Aldo's Biography
Aldo’s family is coming from a very poor origin;
at the age of 14 years dismayed by a difficult life due from the fact that his father had a terrible accident he that left him invalid and therefore couldn’t support his family economically, he decides to
attend the State Hotel Institute nearby in order to seek a better job elsewhere outside Italy eventually .
So he went , occasionally working part time himself in order to pay the expenses as a waiter where he was off studying
the first year of his school, Aldo was already at one of the hotels of that time (1974) being one of the most famous of Italy, called Villa Cortine Palace Hotel ( residence of Soprano singer Maria Callas of Sirmione and in his second year at the age of 15 years he was already alone serving cocktails to the rich noble German tourists
at 16 years of age Aldo see the time of Germany and went to Hamburg at the Hotel Kempinski Atlantik (the one which was the set of James Bond film
The Spy who loved me)
At 17 teen Aldo graduated at his Hotel School and continued his experiences abroad between France and Spain
On his return he was seen himself for one year at the famous and unique historic Hotel of the world and luxury 5 star Hotel in Verona as an assistant barman, called Hotel Due Torri Baglioni
At that time he joined the Bartender association called Aibes and assumed the position of second Barman
The arrival of army compulsory service and contrarian enlisted instead of being forced to serve as waiter to the army Generals , he joined the Police force and specialized himself within the service with the least diverted from drugs
Among the extra work that has been done to supplement his meager income from the police, he worked
in the larger hotels in the Milan jet set, including the Principe di Savoia Hotel and The Excelsior Hotel Gallia,
At the end of the three-year service and due to a gunfight with a robber who shot him
at point blank range and subsequently forced him to remain without a kidney and spleen, Aldo returned safely to his beloved world of Horeca
He re begun in 1982 as Chef de Rang at the Savini Galleria Vittorio Emanuele owned by a entrepreneurial restaurateur from Tuscany who taught him a lot , eventually he awarded Aldo as Restaurant manager in his major location near Via Monte Napoleone street , called Alfio Cavour Via Senato
As director has served the finest jet set of the Lombard capital not least the late President of the Italian Republic , Mr Sandro Pertini
Many other important jet set and famous personalities were the famous Russian pianist Vadimir Horowitz , world number one , and son in law of Toscanini Orchestra director
Other like
Liza Minelli to the great Frank Sinatra and many other Italian artists
While at Savini’s and Alfio, outlets, Aldo joined a European bartender competition called The Marathone Drinks and went part time in different locations in Europe to compete with his cocktails
In 1983 was awarded 1st Barman of Europe and RAI 1 the State television got a hint of this well acclaimed experience
However after the shootout Aldo went a bit depressed and decided to disappears from Milan scenes that have seen him for 7 years
For the next three years Aldo career saw him abroad again on the very famous “Love Boat”
Her joined on the large cruise ship and worked as dining room captain from 1986 to 1988
Aldo sailing on this ship saw him around the world more than then 5 times, touching the Alaska,
Australia, Japan, China and Canada USA Latin America
From 1989 until 2000 and after having met a new love just aboard this ship, He eventually moved with his fiancee in remote rural Wales (U, .K.) and opened his forst 100% true Italian restaurant and a deli
Aldo’s Restaurant featured here in 1996
After two years he decided to have an extra activity by adding a small Italian wine merchant portfolio and to serve local Eateries
Besides these activities he dedicated himself to promote British national network by creating a link between Welsh and Italian artisan rural food life
So by 1993 Aldo career in Wales made his famous locally, by least the Italian Trade commissions awarded him in may occasions since of his hard work given to promote true authentic artisan products
in 1996 the famous British newspaper The Independent on Sunday rewards his Italian Restaurant Seguendo di Stagioni one 20 best of Britain
The Good Food Guide National guides a rewarded his restaurant Country restaurant of the year, while the Tatler, the magazine in vogue at the time rewarded Seguendo di Stagioni one of the three Italian restaurants with the most truthful wine list made in Italy Between the stove and the wines Aldo has travelled for 12 years throughout the British national territory and was fond of
much to his second country of Wales
He ha managed to learn a bit ‘of the indigenous language too
He had time to discover and fell in love to some sad tragic period too, being the II WW concentration camps in Wales , as he got deeply attached to the few Italian survivors, by then very old man and women.
They were taken prisoner by the British forces during the battles in Africa and these men after the war decide to remain in Wales as they fell in love with local farmer’s daughters
Lecturing at Vinitaly in 2011
After almost 13 years in Wales and with an exciting activity due to strictly personal vicissitudes and family, he decide to move back with his new second family to his native town of Verona
he has kept is heart and his home in the middle of Wales
Today Aldo expertise is introduced back in Italy as a professional wine export manager for Italian wineries
In 2004 he opened his the oeno-cultural association Non Solo Vino and a little later Aldo started a new commercial enterprise Wine company selling wines abroad again
In fact for the next 7 years Aldo will move his area of work away from home again and finally in 2010 besides his Consultancy Network Non Solo Vino & Co, he opened a small wine boutique in San Bonifacio
From 2012 to today he has committed socially besides his financial work as a human rights activist in favor to those who suffer and live in very poor conditions of both economic and social degradation.
describing some Italian wines
Actively conducts even today while at home in Italy , events and activities in order to support and safeguard human civil rights Italians , fighting along with the world against Italian Mafia ; especially corruption within the Italian political and multinational industries, the latter that pay Politician to creates illegitimate bills and regulation in favor to Mafia bosses , in result to make easy illegal profit as we know they are being supported by the so called corrupted Politicians as we are knowing today in Italy
one of the scandal in the wine trade Aldo discovered in Scandinavian markets , millions of Liters of fake illegittimate Italian labelled wine boxes : using BIPASSO WORDING , INSTEAD OF FAMOUS RIPASSO ( VALPOLICELLA DOC APPELLATION ( is only a Igt cheaper, yet cheating Scandinavian consumers thinking they are drinking prestigious Ripasso Valpolicella wines ( cost ?? only 20 euro per 4 liter of wine at retail price !!)
Aldo’s career seems to be very intrigues and diverted by lots of happening, yet if you meet him he is a modest as he has ever been
His philosophy is : true ideals in life are the bread and butter of our soul
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