All people from Le Marche remember the 2009 commercial that aimed at promoting our land in Italy and abroad as “Le Marche: an infinite discovery!” whose main character is the famous Hollywood actor Dustin Hoffman. (The original video is available: here)
What many may not know is that the beauties of our land have found the way into the heart of the star, who later decided to buy a villa in the prestigious Barcaglione neighborhood, close to Falconara Marittima in the province of Ancona.
Dustin Hoffman for the commercial campaign of Le Marche region in 2009
Moreover, Hoffmann wears shoes made by craftsmen in Le Marche, which has a long tradition in shoe manufacture. And like him, many other VIPs or chiefs of state. From Silvester Stallone to George Bush, as well as George Clooney or Vladimir Putin…they all go crazy for the ‘Made in Le Marche’ shoes!
Panoramic view of the mansion “Fattoria Le Terrazze”, with its cellar surrounded by the green of the beautiful hills in Numana
Some years ago, even Bob Dylan fell in love with the local specialities of our region, to the point of asking to the wine farm “Fattoria Le Terrazze” in Numana to create a special red wine with his signature on the back bottle label.
“Planet Waves” 2004 wine with the signature of the famous singer Bob Dylan and made by the ‘Fattoria Le Terrazze’ vineyards
Barack Obama and Vladimir Putin toasted the UN General Assembly that was held last September 28, 2015 in New York with Le Marche sparkling wine named “Bolla Rosa” (aka:”Pink Bubbles”) made by the farm “Giovanni Giusti” in Montignano.
The ‘Bolla Rosa’ sparkling wine from Montignano, chosen for the toast between Obama and Putin
Even one of the greatest and most iconic rock bands ever, the Pink Floyd, on their latest album entitled “The Endless River” showed a picture of Le Marche map on the inside of the cover: what a great surprise! Their final album sold millions of copies and the old map of Le Marche has been seen worldwide. I dedicated a post to this news at the time, and you can find it here.
In a nutshell, my dear friends…spring is coming and Le Marche is going to bloom!
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How cool it this?!!!!
Isn’t it? Would you have ever imagined?
Thanks for checking in Laurel!:-)
You’re welcome. I enjoyed it! 🙂
How very interesting! I wonder if Bob Dylan’s wine is available in the USA. Thanks for sharing your beautiful little corner of the world.
Ciao Debra! I’m not sure this bottle is still available since it was made back in 2004.
I wasn’t able to find it, unfortunately.
But in case you’re more lucky and find it somewhere, please let me know. Thanks!
You’ve got me inspired to see if there’s any Le Marche wine to be found around Seattle, WA 🙂
I really hope so! Please let me know how your research goes. It would be really interesting.
By the way, happy you feel inspired by the post. Debra, thanks for your support:-)
Your corner of the world looks very unspoiled and beautiful. I’ve loved your pictures and stories! And recipes. 🙂
Very cool and interesting 😀
Thanks Ishita! Happy you liked it:-)
I enjoyed reading this, Le Marche has had it’s fair share of fans.
Chioma, thanks so much for your support!:-)
My pleasure.
dats wonderful!!
“Grazie mille!!!” = Thanks so much!!!
XoXo, Isa:-)
This is really neat. 🙂
Thanks Carol!
Ciao, Isa:-)