Italian Wine Intensive at Sentieri, Spring 2016

Italian Wine Event at Sentieri

Learn the fine art of wine tasting while sipping your way through the wine regions of Italy! Join Italian-trained wine sommelier Annie Shapero for an afternoon of Italian-wine education! After eight years in Italy, Annie now heads up DiVino, a wine tasting events and consulting company operating out of New… Continue reading

A Holiday Inspired Expression

Natale con i tuoi; Pasqua con chi vuoi. “Christmas with your parents and Easter with whomever you want.” We are about to enter the holiday season.  For some, that means getting ready to celebrate with our families, exchange gifts and cook delicious, extravagant meals that will keep us full until Spring.… Continue reading

How to talk about “Daylight Savings Time” and “Standard Time” in Italian

This year, November 2nd, 2015 we will return to the “Ora Solare”, or “Standard Time” in the English idiom.  The Italian “Ora Solare” literally translates to “solar time”. This is when clocks are set to the true time as indicated by the pattern of the sun. It Italy (and the rest of… Continue reading

Italian Teaching Methods

Recently, we came across a journal by the ALL (Association for Language Learning),  to which Dr. Daniela Cavallero (president of Sentieri) contributed an article about her experiences as an Italian professor.  What she wrote defines her teaching approach: When it comes to teaching a language, teaching the culture must follow.  Even… Continue reading