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Barbera (other)
Barbera is a red Italian wine grape variety. Barbera may also refer to: Places * Barberà del Vallès, a municipality of Catalonia *Barberà de la Conca, a municipality of Catalonia *Stadio Renzo Barbera, a football stadium in Palermo, Italy People with the surname * Angelo Barbera, American musician *Angelo La Barbera (1924–1975), Italian Mafia member *Augusto Barbera (born 1938), Italian law professor, politician and judge * Gioacchino La Barbera (born 1959), Italian Mafia member *Héctor Barberá (born 1986), Spanish motorcycle racer * Jason LaBarbera (born 1980), Canadian ice hockey player * Jaume Barberà (born 1955), Spanish director and TV presenter * Joe LaBarbera (born 1948), American jazz musician *John LaBarbera (born 1945), American jazz musician *Joseph Barbera (1911–2006), American cartoonist * Luciano Barbera, Italian sartorial menswear designer * Mary Ellen Barbera (born 1951), American lawyer and judge *Pat LaBarbera (born 1944), American-Canadian jazz musicia ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Barbera
Barbera is a red Italian wine grape variety that, as of 2000, was the third most-planted red grape variety in Italy (after Sangiovese and Montepulciano). It produces good yields and is known for deep color, full body, low tannins and high levels of acidity.J. Robinson (ed) ''The Oxford Companion to Wine'' Third Edition pg 62-63 Oxford University Press 2006 Century-old vines still exist in many regional vineyards and allow for the production of long-aging, robust red wines with intense fruit and enhanced tannic content. The best-known appellation is the DOCG (Denominazione di Origine Controllata e Garantita) Barbera d'Asti in the Piedmont region: the highest-quality Nizza DOCG wines are produced within a sub-zone of the Barbera d'Asti production area. When young, the wines offer a very intense aroma of fresh red cherries and blackberries. In the lightest versions notes of cherries, raspberries and blueberries and with notes of blackberry and black cherries in wines made of mo ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Luciano Barbera
Luciano Barbera is a high-end men’s clothing company based in Biella, Italy, a town and commune in the northern Italian region of Piedmont. History Prior to producing a clothing company, the Barbera family owned and operated the Carlo Barbera wool mill, also located in Biella, Italy. In 1962, Luciano Barbera (son of Carlo Barbera) was photographed by Ugo Mulas for ''Vogue'' in a suit made with his family's fabrics. Years later, the owner of the US menswear store Louis Boston offered Luciano to sell his line of clothes, which led the latter to create his clothing brand. In 1971, the Luciano Barbera brand of men's clothes was created, using the Carlo Barbera fabrics to make the clothes. In 2010 the reported average price of fabric from the Carlo Barbera factory was 41 euros a meter ($48.75 a yard). That same year, the company had a $5.8 million debt and was short on orders to settle it, and the mill fabric was acquired by the Neapolitan tailoring company Kiton. In 2014, th ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Barbara (other)
Barbara may refer to: People * Barbara (given name) * Barbara (painter) (1915–2002), pseudonym of Olga Biglieri, Italian futurist painter * Barbara (singer) (1930–1997), French singer * Barbara Popović (born 2000), also known mononymously as Barbara, Macedonian singer * Bárbara (footballer) (born 1988), Brazilian footballer Film and television * ''Barbara'' (1961 film), a West German film * ''Bárbara'' (film), a 1980 Argentine film * ''Barbara'' (1997 film), a Danish film directed by Nils Malmros, based on Jacobsen's novel * ''Barbara'' (2012 film), a German film * ''Barbara'' (2017 film), a French film * ''Barbara'' (TV series), a British sitcom Places * Barbara (Paris Métro), a metro station in Montrouge and Bagneux, France * Barbaria (region), or al-Barbara, an ancient region in Northeast Africa * Barbara, Arkansas, U.S. * Barbara, Gaza, a former Palestinian village near Gaza * Barbara, Marche, a town in Italy * Berbara (other), or al-Barbara, Leban ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Hanna-Barbera
