Welcome, Friends and family our goal with this blog is to help you keep tabs on what we've been up to after moving to Italy in 2007, by sharing some of our experiences with you. We have many of our old favorite places yet we always seem to stumble into something really cool just when we think we've seen everything. Our goal is to share these new experiences, along with an occasional wine or travel tip.
Sincerely,
Robert and Leslie Alexander

What a Party!

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Last night was the annual summer party at Dante Rivetti, a winery in Neive, Barbaresco. Lots of wine, food, live music and fun fo those lucky enough to be on the invite list. The Rivetti family put on a great party.
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Leslie and our friend Primo of First's Filet, speciality cured pork filets and salame.
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As usual at Piedmont parties, the people watching is great.

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Party wouldn't be complete without live music, the local band played both kinds of music, country and western.
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First stop wine, then we grabbed a plate of mixed cheese and salumi.

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Then we found the appetizer table, which later in the night turned into risotto and gnocchi, everything was delicious.

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Dante Rivetti greeting friends.

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Colored lights were the last thing we saw while leaving, no idea how long the party went on.