The long summer gave out one of the best grapes harvest in the last 20 years. The wines will be real jewels, good to age in barrels for a long time.

www.interamo.it offers information on the history and traditions of the Province. Created by a young student, Gian Maria De Paulis, the site is visited by a great number of Abruzzese abroad.

It seems blue-eyed Duke Giuseppe Antonio Caracciolo is still caring, 150 years later. His great-grandson, Armando Franceschelli, is the new manager of the renowned winery and was able to save the brand name "Duchi di Castelluccio". The wine is not available in supermarkets and stores, but only in wine-shops and restaurants.

Paintings by Giuseppe Di Prinzio, Nino Gagliardi and Alfredo Del Greco will be on show in via Cavalieri, Guardiagrele, 17 to 20 hours until 22 october.

Newton Compton publishers have made a reprint of "Tradizioni popolari d'Abruzzo", by Emiliano Giancristofaro (pages 352, lire 32,000), with fine ancient pictures and "La cucina abruzzese", by Alessandro Molinari Pradelli (pages 480, lire 35,000), a true encyclopedia of Abruzzese cuisine.