Winemaking

In Foodways
Relationship: Child of im/migrant
My father's birthplace, Treppo Grande, Friuli, Italy. he learned to make wine here
My father's birthplace, Treppo Grande, Friuli, Italy. he learned to make wine here

This was early fall of 1950 and and wine making was in the air, literally, you could smell the sweet smell of crushed grapes and fermenting wine for several weeks. It was a ritualized event. Shades were drawn on the windows for fear of revenuers or police getting “wind” of our probably not illegal activities.

 

Place(s): Cicero, Illinois; Treppo Grande, Friuli, Italy

– Dennis Vidoni

Relationship:  Child of im/migrant Child of im/migrant

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