Italian Wine Director
Alfonso Cevola is a third generation Italian American. He was born in a vineyard in California, raised in and around his grandfather’s vineyard, where he had first exposure to the grape and the vine. Living in Italy as a youth gave Alfonso the opportunity to work in his Italian relative’s vineyards in the summer and during selected harvests.
Making the move to Texas in 1978, Alfonso made wine in the early 1980’s in North Texas where he was a Gold Medal-winning winemaker in the Texas Wine Competition in 1982. By then, he had already traveled extensively in Italy and the other wine producing regions of the world, including France, Germany, South America, California, Oregon, Washington, Texas & New Zealand.
Alfonso’s history in Italian wines is quite distinguished. In the late 1980’s, Alfonso was engaged in bringing in rare Italian wines to Texas from Tuscany, Piedmont & Campania. He was the first in Texas to first bring in the wines of Angelo Gaja. He was also responsible for bringing in the most expensive bottle of Italian wine sold in Texas (1895 Brunello Biondi-Santi for $ 3,500 per bottle in 1985). Recently, Alfonso headed up a wine seminar with noted Italian author Giuliano Bugialli for the Italian Trade Commission at Hofstra University. In addition, he teaches Italian Wine and Food classes at Central Market in various Texas locations.
Alfonso is also a Special Contributor to the Dallas Morning News and has been a wine judge at the Dallas Morning News National Wine Competition and the Texas State Fair Wine Competition.
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