News - Casa e Cucina

Ciao Cielo - Great Italian food the Port Melbourne way!

12 June, 2018

The new Ciao Cielo opened in late May in Port Melbourne's old courthouse following a 2 year refurbishment....

Not all wine glasses are EQUAL

04 June, 2018

There are many reasons why wine glasses come in different shapes and it is important to understand the characteristics of some basic wine types and the way we taste...

Lovely Linen joins the Casa e Cucina family

20 February, 2018

Lovely Linen by Kardelen from Sweden has been devoted to manufacturing fine linens for the home since 1992. They use only high quality long flax from Europe..

Il Perugino selects Zafferano

02 January, 2018

If you have ever been to Italy, you will know how it feels to crave the aromas oozing out of quaint, quintessential Italian restaurants....

Zafferano Esperienze wine glass

12 October, 2017

With the introduction of the Esperienze wine glasses the way of tasting wine has changed. The ripples at the bottom of the wine glass, an international patent, are the hallmark of these fine crystal wine glasses

BINV1955: the new brand of Murano glass collections by Zafferano

28 August, 2017

A story that started in Murano now returns to Murano.

BINV1955 (Born in Venice 1955) is the latest brand from Zafferano created to bring together new collections entirely made of Murano glass.

The Zafferano story

10 July, 2017

Federico de Majo, designer and owner of Zafferano, is at the forefront of rekindling the traditions of glass blowing on the island of Murano. His inspiring glassware creations have been chosen by some of the world’s best restaurants and he’s leading a new generation of Italy’s artisan glass-makers.