Hanna-Barbera Cartoons, Inc. ( ; formerly known as H-B Enterprises, Hanna-Barbera Productions, Inc. and H-B Production Co.), simply and commonly known as Hanna-Barbera, was an American animation studio and production company, which was active from 1957 until its absorption into Warner Bros. Animation in 2001. Founded on July 7, 1957 by ''Tom and Jerry'' creators and former MGM Cartoons employees William Hanna and Joseph Barbera along with George Sidney, it was headquartered in Los Angeles at the Jim Henson Company Lot, Kling Studios from 1957 to 1960, then on Cahuenga Boulevard from 1960 to 1998, and subsequently at the Sherman Oaks Galleria in Sherman Oaks, Los Angeles, Sherman Oaks from 1998 to 2001. Notable among the cartoons that the company produced include ''The Huckleberry Hound Show'', the incarnations, feature films and other media of ''The Flintstones'', ''The Yogi Bear Show, Yogi Bear'' and ''Scooby-Doo'' and ''The Smurfs (1981 TV series), The Smurfs''. With the ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Barbera D'Asti
Barbera d'Asti is an Italian red wine made from the Barbera grape. It is produced in the hilly areas of the provinces of Asti (67 municipalities) and Alexandria (51 municipalities). Barbera d'Asti was accredited with DOC status in 1970, and DOCG status followed in 2008. Under the DOCG rules, a minimum of 90% Barbera grapes must be used; the balance may be made up with either Freisa, Grignolino or Dolcetto grapes. The wine must be made before the date of 1 March immediately following the harvest, and must reach a minimum alcohol content of 11.5% ABV. ''Barbera d'Asti Superiore'' must have an alcoholic strength of at least 12.5% by volume, and be aged for at least 14 months, 6 months of which stored in oak or chestnut barrels. Many ''superiore'' producers refine it in small oak barriques to obtain a rounder taste. The ''superiore'' has the following sub-zones indicated on the label: ''Nizza'', ''Tinella'', or ''Colli Astiani'' (''Asti''). The ''superiore'' wine has a strong a ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Barbera (grapes)
Barbera is a name shared by several wine and table grape varieties. The most notable being the red Barbera grape of Piedmont in northwest Italy. Other grapes which are known as Barbera, either as part of their primary name or as a synonym, include: *Barbera Amara *Barbera bianca *Barbera Ciaria *Barbera del Sannio *Barbera di Patrunat *Barbera Sarda *Barbera Selvatico *Durasa, known under the synonym of Barbera Rotonda *Ervi, crossing known under the synonym of Barbera x Bonarda 108 *Freisa, known under the synonym of Barbera *Sanches, Brazilian hybrid grape crossing known under the synonym of Barbera Min *Terzi 1, crossing known under the synonym of Barbera x Cabernet Franc N.1 {{SIA ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Vincenzo La Barbera
Vincenzo La Barbera (c. 1577 – 1642) was an Italian Mannerist architect and painter. Biography The son of Pietro and Domenica de Michele, his family were of Ligurian descent. The artist was born in Termini Imerese, to which his grandfather Bartolomeo Barbieri had moved in the first half of the 16th century before marrying a woman from that city named Lucrezia. That city was then Sicily's richest 'Caricatore' (grain-storing city). La Barbera studied under Antonino Spatafora, a painter and architect from Palermo who had a studio in Termini Imerese between the end of the 16th century and the first decade of the 17th century. There he produced important architectural designs such as the expansion of the Maggior Chiesa and the Palazzo Civico. In 1597 La Barbera married Spatafora's daughter Elisabetta. In 1609 La Barbera designed the Sala del Magistrato in the modernised Palazzo Civico, painting that room's wall frescoes of episodes from the history of Termini Imerese and the nea ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Salvatore La Barbera
Salvatore La Barbera (; 20 April 1922 – 17 January 1963) was a Sicilian mafioso. Together with his brother Angelo La Barbera he ruled the Mafia family of Palermo Centro. Salvatore La Barbera sat on the first Sicilian Mafia Commission that was set up in 1958 as the capo mandamento for Mafia families of Borgo Vecchio, Porta Nuova and Palermo Centro. La Barbera disappeared during the First Mafia War, a victim of the '' lupara bianca'', never to be seen again. The Palermo police suspected that Salvatore Greco "Ciaschiteddu" and his cousin Salvatore Greco "The Engineer" had arranged a deal whereby Tommaso Buscetta betrayed his former friend, killed him and disposed of his body in the furnaces of his glass factory. Buscetta claimed to know nothing about the disappearance.Servadio, ''Mafioso'', p. 182-84 Later on, pentito Antonino Calderone revealed that La Barbera was killed by Cicchiteddu and the body was made to disappear with the help of Cicchiteddu's ally Gigino Pizzuto, c ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Roberto La Barbera
