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Appetito

Bona Furtuna

Sharla Ault is an Italian based creator of <a href="http://sharlafied.com/">sharlafied.com</a>, a website on hospitality, with focus on the drinks industry. She has vast experience in the business and has conducted masterclasses, judged bar competitions and attended bar shows around the globe. As a freelancer, she has written about travel, luxury and spirits.
As a travel writer, she is a regular contributor to Excellence Magazine (Lugano) and has been published in Condé Nast Traveler USA and UK, the Sunday Times travel magazine, La Cucina Italiana, edited the Cadogan guide, and is a local expert for Condé Nast Johansens.
She produced two Nardini Grappa handbooks, collecting recipes from bartenders worldwide. Her latest project is Spirits of Adventure, documenting spirits in liquid and soulful forms in her sailboat that has covered over 3000 miles from Italy to the Canaries and is planned to continue in fall 2026 to the Caribbean.

Headshot of Sharla Ault, pictured with an orange background, smiling.

Sharla Ault

Ponte Pietra’s stone and brick arches cross the Adige River, with Verona’s buildings and a bell tower behind it.

Features

Hold on, Romeo: There’s More to Verona

Mary Welsh is a Rome-based contributor for Appetito. After earning her BA from Barnard College and becoming a certified sommelier through the Court of Master Sommeliers, she completed her MA in Cultural Heritage at the American University of Rome, where her research focused on women’s roles in sustainable wine marketing and tourism. Today, Mary is the founder of the brand strategy and development agency Dionysus Data and the writer behind Cultivated Appetite and The Dossier on Substack. You can find her on Instagram at <a href="https://www.instagram.com/marywelshstudio">@marywelshstudio</a>. 
<a href="https://dionysusdata.com/">Dionysus Data</a>
<a href="https://cultivatedappetite.substack.com/">Cultivated Appetite</a> 
<a href="https://dionysiandossier.substack.com/">The Dossier</a>

Mary Welsh

Street view of Soave with pastel buildings and the ancient town gate framed by vineyard hills.

A Peek Inside Italy’s Most Beautiful Village – Stories from Soave

<div>Graceanne LaCombe is a Louisiana-born food and wine writer who spends her time table-hopping across Italy. </div>
<div>She currently resides in Parma, where she works in external relations for ALMA, The School of Italian Culinary Arts.</div>

Graceanne LaCombe

A typical northern Italian offering of Bolliti.

Eating Bolliti in the Last Throes of a Northern Italian Winter

<a href="https://www.sarahhallier.com/">Sarah Campise Hallier</a> is the associate editor of Appetito Magazine and co-founder of <a href="https://www.forkboundfoodies.com/">Forkbound Foodies</a>, where she shares exceptional culinary and travel experiences.
She is also a board member of Poggioreale in America Inc, a nonprofit committed to preserving the history and cultural heritage of Western Sicilians and their diaspora. Featured in Italy Magazine, The Local IT, la Repubblica, and We the Italians, Sarah enjoys covering everything from cultural identity to the evolving Italian-American food experience.
A California girl at heart, when she’s not crafting food, travel and wellness stories, she’s chasing down the best foodie finds on her travels and sharing them at <a title="https://www.instagram.com/foodiesfromca/" href="https://www.instagram.com/forkboundfoodies/" target="_blank" rel="noreferrer noopener">@forkBOUNDfoodies</a>.  Subscribe to her <a href="https://www.sarahhallier.com/about-1">newsletter</a> to keep up to date on the best places to eat, stay and tour.
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Verona

Hold on, Romeo: There’s More to Verona

A Peek Inside Italy’s Most Beautiful Village – Stories from Soave

Eating Bolliti in the Last Throes of a Northern Italian Winter

Vinitaly and the City Brings a Toast to Verona this April