Alsela were just some of the highlights during their residency. They were also seen enthusiastically slinging spro on a Modbar AV (or Ah-Voo as they say here), and grinding coffee for filter with a Ceado E37Z Hero grinder (roughly $6,500 USD). Through the lab and field trials that Bugan Coffee Lab has been conducting with Ceado, head roaster Gian Andrea Sala described it as being very versatile and a unique grinder.

50’s Throwback

One showstopper on the show floor was FAEMA’s completely functional Saturno lever machine. Only a few units of the machine were originally manufactured in 1950, and this one was brought into working order for the festival by espresso machine collector and curator of the MUMAC museum, Enrico Maltoni.

This was the first FAEMA that used the design of the double boiler to lower the machine body and to give the coffee machine a better aesthetic, and was the first coffee machine with patent “pistol taps.”

“Everybody loved it!” Maltoni said. “The Saturno represents a piece of history not only for FAEMA but also in the coffee machine industry.”

CMx Italia

Carlos Alvarado (left).

The groundbreaking competition series Coffee Masters debuted the CMx Italia contest at the Milan Coffee Festival. After passing through 7 disciplines during the competition, Matteo Pavoni of Peacocks Coffee Roasters came in second place to CMx champion, Carlos Alvarado of Checchi Downtown in Brescia. Carlos is originally from El Salvador and has been working in coffee since he arrived in Italy. From high paced traffic at a highway side Autogrill, to working at boutique specialty coffee shops in the center of Milan, there’s not much he can’t handle behind the bar. Carlos will be moving on to compete in the Coffee Masters at the 2019 London Coffee Festival. Bravo Carlos!

Alexander Gable (@mrgable) is a freelance journalist based in Milan. A regular contributor to Sprudge Wine, this is Alexander Gable’s first article for Sprudge.

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IL PREMIO ECCELLENZA ITALIANA Tutto il pubblico, in piedi, per una vera e propria standing ovation. Protagonisti Nadia e Antonio Santini del celeberrimo ristorante Dal Pescatore a Canneto sull’Oglio in provincia di Mantova, che lunedì 19 giugno sono arrivati a Forte dei Marmi per ritirare il Premio Versilia Gourmet – Champagne Bergère 2017 Eccellenza Italiana.

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Antonio e Nadia Santini, Franca Checchi e Romano Franceschini

Antonio e Nadia Santini

All’Hotel Principe c’erano davvero tutti ad applaudirli: i migliori ristoratori della costa, i giornalisti ed esperti del settore, le autorità e uno stuolo di appassionati ammiratori. Il momento della consegna dei Premi Versilia Gourmet – Champagne Bergère è stato il toccante ed emozionante gran finale a una cena da mille e una notte allestita dai migliori chef “stellati” della Versilia. Dopo l’aperitivo in terrazza, con il coreografico panorama di una Versilia scintillante d’inizio estate, i 160 ospiti si sono seduti nell’elegante dehors dell’hotel per gustare un ricco menù.

I 4 PREMI ALLA RISTORAZIONE Claudio Sottili, con la consueta maestria, ha dato il via alle attesissime premiazioni. Il “Miglior Chef 2017” è andato a Cristoforo Trapani, il giovanissimo chef campano che, a soli 29 anni, riesce a stupire con la sua cucina fusion toscana-campana alla Magnolia del Byron di Forte dei Marmi, riuscendo a mantenere, con stile e modernità, la prestigiosa Stella Michelin. Il “Migliore in Sala” è quest’anno David Vaiani del ristorante Bistrot di Forte dei Marmi, per il modo gentile, garbato, sereno, da perfetto padrone di casa. “Premio Carriera” è andato invece a Pino Artizzu, sardo di origine ma ormai viareggino, visto che, dal lontano 1979, delizia i palati di una miriade di buongustai al suo ristorante Pino, piccolo-grande tempio del buon pesce. Il premio più ambito, ovvero il “Ristorante dell’Anno 2017”, è andato meritatamente al Lux Lucis, il ristorante gourmet del Principe Forte dei Marmi. Fresco di Stella Michelin, e con molti riconoscimenti sulle guide e sui periodici nazionali, il Lux Lucis vince con la seguente motivazione: “per la suggestione degli scenari, per il servizio garbato e puntuale, per gli abbinamenti vino-cibo e per una cucina personale, innovativa e contemporanea”. Gran finale con i signori Santini che, emozionatissimi, hanno ritirato sul palco la preziosa statuetta in marmo con coltello e forchetta che si rincorrono a spirale.

