内容摘要：Maybe this product has gone under the radar for so long because it sullies the

Maybe this product has gone under the radar for so long because it sullies the

In addition, some of Royal Caribbean’s smaller ships are near the end of their lifetime. All ships get repurposed and refurbed all the time; 35 years is considered a reasonable lifespan.Now, the cruise line has quietly given out some information on its plans for smaller ships.

Royal Caribbean has been talking about the need for a new class of smaller ships for quite some time."We're always designing the next classes of ships really for all of our brands," Liberty said during Royal Caribbean's second-quarter-earnings call. "We specifically pick segments and brands in those segments and deployments and experiences that we believe have a very long runway to generate demand globally, as each of our brands are globally sourced business."He also made it clear that the cruise line sees a need.

"And, of course, the other thing I think that's important when you think about ship classes, whether they could be small, they could be larger, is...a consideration that we also have ships that are reaching 30, 35 years [old]. And so some of this is not just about we want to build same-size ships, smaller ships. It's also replacing ships that will eventually kind of reach their end of life."At the time of those comments, Liberty was just talking. The cruise line had not ordered a new class of ships nor fully confirmed that one was coming.

Royal Caribbean's Senior Vice President of Sales and Trade Support Vicki Freed commented on smaller ships during a recent sailing of Ovation of the Seas.

Freed was speaking to a group of travel advisors (or travel agents, depending upon the lingo), and she confirmed the new class of ships.with wild boar ragù,

with white truffles,with Montepulciano d’Abruzzo — wait. Stop. Throw that Fiat into reverse. A lot of the great wines of Italy are white. And, even better, they’re ideal for summer drinking.

It might come as a surprise, but Italy produces more white (60%) than red wine, led by the regions of Veneto, Puglia, Emilia-Romagna, and Sicily. The most common varieties are Trebbiano, which largely, but by no means exclusively, goes into inexpensive bottles for the local market; Pinot Grigio, the most exported white variety; and, semisurprisingly,. (I’m leaving aside Glera, the grape of