(Tanti saluti to our Milan Ambassador Pasquale Monteleone for hosting yet another great event. The entire picture gallery is here.)

It’s a pity that the InterNations gallery for this particular event doesn’t have an olfactory or gustatory dimension. Although the photographic impressions of Milan Ambassador Pasquale Monteleone are undoubtedly very nice, they can’t convey the complete experience of Federico Vincenzi‘s introduction to the world of sweet wines…

Last Tuesday, on October 27, a huge number of members from the InterNations Milan Community took advantage of the excellent and unique opportunity provided by our Ambassador Pasquale Monteleone. Together with a friend of his, he set up a big networking aperitivo to facilitate the exchange between the members of various networks and organizations, from different backgrounds and nations. In the end, about 450 guests with over 40 nationalities altogether met up for having a drink and making new contacts at Milano Bar on Via Procaccini. Grazie mille for making this possible, Pasquale!

After the slightly rough start of the InterNations Milan wine-tasting sessions in September, Ambassador Pasquale Monteleone was delighted with last Thursday’s event, when everything went even better than originally planned. Meeting at Wine O’Clock Milano, a venue passionate about spreading their enthusiasm for authentic regional wines from Italy, the guests had the unique opportunity to participate in a professional degustazione led by the experienced oenogourmet and sommelier Federico Vincenzi. So they partook of vintages like Barbera from the Piemont or a Cabernet Sauvignon, nibbled at snacks and savoury Italian cheeses in between, and even engaged in what Pasquale jokingly called the “CSI Milan wine-profiling competition”. Although only InterNations member Colette Green was victorious in the latter, the entire experience was a true gain for everybody present; they are all looking forward to their next evening of sweet wines and chocolate…

(If you would like to see more photos from the event, please click here.)

As the idea of a Sunday afternoon aperitivo had proved to be quite popular among the members of the InterNations Milan Community, local Ambassador Pasquale Monteleone decided to offer another occasion to mix and mingle in the relaxed atmosphere of a weekend event. This time, however, they tried the chic ambience and the cocktails at Palco’s, where all attendants — expats, Italians and even quadrupeds — seems to have had a great time, as you may see on the selected photos below.

Our Milan Ambassador, resident gourmet and oenophile Pasquale Monteleone recently organized the first long-awaited InterNations Wine-Tasting Session in his city. At Agricola Restaurant, the members who had signed up previously for this event spent an exclusive evening together with Federico Vincenzi, a sommelier and wine educator, who has already won international awards and renown for his work. Together with an appetizing selection of Italian cheeses and ham as well as a dish of Ravioloni Ripieni, he served the guests several white and red wines, introducing the various vintages and teaching how to taste the draughts in a professional manner.

If you are interested in partcipating in another wine-testing session in the future, Pasquale would like to refer to the private message he sent out after the last event – or to contact him beforehand to discuss the organizational requirements for attending. Fellow wine-lovers are always welcome.

InterNations Ambassador Pasquale Monteleone organized an aperitivo for ‚his‘ members at Noon Milano last weekend, and, unsurprisingly, it proved to be a lovely fun event for a Sunday afternoon. The atmosphere was very relaxed and laid back: The expats from Austria, Germany, Brazil, Puerto Rico, Mexico, Venezuela, Colombia, Spain, Portugal, Canada, USA, Argentina and several Italians as well felt more like a group of friends rather than simply some members of an online community meeting up: By now, there are quite a few regulars at the Milan Get-Togethers, and everybody’s always looking forward to seeing each other again.

Our Milan Ambassador Pasquale Monteleone received a truly international selection of guests at the most recent event in town: Participants from Canada, Italy, Sweden, China, Brazil, Spain, Austria, USA, Mexico, Germany, Colombia, India, France, Canada, Russia, Ireland, and Argentina were all eager to have a drink at the avantgarde-style Hotel Straf, whose unconventional modern design provided an interesting counterpoint to the splendour of the famous cathedral nearby.

The Get-Together on the evening of August 28 represented a great opportunity for those InterNations members who were already well-acquainted with each other to exchange stories and anecdotes from their summer holidays; while quite a few new faces joined the crowd and managed to get in touch with their fellow expats and online friends in ‘real life’ for the first time. Both groups of people, however, certainly found this meeting equally entertaining!