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You have to read this article on the immigrant roots of Ken Cuccinelli and yes his public charge grandparents when they arrived in this country with no education or money. Jennifer has done a great job of documenting(See Website For Documents) his family's immigrant history. His hypocrisy is rich. PLEASE READ 📖 AND SHARE. TY 🤔

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Their Own Two Feet

Jennifer Mendelssohn | Published August 30, 2019 | Medium | Posted August 30, 2019 6:15 PM ET

As the new public face of the Trump administration’s draconian immigration policies, acting USCIS Director Ken Cuccinelli has wasted no time stirring up collective ire. Most notably, he set off a firestorm of criticism by rewriting the iconic Emma Lazarus poem that has long functioned as a kind of unofficial American immigration mantra. “Give me your tired and your poor who can stand on their own two feet and who will not become a public charge,” he proudly told NPR’s Rachel Martin, who somehow resisted the urge to burst out laughing and/or slap him upside the head. (You can read several historians’ takes on the public charge rule here, but suffice it to say that the concept, which was meant to weed out only the very, very least desirable of immigrants, has never been enforced as rigorously as Cuccinelli is suggesting.)

Cuccinelli later elaborated thatLazarus’ poem was “referring back to people coming from Europe where they had class-based societies, where people were considered wretched if they weren’t in the right class.” Wink wink, nudge, nudge, we hear you! And if you had the word “Europe” in Bigotry Bingo, drink!

For the past two years, I’ve run a project called #resistancegenealogy, which looks at the family histories of public figures in order to show just how similar so many of our stories really are. Cuccinelli’s very public numbskullery definitely set a new record: never before I have I received so many texts, tweets, emails and Facebook messages from people so eager to learn about someone’s family tree. (Side note: Never before have I seen so many people who’ve never done genealogy try to do it themselves and get it so very very wrong. You realize more than one person in a town can have the same name, right? And that not all records are online? And that other people’s public family trees are very often…wrong? Here, read this.)

And never before has a family history — or at least the Italian half of that history that I’ll address here — been so utterly unsurprising. I mean, where did you all think the story of the Cuccinelli family of Hoboken, New Jersey was going to go, really? C’mon now.

And so, here I am, just a girl with some documents, standing in front of her country, asking it not to betray its immigrant past. Asking it to remember that welcoming the “wretched refuse of your teeming shore,” even when that “refuse” comes with little more than grit, determination and a desire to do better for their children, is a bedrock American value, a value that allowed many of you reading these words right now to be here. It’s a value that allowed Ken Cuccinelli — descended from Southern Italians of modest means and little education who would likely never pass muster under the proposed changes — to be here. I mean, hellooooo? Were you listening at allduring the 4th grade unit on immigration?

Cuccinelli called a New York Daily Newsarticle about his family history (albeit one that identifies the wrong ship’s manifest as his great-grandfather’s) “intellectually dishonest.” Any comparison to past immigrants, he maintained, was invalid because “the welfare state didn’t exist back then.”

Nativists love to fall back on this argument, but they also still love to contrast the behavior of current immigrants with what they believe to be their own ancestors’ spotless — and “legal!” — immigration and assimilation histories, despite the fact that comparisons to “legal” immigration at a time when there were almost no immigration laws for Europeans to break are inherently problematic. And despite the fact that the historical record is often at odds with their starry-eyed, mythologized understanding of their ancestors’ pasts.

“My great-grandfather knew upon arriving in the United States that he had to learn English and that he had to work hard to succeed in this country,” Cuccinelli told the Daily News.

“My family worked together to ensure that they could provide for their own needs, and they never expected the government to do it for them,” he said at a press briefing.

I’m so very very tired of telling you this very same story over and over again, but since so many of you asked — some less politely than others, btw, can we please work on that moving forward? — let’s go to the videotape and look at the Cuccinelli family story, shall we?

THE CUCCINELLIS

Ken Cuccinelli’s paternal grandfather, Dominick Luigi Cuccinelli, was born in Hoboken, New Jersey to — are you sitting down? — Italian immigrant parents who’d only been in the country for about ten years. Ken’s great-grandfather was Domenico Cuccinelli (né Cucciniello) born on the 6th of December, 1874 in Avellino, Italy. His 1897 marriage certificate identifies him and his wife, Fortuna Preziosi, as farmers.