Roberto La Barbera (born 25 February 1967) is a paralympic athlete from Italy competing mainly in category F44 long jump and pentathlon events. Biography La Barbera has competed in three Paralympic Games winning a silver medal. His first games were in 2000 Summer Paralympics where he competed in the 200m, 400m, 800m, discus, long jump and pentathlon but was unable to win any medals. This he corrected in 2004 where he won a silver medal in the long jump as well as competing in the 400m, 4 × 100 m and pentathlon. His third games were in Beijing in 2008 2008 was designated as: *International Year of Languages *International Year of Planet Earth *International Year of the Potato *International Year of Sanitation The Great Recession, a worldwide recession which began in 2007, continued throu ... where he competed in the long jump and pentathlon but was unable to win a second medal. Achievements References External links * * The Jumper: A Paralympic Story {{DEFAUL ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Rita Barberá Nolla
Rita may refer to: People * Rita (given name) * Rita (Indian singer) (born 1984) * Rita (Israeli singer) (born 1962) * Rita (Japanese singer) * Eliza Humphreys (1850–1938), wrote under the pseudonym Rita Places * Djarrit, also known as Rita, a community in the Marshall Islands * 1180 Rita, an asteroid * Rita, West Virginia * Santa Rita, California (other), several places Film, television, and theater * ''Rita'' (1959 film), an Australian television play * ''Rita'' (2009 Italian film), an Italian film * ''Rita'' (2009 Indian film), a Marathi film directed by Renuka Shahane * ''Rita'' (2024 Guatemalan film), Guatemalan dark fantasy film * ''Rita'' (2024 Spanish film), an upcoming Spanish drama film * ''Rita'' (TV series), a Danish television show * RITA Award, an award for romantic fiction * '' Educating Rita'', a 1980 stage play by Willy Russel ** ''Educating Rita'' (film), a 1983 British film based on that play *Rita Oberoi, fictional character in the 19 ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Peter LaBarbera
Peter LaBarbera (born 1963) is an American social conservative activist and the president of the anti-gay organization Americans for Truth about Homosexuality (AFTAH). LaBarbera has been criticized for spreading hate speech and misinformation about homosexuality, with AFTAH being designated as an anti-LGBT hate group by the Southern Poverty Law Center (SPLC) for spreading "hateful propaganda". Biography Career LaBarbera was a reporter for ''The Washington Times'' until 1990 and covered stories such as communism in Central America, then became a freelance reporter in Nicaragua. He then worked for Accuracy in Media and became a contributing editor at ''Human Events''. In early August 1994, LaBarbera and another activist, Bill Horn, were invited to Shreveport, Louisiana, by pastor Billy McCormack (vice president of the Christian Coalition of America) to make a presentation on the homosexual rights agenda. Horn produced the video ''The Gay Agenda'', and LaBarbera edited the new ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Pat LaBarbera
Pat (Pascel Emmanuel) LaBarbera (born April 7, 1944) is an American-born Canadian jazz tenor, alto and soprano saxophonist, clarinetist, and flautist born in Mt. Morris, New York, most notable for his work as a soloist in Buddy Rich bands from 1967 to 1973. He moved to Toronto, Ontario in 1974, and is a member of the faculty at Humber College. La Barbera began working with Elvin Jones in 1975, touring Europe with him in 1979. While working with Buddy Rich, Pat also was working in groups led by Woody Herman and Louie Bellson. Pat has also played with Carlos Santana. LaBarbera has played a major role in the development of a generation of Canadian saxophonists. In 2000, he won a Juno Award for Best Traditional Instrumental Jazz Album for ''Deep in a Dream''."Juno Awards reach out to music's newcomers". ''National Post'', March 13, 2000. Pat is the brother of fellow musicians John LaBarbera (trumpet) and Joe LaBarbera (drums). Discography As a leader * 1975: ''Pass It On'' ( ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
