At Casa Fugazi - October 16th - A.P. Giannini - Bank To The Future - Presented by Italian Community Services and Club Fugazi Experiences, in collaboration with the Istituto Italiano di Cultura - San Francisco.
As part of Italian Heritage and Culture Month celebrations, a documentary dedicated to A.P. Giannini was screened at Casa Fugazi.
Giannini, the son of Italian immigrants in San Francisco and founder of Bank of America, and one of the first founders of Italian Community Services. Both directors, Valentina Signorelli and Cecilia Zoppelletto shared their opinions on the making of the film featuring this extraordinary man who achieved great accomplishments in the United States.
Read MoreA crazy amazing evening at Donato Enoteca with the Tuscan menu prepared by Donato Scotti & Gianluca Guglielmi and the wines of Paradiso di Cacuci. Thanks to Francesco Ditta, Montalcino expert, and to Enrico Guglielmi of Vinum Italia for the splendid smiles and to all the guests for their sympathy!
Here are just some of the photos taken.
Read MoreAn Italian couple who bring the beauty of our culture to the Bay Area through their design and architecture work. Following them is an honor and photographing them an immense pleasure.
Read MoreChef Donato Scotti opened his first restaurant with his name in 2009: DONATO ENOTECA - Redwood City - www.donatoenoteca.com
We could not have known yet that he would be our most loyal customer.
He's come a long way since that year!
Here the very first images taken in October and November 2009 during the opening of DONATO ENOTECA by DILUNA Photography.
Among the images you can also see a “self-portrait” :)
Read MoreLooking back at one of my favorite places to shoot menus and interiors: DESCO - Oakland!
It was 2016 - It was one of Donato's restaurants - The light was really beautiful and the atmosphere was fantastic - The food was excellent!
Who remembers this?
Read MoreA great honor to be considered part of the Terún team and a real pleasure to have photographed the 10th Anniversary celebrations of the restaurant that the Campilongo brothers and their great friend Kristjan opened 10 years ago!
Their father appears every year and his pride in these children is evident, who have been dedicating themselves to this dream for so many years, obtaining a well-deserved success!
I won't add anything else: look at the photos of the evening below and think of the perfumes, the hugs, the many gifts and the loud and incessant music!
Read MoreI love to photograph the new creations that Chef Donato prepares for each new season for his restaurant in Redwood City: DONATO ENOTECA
Read MoreI returned to photography in BayCat after these difficult years of the pandemic. The group of creatives has changed and the new group explodes with a fantastic energy that has infected me! They are sparkling, young, wonderful! I'm curious to see what they will do.
Read MoreIt was a great pleasure to photograph the wine dinner organized by John - PRIMA Vini Wine & Spirits Merchants and Ordine dei Cavalieri del Tartufo e dei Vini di Alba & Chef Gianluca Guglielmi with the wines of E. Pira & Figli - Chiara Boschis.
Alongside Chiara, her niece, who helped explain the wines of their winery with #dolcettodalba, #barberadalba, #nebbiolo, #barolo Barolo Via Nuova, Barolo Mosconi, Barolo Cannubi.
A beautiful evening!
Read MoreSweet delicate perfect little one!
Read MoreAlso this year the aperitif to celebrate the holidays took place at the Consulate General of Italy in San Francisco with the precious intervention of the Consul General Sergio Strozzi, Serena Perfetto and the whole BAIA group.
Thank you for inviting DILUNA to capture this festive moment too!
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Read MoreA beautiful afternoon to taste the delicacies offered by CRU and Donato Store for these holidays: panettone, pandoro, cookies, prosciutto and salami but above all a very accurate selection of wines imported from Vinum Italia.
Read MoreChristmas is approaching and the usual appointment dedicated to the wine tasting of Donato Enoteca is back. As usual, more than 100 wines are presented - this is the reason for the name - accompanied by the food that Chef Donato and Chef Gianluca have prepared. Obviously the "porchetta" is never missing, which this time was better than ever!!!! Wow! Very nice and happy people who appreciated and bought cases of excellent wine to use during the holidays. A truly very special afternoon! Thank you for the welcome and for the smiles: vi adoro!
Donato Enoteca Past Events
Read MoreThe 16th Chapter "The White Truffle of Alba" Grand Gala was held on Sunday 20 November at Donato Enoteca.
A touching ceremony celebrated new knights and a traditional Piemontese dinner designed by Cavaliere Donato Scotti to feature the legendary Alba's White Truffle completed the beautiful evening. A curated selection of prestigious fine wines from Cavalieri wine-growers have completed all courses. Numerous those who attended the evening with enthusiasm and emotion!
I hope I managed to capture all the special moments!
Read MoreChef Donato explains the new dishes included in the a la carte menu for this season.
We see salads with citrus fruits, Ahi tuna with Sicilian caponata, a delicious Fritto Invernale, but also more demanding dishes such as Dry-Aged Ribeye on a bed of polenta Taragna. Two new pizzas could not be missing: pizza nduja, rape e scamorza and pizza house-made speck, gorgonzola and pears. Super tasty! Super Yummy! I hope you can smell it too!
Read MorePhoto gallery - Wine Dinner with Chiappini Winery and Martina Chiappini at Donato Enoteca
Read MoreENOTECA100 :: GRAND WINE & FOOD TASTING
Saturday, October 1st - 2022
Read MoreIt was a great honor for me to be part of the gala for the evening honoring 10 years of care in the Bay Area by There With Care - bayarea.therewithcare.org
Read MorePhoto gallery of the Wine Dinner with Cordero di Montezemolo Winery and Alberto Cordero di Montezemolo
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