The Italy Mix is a regular post about the most interesting Italy and Italy travel news and human interest stories around the Web. Here are our top picks for this week:
Olive Oil Law: Italy’s olive oil producers wary of a new law that would tinker with the penalties for passing off counterfeit olive oil and its origin. (The New York Times)
500th Anniversary of Venice Ghetto: Venice’s shrinking Jewish population is marking five centuries of the ghetto with a year of events. (Dream of Italy)
New Puglia Retreat: Masseria Trapanà was a ruin when Rob Potter-Sanders, an Australian hotelier looking for a project to call his own, acquired it in 2013 and spent two years restoring it. (Robb Report)
Minimalist Tuscan Home: The man responsible for the pristine look of the Prada stores revels in idiosyncrasy at his own home in Arezzo. (The New York Times)
By Kathy McCabe
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