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The Italian

Dream

BY MARCO INFELISE

PHOTOGRAPHY BY
ALINE COQUELLE
TEXT BY GELASIO
GAETANI
D’ARAGONA
LOVATELLI
FOREWORD BY
LAPO ELKANN.

“In this book I would like to reveal to readers, effortlessly elegant Italian lifestyle, savoring wine
through Aline’s inspiring photos, my Italy, and behind the private gates of family castles and vi-
I hope readers will discover an Italy as true for neyards, from the foothills of the Alps to the hill
them as it is true for me”. For more than three ye- towns of Tuscany to the relaxed southern seasi-
ars, Aline Coquelle, the well-known globe-trot- des. The Italian Dream: Wine, Heritage, Soul is an
ting photographer, and Count Gelasio Gaetani escape into the effortlessly elegant Italian life-
d’Aragona Lovatelli, a member of one of the ol- style, discovering hidden corners, savoring wine,
dest aristocratic Italian families, have followed and sharing joyful times with convivial friends
the map of Italy’s best wines. Guided by Gelasio, from the foothills of the Alps to the hill towns
readers are introduced to a tribe of artistic and of Tuscany to the relaxed southern seasides. This
wine-loving amici who share their passion for exclusive tour opens doors to the secret corners
their country’s heritage and bounty. The Italian of Italy, behind the private gates of family castles
Dream: Wine, Heritage, Soul is an escape into the and vineyards, revealing artistic and epicurean

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