20 Herald - Lantern - Dispatch 23 A^ril '86

ACC Teacher Seeks Council Presidency —

OCEAN CITY - Loretta DiDonato of 56th Street is running for president of the ni m AL RUNDIO JR. A New Post For Rundio SOMERS POINT - Al Rundio Jr. recently was named assistant administrator of nursing services at Shore Memorial . Hospital. A graduate of Stockton State College. Rundio is working towards his doctoral degree in infection control and health care administration at the University of Pennsylvania . Rundio has worked at Shore Memorial Hospital in the operating room, emergency room, and was the director of utilization management here.

Atlantic County Council of Education Associations, an affiliate of The New' Jersey Education Association (NJEA). The NJEA. representing over 110.000 ' school employes in NewJersey will mail ballots to each county today An Atlantic Community College English teacher, DiDonato sees the need for more parent, teacher, and community involvement in all the county public schools along with upgrading employes' working conditions and salaries. "As president." she said. - "I will encourage more community involvement in our schools, actively publicize the many outstanding achievements in our schools, encourage continued improvement in all areas of education, and assist the Business and service communities who wish to develop or expand scholarship and career programs for deserving students." DIDONATO WAS SUCCESSFUL in a similar county-wide NJEA election in 1984 when elected one of the organization's six county officers. An advocate of high achievement for all students, she shares the concerns of her fellowpublic school employes that the state High School Proficiency Test stands as a single criterion which may unfairly deprive many-

students of a high school diploma. Former English and reading teacher at Oakcrest-Absegami High School. DiDonato was an honor student at Lenape Regional High School. She received her B.A. from Rutgers University and is now studying toward her doctorate in Communication Scienes. She is a members of St. Augustine's Church. Ocean City, and also does parish work at St. Joseph's in Sommers . Point. PO Holmes In Exercise COURT HOUSE - Nayy Petty Officer 2nd Class Chad B. Holmes, son of Edgar R. and Patricia L. Holmes of this community, recently participated in Team Spirit '86. During the monthlong exercise, approximately 200.000 personnel from all services of the U.S. and Republic of Korea participated. It was the largest joint exercise conducted in the free world. Holmes is stationed abroad the dock landing ship USS Alamo, homeport ed in San Diego. A 1978 graduate of Lower Cape May Regional High School, he joined the Navy in February 1983.

-r H | v v. H mmm Oorii Ward THREE WINNERS — Experimenting with sound, these students from St. Joseph Regional School. Sea Isle, claim first prizes in its recent science fair. They are. from left. Marybeth. 12. daughter of Mr. & Mrs. Joseph Breslin. Avalon; Tina. 13. daughter of Mrs. Diane Buoanni. Sea Isle; and Kathleen. 11. daughter of Mr. & Mrs. Dennis Felsing. Sea Isle.

Local Wine Importer

(From page 1) ducer and the customer allows me to be competitive." said Alberico. "These big guys have more overhead than I do." ABOUT 1.000 CASES of wine a month are shipped out of Alberico's warehouse in McKee City to restaurants such as Ristorante DiLulio and LaBuca in Philadelphia as well as local liquor stores that include Green's in Wildwood, Gorman's in North Cape May. and Gallagher's in Avalon. In handling Italian wines. Alberico can draw his product from the largest wine producer in the world. But Italian wines are also among the least known and ap--pfeciated wines in the world. Although France is generally thought of in connection with wine. Italy has far more vineyards and bottles more wine. In 1980. Italy produced 2 billion. 87 million gallons of . wine according to the Food and Agricultural Organizations Production Yearbook. France produced only 1 billion. 890 million gallons that year. The U.S. lagged far behind, producing only 465,800,000 gallons. "ITALY HAS THE BEST climate for growing grapes," said Alberico. "France doesn't have as much sun." There are, according to Alberico. anywhere from 2,500 to 6,000 different Italian wines "depending on who counts, and what criteria they use.. Most people think about names like Riunite, Cella. Lambrusco, Bolla, and Giacobazzi when you talk about Italian wines. But wine experts talk about types of wine rather than the names of the volume producers. Or they will talk about grapes such as the nebbiolo from which a number of red wines are made including Barolo. Barbaresco, Spanna and Gattinara. THE MOST PRESTIGIOUS of Italian reds as well as the longest-lived, is Brunello Di Montalcino, made from the brunello grape which in turn is a strain of the sangiovese grosso, a big red grape grown in Tuscany which is the predominant grape in chianti. Amarone. made from semi-dp' grapes grown near Venice, and Chianti Riserva, are two other excellent reds. There are also a host of Italian white wines that include soave, gavi, vernaccia. galestro, orvieto. verdicchio. and frascati. AndJJfen there is prosecco, from Veneto. "It's delightful. It's completely Italian, and doesn't resemble any wine that I know of." said Alberico. THE PROBLEM. THOUGH, is that most people have never heard of many of these wines, and even less know what they taste like. . For the enterprising wine lover willing to seek out and taste these' little known wines there are rewards by the carload, Alberico feels. "I feel that Italy, more than any other country including the U.S., has got everyone beat in offering a wider selection and better value." he said. Most Italian wines range in price from $3.50 to $10 a bottle, he said. "YOU CAN BUY a very sound Italian

wine as low as $3 a bottle, and at the other end of the scale you never see £ bottle of Italian wine that's over $40 or $50," Alberico said Alberico is fond of quoting the slogan of the Italian Trade Council: "There are no finer imported wines; only more expensive ones." He adds. "In 1501. Michaelangelo created the status of David for $12. Today. Italiarajstill ask too little for their art." Alberico attributes the lack of interest that many people have about wine to peo- . pie who write about it and try to make it a cult. "IT'S THE WAY it's marketed, and the wine writers who try to mystify wine and put it on a pedestal, and that's baloney," he said. "Wine is a very simple food meant to be drunk and enjoyed and not analyzed." As a result, he said many people feel it is difficult to select a good wine, and often don't feel they have the capacity to enjoy it. Alberico offered the following tips: 1. TRUST YOUR OWN judgment "A good wine is one you like and don't let anybody tell you differently." 2. Find a stcfre where you are comfortable. One that wants to sell wine. 3. Let the store owner help you. "Don't ever be afraid to ask for advice. The only way you find out what you like is by experience." 4. Start out with something inexpensive and go on to something sweeter or drier. YOU CAN ALSO BUY books about wine, or enroll in wine courses, Alberico said. "Doris Lucas, from Gallagher's in Avalon, runs a course at Cape May VoTech Center that I thoroughly recommend." Alberico came to wine by accident. Born in Philadelphia's Fishtown, he attended Adaire and Edmunds elementary schools and La Salle High School until he was 18 and the family moved to this community. A musician specializing in percussion instruments, he enrolled at Temple University as a music major, and was one of 40 applicants accepted by the Temple School of Music. AFTER SEVERAL semesters. Alberico elected to pursue his studies at Temple's campus in Rome, Italy. "Given the choice of Broad Street or the Via Veneto. I chose the Via Veneto." he said. While in Italy, he switched his major to Italian, and "got hooked on wine." But after graduating. Alberico went into the boat business in Sea Isle City. He owned and operated Anchorage Marina, on 44th Street, from 1978 to 1983. "I HAD NO INTENTION of using my Italian for business." he said. "But I became enamored of wine, and because I spoke Italian, and I traveled in Italy, and I gravitated toward that country, it just made sense," he said of the evolution that turned him into a wine importer. Alberico is married to the former Jeanette Sachetti. The couple have a daughter, Carolina, 3, and a son, Tom, Jr., 2, and Mrs. Alberico is expecting a third child.

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