Support the sponsors and businesses who help make our community a reality

VOLPI FOODS

Volpi Foods is a family-owned manufacturer and distributor of handcrafted, Italian cured meat products. In 1902, Giovanni Volpi, a native of Milan, opened Volpi Foods in the St. Louis neighborhood known as The Hill. There, he created cacciatore. Today, CEO of Volpi Foods, Lorenza Pasetti, continues her great-uncle’s craft using the same traditions and techniques he brought with him to the United States more than a century ago.  

ARTECO GLOBAL

A global provider of video security products based in Faenza, Italy with US operations in St. Louis, Missouri. Arteco's research and development principles have united world-class video analytics and video management software on a single-platform at competitive price-points to standard Video Event Management Software (VEMS) products. Mr. Giorgio Bucci is the current CEO of Arteco and is a prominent member of the Italian community as well as a generous donor.

BIRRA PERONI

​​Peroni Brewery is a brewing company, founded by Francesco Peroni in Vigevano, Italy in 1846. It is best known worldwide for its lager, Nastro Azzurro, which uses the finest ingredients, including Nostrano dell’Isola maize. A crisp and refreshing beer with a delicate balance of bitterness, citrus and spicy aromatic notes, makes it the most popular Italian beer in Italy and worldwide.

Frank Leta Automotive

For decades, the Frank Leta Automotive Family has served the St Louis region, treating each customer with paramount concern. Whether you are looking for a new Honda, Acura, Mitsubishi, or any pre-owned vehicle, the Italian community recommends the Leta Family. The Leta Auto Group offers three convenient locations for your automotive service needs in our region.

Casa Don Alfonso - St Louis

Casa Don Alfonso - St Louis is a Michelin Star Italian restaurant at the Ritz-Carlton, founded in 2020 by renowned Italian restaurateur Mario Iaccarino. Experience authentic Italian cuisine and the thousand-year-old food tradition of Sorrento and the Amalfi Coast.

Alu Real Estate Partners

Husband and wife, Sal and Josephine Alu, have created a passionate real estate team that enjoys giving back and making a difference in their community. Their moto is: Passionate Approach, Exceptional Experience, Professional Results. We thank Sal and Josephine for their partnership so we can better serve expat Italians in St Louis and make St Louis a "home away from home".

ITALGRANI USA

Italgrani USA is the largest semolina and durum flour miller in North America. The company is Italian owned and headquartered in St Louis, where its mill and state-of-the-art grain unloading, storage, and barge loading facility are strategically located along the Mississippi River and connected to all major railways for efficient distribution year-round. Italgrani is the largest Italian owned company  headquartered in the St Louis region and a generous benefactor of the Italian community.

Italian Citizenship Assistance

A law firm as well as a consulting firm with offices in the United States and Italy, ICA assists people who are interested in obtaining Italian citizenship: people of Italian descent, people married to Italian citizens, or those who wish to pursue citizenship through residency. ICA is led by Italian Attorney, Marco Permunian, who leads his experienced team that includes: dual citizenship experts, genealogy specialists, and Italian legal experts who specialize in the dual citizenship process.

NOOTER/ERIKSEN

An employee-owned company, N/E has specialized in the design, manufacturing and construction of steel products for over 100 years. N/E is the world’s leading supplier of Heat Recovery Steam Generators (HRSGs). These specialized heat recovery systems, are designed to meet each customer’s specific requirements The two operating offices are located in St. Louis (world headquarters) and Milan, Italy. Mr. Piero Scapini is the current president and a generous benefactor.

