PAST EVENT Festa della Donna Sunday March 10th in Los Angeles, CA

Festa della Donna

Sunday March 10th

Celebrate International Women’s Day
Mid City, LA

(precise location will be emailed to ticket holders)

Come hang all’fresco (outside) with us while we cook for you and pour you woman made wines until you can’t take it anymore. Olivia is working up a Sicilian street food style menu, preserving kumquats, and scouting out the best squid at the fish markets.

We also have a very exciting Cittavino exclusive wine release! from Gianni Lonetti in Calabria. The wine hit the dock this week and you will be literally the first people in the United States to pop the bottles! Pairing his Gaglioppo ‘Juru’ wine with sausages made with his own mother’s suitcase smuggled dried Calabrian chili powder.

We’re vibing like the photos- tasting menu caliber served in passed plates, picnic style.

Take your lady out, bring your mom too!

Olivia Cappelletti is a professional chef and dinner party enthusiast. An East coast native, she's most recently landed at LA-based Gjusta Grocer where she manages the kitchen and seeks to showcase the diversity of hyper-seasonal California produce as well as the farms themselves. Olivia has previously worked in kitchens in New York and Italy, and is endlessly inspired by the storytelling behind recipes and culinary traditions—a breadcrumb that’s followed her since her first life as podcast producer for digital fashion publication Who What Wear. Her dedication to culinary discovery and translating those experiences to those around her table has driven her passion for food, even before her path within it was clear. She cooks bright, herby dishes, eats dinner at an hour most are in bed, and always has room for dessert (and amaro!). Beware not to tell her you don’t like an ingredient, as she’ll see it only as a personal challenge to use it to create something you find downright craveable. 

Olivia and Emilia (Cittavino & Co.) met in Italy on a harvest adventure in Ciro', Calabria. Olivia was on her path of discovery as she was gearing up for a career transition, staging in kitchens in Italy, visiting wineries, and found the last piece to her puzzle was working a harvest with Francesco de Franco of 'A Vita. Emilia was there for her second harvest with Francesco, as the call to Italy is an ever-present buzz in her research on the lesser known regions of Italy. Both gals bonded over their love for simple, fresh foods, excellent wine made by small farmers, and nostalgic photography. It was an instant connection and they vowed to keep in touch once stateside. 

this is our second pop up together!