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Migliore in Sala, David Vaiani

Migliore Chef 2017, Cristoforo Trapani

Ristorante dell’Anno 2017, Lux Lucis

Premio Carriera, Pino Artizzu

IL MENU’ DELLA SERATA Il menù, impiattato da 5 chef e dalle loro brigate di fronte agli affascinati ospiti, ha riservato sorprese e veri e propri mugolii di piacere a ogni boccone. In terrazza, direttamente dalla cucina e bagnati rigorosamente da champagne Bergère, le micro-creazioni dello chef di casa Valentino hanno dato il via al Gran Gala, con il sole a tuffarsi nel mare proprio lì davanti. Poi è stata la volta del raffinato e leggero antipasto di Andrea Papa, chef di Romano a Viareggio, e del secondo antipasto, saporito e convincente, dello chef Luca Landi del Lunasia di Viareggio. Filippo di Pietrasanta ha pensato al primo piatto, molto applaudito, con lo chef Lorenzo Barsotti alle prese con l’elicriso e il risotto. Il “due.Stelle Michelin” Giuseppe Mancino, chef del Piccolo Principe di Viareggio, ha interpretato magistralmente il manzo del selezionatore Masoni. Infine, il pastry-chef Gabriele Vannucci, viareggino doc ma emigrato alla corte di Gordon Ramsay al ristorante Contrada di Castelnuovo Berardenga, ha chiuso in dolcezza con il suo intrigante Black Forest Gateau.

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Valentino Cassanelli, il benvenuto del Lux Lucis

Valentino Cassanelli, il benvenuto del Lux Lucis

Valentino Cassanelli, il benvenuto del Lux Lucis

Andrea Papa, Ristorante Romano – Triglia, pomodoro, piselli, oliva di Majatica Ferrandina

Lorenzo Barsotti – Ristorante Filippo – Elicriso: Risotto, elicriso, limone e muscoli

Luca Landi – Lunasia – Polpo laccato alla barbarossa e lavanda con formaggio caprino

Giuseppe Mancino – Il Piccolo Principe – Manzo del Masoni, cicoria, peperoni e caffè

Gabriele Vannucci – Ristorante contrada by Gordon Ramsay – BFG, Black Forest Gateau

LA GUIDA, IN VENDITA DA MERCOLEDI’ 21 GIUGNO Poco prima che le luci di questo palcoscenico del buon gusto si spegnessero, a tutti i convenuti è stata consegnata la guida ristoranti Versilia Gourmet 2017, giunta alla sua nona edizione, in vendita a partire da mercoledì 21 giugno in edicole e librerie. L’ideazione, l’organizzazione e la realizzazione del Gran Gala della cucina d’autore, dei Premi e della guida Versilia Gourmet sono a cura dell’editore Gianluca Domenici.

Versilia Gourmet 2017: i vincitori

IL PREMIO ECCELLENZA ITALIANA Tutto il pubblico, in piedi, per una vera e propria standing ovation. Protagonisti Nadia e Antonio Santini del celeberrimo ristorante Dal Pescatore a Canneto sull’Oglio in provincia di Mantova, che lunedì 19 giugno sono arrivati a Forte dei Marmi per ritirare il Premio Versilia Gourmet – Champagne Bergère 2017 Eccellenza Italiana.

Versilia Gourmet 2017: i vincitori IL PREMIO ECCELLENZA ITALIANA Tutto il pubblico, in piedi, per una vera e propria standing ovation. Protagonisti Nadia e Antonio Santini del celeberrimo ristorante Dal Pescatore a Canneto sull’Oglio in provincia di Mantova, che lunedì 19 giugno sono arrivati a Forte dei Marmi per ritirare il Premio Versilia Gourmet – Champagne Bergère 2017 Eccellenza Italiana.

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IL PREMIO ECCELLENZA ITALIANA Tutto il pubblico, in piedi, per una vera e propria standing ovation. Protagonisti Nadia e Antonio Santini del celeberrimo ristorante Dal Pescatore a Canneto sull’Oglio in provincia di Mantova, che lunedì 19 giugno sono arrivati a Forte dei Marmi per ritirare il Premio Versilia Gourmet – Champagne Bergère 2017 Eccellenza Italiana.

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Antonio e Nadia Santini, Franca Checchi e Romano Franceschini

Antonio e Nadia Santini

All’Hotel Principe c’erano davvero tutti ad applaudirli: i migliori ristoratori della costa, i giornalisti ed esperti del settore, le autorità e uno stuolo di appassionati ammiratori. Il momento della consegna dei Premi Versilia Gourmet – Champagne Bergère è stato il toccante ed emozionante gran finale a una cena da mille e una notte allestita dai migliori chef “stellati” della Versilia. Dopo l’aperitivo in terrazza, con il coreografico panorama di una Versilia scintillante d’inizio estate, i 160 ospiti si sono seduti nell’elegante dehors dell’hotel per gustare un ricco menù.