MAGNIFICO

Magnifico is a B2C e-commerce platform designed and created for bringing the best of high quality food from Italy to American kitchens and tables. Quality, convenience, delivery service, and informative contents are offered as exclusive benefits to American consumers. Magnifico was founded by Alessio Gambino, a native of Rome, who wanted to bring 100% Made in Italy products to the United States. Mr. Gambino has given members of our community a permanent 10% discount on all products. Magnifico's motto is: ITALY OUT OF THE BOX 

MAGGIORE RISK

Kevin J. Rejent is Founder and Principal with Maggiore Risk, a financial consulting firm based in St Louis. An attorney by trade, he assists insurance, real estate, and financial services industry clients in navigating challenging global environments by helping them understand local economic, political, and social conditions.  Kevin earned a Juris Doctorate from Saint Louis University, a post-graduate certificate in International Security from Harvard University, and a M.A. in Global Risk from the Johns Hopkins University School of Advanced International Studies in Bologna.

VENMAR SYSTEMS

Venmar Systems was founded in 1985 by Franco Giannotti, a native of Trieste, Italy. Headquartered in St Louis, Missouri, Venmar has been providing clients with the best in proven technology, offering servers and networking since before Microsoft NT existed and remote access since before people knew what the Internet was. Today, Venmar offers a full range of network planning and implementation services including In-House IT, Cloud IT, Hardware, Software, Security, Backup, and IT solutions for all businesses. Today, Venmar is managed by Franco's two sons: Fabio and Marco Giannotti.  

VICINI PASTARIA

While living in Italy, in the Tuscan town of Colle di Val d'Elsa, Dawn Wilson fell in love with Italian cuisine, culture, and lifestyle. After spending several months working at a rustic slowfood restaurant, learning the secrets of Tuscan cuisine, she traveled and tasted her way around Italy with stops in many regions including Emilia-Romagna, Umbria, Veneto, Piedmont, and Lazio. Today, she sells her own artisanal handmade pasta, sauces, and select Italian specialties from natural, local, and imported Italian ingredients available at local farmers markets and boutique groceries​.

RAINERI WINES

In 2005, three men born, and raised among the vineyards of the Langhe District in Piedmont, began Raineri as a small production of Dolcetto from the famous Dogliani area: Gianmatteo Raineri, Fabrizio Giraudo, and Luciano Racca. Their passion and respect for winemaking traditions pushed them to have a full line by 2006, including Barbera, Nebbiolo and Barolo all from vineyards in Monforte d’Alba. With the generous advice from wise producers, they were able to fulfill their dream of making classic wines of Piedmont. Luciano Racca has made St Louis his home and international export base for his wines.

INDY TRANSLATIONS

Indy Translations, LLC is a full-service language communications company that was founded in 1997. With offices in St Louis, they offer clients top-quality, accurate, and confidential language services. Their cadre of complete language services is offered nationally and internationally in all major world languages. They provide language translation, interpretation, instruction, multilingual desktop publishing/page layout, multimedia services and cross-cultural consulting. Annamaria Pascale, a native of Varese, is head manager of the St Louis office and has been a part of Indy Translations since 2005.

Villa Antonio is a winery and eatery located in the beautiful rolling hills of south-eastern Missouri. The wines they produce are hand-crafted using Northern Italian traditions from varieties of grapes solely grown on their property in Hillsboro, Missouri. Villa Antonio was founded by the late Antonio Polesel, a native of Treviso, Italy. Antonio's wife, Fernanda Tarticchio Polesel, a native of Istria, has been the heart and soul of the kitchen at Villa Antonio since its founding. Current owners are Thomas and Adriana Polesel. Thomas, the son of Antonio Polesel, carries forward his family legacy adhering to the same age-old traditions of traditional wine-making.

Jessica Glunt is a mom of four beautiful children and her love language is photography. She is an expert in newborn, baby, child, and family portrait photography. Through her company, Glass Elephant Photography, Jessica also provides digital photo organization services. Jessica and her husband Robert have been supporters of the community ever since its inception and we thank them for their generosity. They are learning the Italian language as a family and see the benefits of being bilingual, not only for themselves, but also for their children. We encourage anyone interested to click on the logo above to see Jessica's incredible photos, true works of art that only a mother could capture.

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