I wanted to write a quick message about Gabriele Cipriani. We met through his wife, Grazia, at the first Christmas dinner with "Il Circolo Italiano". Il Circolo Italiano is a local group of people in Kalamazoo who meet once a month and speak Italian together. Most of the people have lived in Italy for school or work at some point of their lives. Grazia was in the group and during our annual Christmas party everyone brings their husbands and wives. I found out they were both from Verona, Italy and we talked about the city, Italy and of course, Valpolicella wines. To make a long story short, Gabriele and Grazia officially moved to Kalamazoo in 1999 and he has been working in the printing business ever since.
He travels back to Italy for work about 2 times a year and I was lucky enough to be in Italy the same time he was coming. Where the story really gets interesting is 'VinItaly' was that same weekend. His friend Pierluca is in the wine business and helped open a lot of doors for me over there with his many contacts. Anyway, in closing, I want to say Thanks to Gabriele for all his help. As I said before, going to Verona was an incredible experience I will not forget! Ciao tutti!
He travels back to Italy for work about 2 times a year and I was lucky enough to be in Italy the same time he was coming. Where the story really gets interesting is 'VinItaly' was that same weekend. His friend Pierluca is in the wine business and helped open a lot of doors for me over there with his many contacts. Anyway, in closing, I want to say Thanks to Gabriele for all his help. As I said before, going to Verona was an incredible experience I will not forget! Ciao tutti!
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