In March of 1901, Domenico became part of the massive wave of Italians who lit out for greater opportunity and stability in America, sailing on the SS Patria from Naples. Identified as a “laborer,” he arrived at Ellis Island with $8.75, equivalent to about $260 today. His contact in the U.S.? An unnamed cousin already living on Adams Street in Hoboken.

Ancestry indexed this record under “Camiello.” Which may be why you couldn’t find it.

Domenico’s wife Fortuna would follow her husband to America the following year on the Algeria, arriving at Ellis Island with their two small children and $20.

It’s important to remember that for all our talk of welcoming the huddled masses with open arms, American immigration history also has a pronounced strain of ugly nativism, a rather ironic twist for a nation founded on stolen land. (And we’re talking here only about immigrants by choice.) Which means that Ken Cuccinelli’s immigrant family was subjected to the very same brand of bigoted suspicion that he is now trying to inflict on others. The Ken Cuccinellis of the early twentieth century — though they didn’t typically have last names like Cuccinelli — were just as insistent that people like the Cuccinellis didn’t have the right to become Americans. That they wouldn’t fit in. That they had nothing to offer and would only be a drain on “our” resources.

“[Italians] are coming in waves and think they have a right to come….There has been a surfeit of unskilled illiterates for years and the people do not want any more of them,” opined the Jersey (City) Journal on November 29, 1902, just a few months after Ken’s great-grandmother arrived there.

So what became of the Cuccinellis? Well, the first we see of the family in American records is in the 1905 New Jersey state census. Father Domenico is employed as a laborer, supporting a family of six. And though they’ve been in the U.S. for three and four years at this point, neither parent reported being able to speak English.

But as is so often the case, the Cuccinelli family moved up in the world. By the 1915 census, both Domenico and Fortuna are listed as literate and English speaking, despite his having never had a formal education and her having only completed eighth grade. In 1919, Domenico, still working as a laborer and now living in nearby Jersey City, declared his intention to become an American citizen, a process he completed three years later.

You’ll notice the family’s 1922 address: 401 Monroe Street in Hoboken, where they are also listed in the 1925 city directory. Just a few houses down on Monroe (the entire neighborhood has streets grandly named after American presidents, incidentally) was another family headed by Italian immigrants — a boilermaker and a midwife. They had a son named Frank just a few years younger than Ken’s grandfather Dominick. Perhaps you’ll recognize the last name and wonder what would have been lost had his immigrant parents been barred.

By 1930, Domenico Cuccinelli owned a home on Madison Street. And by 1940, he and his wife were comfortably retired, living in a house worth $5000, the very picture of the American dream.

THE POLICASTROS

Ken’s grandmother Josephine Policastro Cuccinelli was also the Jersey-born daughter of Italian immigrants: Gaetano Policastro and Maria Ronga (also spelled Rongo) from Monte San Giacomo in Salerno.

A teenaged Maria Ronga (her birth certificate indicates she was 17) arrived at Ellis Island in November of 1903 with her widowed 48-year-old mother, Giuseppa Romano, who has no listed occupation, and three younger siblings. Giuseppa’s husband Giuseppe Ronga, a tailor, had died in 1901 at the age of 44, which may have played a role in their decision to move. With all of $5 between the five of them, they were detained at Ellis Island — as indicated by the “S.I.” for “Special Inquiry” stamped by their names in the margin of the manifest. The “Record of Aliens Held For Special Inquiry” list indicates the reason they were held, abbreviated as “L.P.C.;” it stands for “Likely Public Charge.” So yes, the great-grandmother of the man now beating the drums to tighten the public charge rule was…labeled a likely public charge herself.

After a day’s detainment and a hearing — at which Maria’s older brother Vincenzo, who paid for their passage, would have likely been called to testify that he could support his mother and siblings — the family was allowed to enter the United States, as were more than 98% of those who came through Ellis Island.

