The Italy connection: Italians in California, and the wine they brought

Sep 02, 2013 608

By Alastair Bland


When Phil LaRocca was 12 years old and entering the Saints Peter and Paul Salesian Catholic school in San Francisco, he and his classmates received notices of rules and expectations for all enrolling students.

 

Among them was a stodgy line requiring that no student drink any alcohol before the age of 21. But the notice made an exception, allowing any students of Italian descent to drink as much wine as they pleased.

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