I 4 PREMI ALLA RISTORAZIONE Claudio Sottili, con la consueta maestria, ha dato il via alle attesissime premiazioni. Il “Miglior Chef 2017” è andato a Cristoforo Trapani, il giovanissimo chef campano che, a soli 29 anni, riesce a stupire con la sua cucina fusion toscana-campana alla Magnolia del Byron di Forte dei Marmi, riuscendo a mantenere, con stile e modernità, la prestigiosa Stella Michelin. Il “Migliore in Sala” è quest’anno David Vaiani del ristorante Bistrot di Forte dei Marmi, per il modo gentile, garbato, sereno, da perfetto padrone di casa. “Premio Carriera” è andato invece a Pino Artizzu, sardo di origine ma ormai viareggino, visto che, dal lontano 1979, delizia i palati di una miriade di buongustai al suo ristorante Pino, piccolo-grande tempio del buon pesce. Il premio più ambito, ovvero il “Ristorante dell’Anno 2017”, è andato meritatamente al Lux Lucis, il ristorante gourmet del Principe Forte dei Marmi. Fresco di Stella Michelin, e con molti riconoscimenti sulle guide e sui periodici nazionali, il Lux Lucis vince con la seguente motivazione: “per la suggestione degli scenari, per il servizio garbato e puntuale, per gli abbinamenti vino-cibo e per una cucina personale, innovativa e contemporanea”. Gran finale con i signori Santini che, emozionatissimi, hanno ritirato sul palco la preziosa statuetta in marmo con coltello e forchetta che si rincorrono a spirale.

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Migliore in Sala, David Vaiani

Migliore Chef 2017, Cristoforo Trapani

Ristorante dell’Anno 2017, Lux Lucis

Premio Carriera, Pino Artizzu

IL MENU’ DELLA SERATA Il menù, impiattato da 5 chef e dalle loro brigate di fronte agli affascinati ospiti, ha riservato sorprese e veri e propri mugolii di piacere a ogni boccone. In terrazza, direttamente dalla cucina e bagnati rigorosamente da champagne Bergère, le micro-creazioni dello chef di casa Valentino hanno dato il via al Gran Gala, con il sole a tuffarsi nel mare proprio lì davanti. Poi è stata la volta del raffinato e leggero antipasto di Andrea Papa, chef di Romano a Viareggio, e del secondo antipasto, saporito e convincente, dello chef Luca Landi del Lunasia di Viareggio. Filippo di Pietrasanta ha pensato al primo piatto, molto applaudito, con lo chef Lorenzo Barsotti alle prese con l’elicriso e il risotto. Il “due.Stelle Michelin” Giuseppe Mancino, chef del Piccolo Principe di Viareggio, ha interpretato magistralmente il manzo del selezionatore Masoni. Infine, il pastry-chef Gabriele Vannucci, viareggino doc ma emigrato alla corte di Gordon Ramsay al ristorante Contrada di Castelnuovo Berardenga, ha chiuso in dolcezza con il suo intrigante Black Forest Gateau.

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Valentino Cassanelli, il benvenuto del Lux Lucis

Valentino Cassanelli, il benvenuto del Lux Lucis

Valentino Cassanelli, il benvenuto del Lux Lucis

Andrea Papa, Ristorante Romano – Triglia, pomodoro, piselli, oliva di Majatica Ferrandina

Lorenzo Barsotti – Ristorante Filippo – Elicriso: Risotto, elicriso, limone e muscoli

Luca Landi – Lunasia – Polpo laccato alla barbarossa e lavanda con formaggio caprino

Giuseppe Mancino – Il Piccolo Principe – Manzo del Masoni, cicoria, peperoni e caffè

Gabriele Vannucci – Ristorante contrada by Gordon Ramsay – BFG, Black Forest Gateau

LA GUIDA, IN VENDITA DA MERCOLEDI’ 21 GIUGNO Poco prima che le luci di questo palcoscenico del buon gusto si spegnessero, a tutti i convenuti è stata consegnata la guida ristoranti Versilia Gourmet 2017, giunta alla sua nona edizione, in vendita a partire da mercoledì 21 giugno in edicole e librerie. L’ideazione, l’organizzazione e la realizzazione del Gran Gala della cucina d’autore, dei Premi e della guida Versilia Gourmet sono a cura dell’editore Gianluca Domenici.

Versilia Gourmet 2017: i vincitori IL PREMIO ECCELLENZA ITALIANA Tutto il pubblico, in piedi, per una vera e propria standing ovation. Protagonisti Nadia e Antonio Santini del celeberrimo ristorante Dal Pescatore a Canneto sull’Oglio in provincia di Mantova, che lunedì 19 giugno sono arrivati a Forte dei Marmi per ritirare il Premio Versilia Gourmet – Champagne Bergère 2017 Eccellenza Italiana.