Planning a wine tour in Tuscany this year? If so, you might want to brush up on how to pronounce those varietals you’ll be tasting — and the foods you’ll pair them with.
Under new legislation introduced by the Brothers of Italy party — the most right-wing leadership party the country has seen since World War II — any Italian found using foreign languages—namely, English—in official communications could be forced to pay a fine up to a whopping €100,000. Proposed by Fabio Rampelli of the nation’s ruling political party, the legislation has yet to be debated on the Parliament floor, but it already has strong support from Italian prime minister Giorgia Meloni.
