At its height Renaissance Florence was a center of enormous wealth, power and influence. A republican city-state funded by trade and banking, its often-bloody political scene was dominated by rich mercantile families, the most famous of which was that of the Medici.
Please join the Board of Il Cenacolo as they deliver the “State of the Club” reports, discuss current issues facing the Club, and open the floor for comments from the membership. For those unable to attend the meeting will be held over Zoom. Details will be emailed to you.
Lorri Ungaretti leads us on a visual journey of the many places and items that were once found in San Francisco but are now gone. San Francisco is well-known for its beautiful vistas and fascinating destinations. However, many places that were once part of the San Francisco experience have vanished from the land—lost to earthquakes, […]
The wines of Central Italy is the subject of our Fifth-Thursday wine tasting!
Lisa Sciandra set out on a journey to learn more about her Italian roots. Retrace her steps, beginning with the clues in her grandmother’s home, to finding her cousins through social media, and finally, to their joyful reunion in Italy this spring.
In May 1929, Enid Walker, age 14, and her mother were aboard an ocean liner just departed from San Francisco, traveling to Sweden via New York to spend the summer with relatives. Also aboard was James Cobb, age 19, traveling to New York on his way to Annapolis, Maryland, where he had just been accepted […]
At this spectacular site in central Capri, on sheer cliffs dropping to the Bay of Naples, the second Roman emperor Tiberius built a vacation retreat—or perhaps a political hideaway—in the first century.
It is time for our annual Summer Break. Il Cenacolo SF will resume luncheons on Thursday, September 21. See you then! And have a wonderful summer.
https://youtu.be/U1Psf43ouxo Michela will perform in Berkeley on Friday, August 4th at Ashkenaz as part of a Wines Around the World Festival. Ashkenaz is Berkeley's home for international music and dance since 1994. Michela is also performing at several other establishments throughout the Bay Area beginning August 3rd. See her website for tickets and more information—special […]
Continuing our “tour of Italy” with winemaker and member Ron Fenolio we will have the rare opportunity to taste wines that would be extinct if not for the efforts of one family, the owners of The Punta Crena Winery.
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