But make no mistake: there were many who would have happily sent the Rongas packing. Witness this Judgemagazine cartoon from the very year they arrived, which depicts southern European immigrants as filthy rats, bringing crime and anarchy into the country. (Nice Mafia hats, right?) Doesn’t this sound… familiar?

The new arrivals moved in with Maria’s older brother Vincenzo, now going by the name James, in Hoboken. Ken’s great-grandmother Maria found work as a candy maker, as shown in the 1905 census.

Two and a half years after her arrival, though she is somehow still only 17, Maria “Ronca” (age and spelling are slippery concepts, genealogically speaking) married Gaetano “Thomas” Policastro, a recently widowed father of two with an eighth grade education. Gaetano was also born in Monte San Giacomo and appears to have immigrated as a child in the 1880s.

In 1908, Thomas and Maria had the first of their eight children together, Ken’s grandmother Josephine. The 1910 census shows them living with Maria’s family, including her mother Josephine Romano Ronga. Thomas is working as a salesman at a market. Both the 1910 and 1920 census indicated that Ken’s great-great-grandmother Josephine never learned English, even after being in the country for 17 years. And…so what? Immigrants often took their sweet time learning to speak English, if at all. Their children learned to speak English at school so that one day their great-great-grandsons could become the attorney general of Virginia and maybe one day feel the need to cover up the naked statute in the state symbol. Problem solved.

Though the 1930 census shows the Policastros owning a home worth $12,000, as the nation tumbled deeper into the grips of the Great Depression, like so many Americans, they appear to have fallen on hard times. A series of legal notices in the Jersey Journal(available on GenealogyBank) gesture to the outlines of the story: A lawsuit over non-payment on a $8150 bank note. A foreclosure on the Policastro home on Paterson Plank Road. A bankruptcy hearing. A District Court judgment against Thomas for $450, filed by James Ronga. Would the Policastros have met their own great-grandson’s requirement that immigrants always “carry their own weight?” (According to the Annual report of the Attorney General of the United States, about 1300 of New Jersey’s approximately four million residents voluntarily filed for personal bankruptcy in the fiscal year ended 1931.)

But by 1940, now nearing 60, Thomas Policastro had rebounded. The census shows him renting a home in nearby North Bergen. He is listed as the proprietor of a scrap metal business, and earning $1300 a year, right around the national average. Two of his American-born sons served during World War II. The Policastros proved that they deserved the chance they were given — the chance to have ups and downs and everything in between, the chance to pave the way for future generations to soar.

But one last point. Like the Cuccinellis, the Policastros also had neighbors of note, though they may not have been as well-known as the Sinatras. In 1920, the Policastros lived just a mile away from another Jersey City family headed by a Jewish immigrant who never completed high school and worked for decades at an overalls factory in nearby Paterson. This family was from the former Austro-Hungarian province of Galicia, and had arrived in 1896. Much like the Policastros, this family also eventually found themselves in the pages of the local newspaper. In 1940, the patriarch was arrested with his son-in-law and two other men on charges of stealing from that very same overalls factory; the charges were later dropped and the sentence suspended after they made restitution. But all of that Jewish immigrant’s grandsons would go on to college and upstanding careers. Two served in the military. One became a lawyer. One had a master’s degree. And in the fall of 1986, one of that immigrant’s great-granddaughters left Long Island to enroll at the University of Virginia, a venerable institution founded by an American president. Here she is in the First Year Faces Book, resplendent in a Benetton vest and pearls.

And one of her classmates at that venerable institution? Well, she knew him by his nickname: “Cooch.”

So yes, the scions of two Jersey City families headed by those uneducated and sometimes troubled immigrants seemed to have done alright for themselves. It’s a quintessentially American story, one I see day in and day out doing genealogical research: immigrant narratives are messy and imperfect and complicated but almost universally, they ultimately end with those families in a much better place than they would have been otherwise. That same great-grandfather’s sister, for instance, stayed behind in their ancestral town of Sniatyn and is presumed murdered during the Holocaust. So was my maternal grandfather’s brother, despite his writing a desperate letter to President “Rosiwelt” begging for refuge for his family in America.

How many future Ken Cuccinellis are the Trump administration’s increasingly restrictive immigration policies going to keep out? Who or what are those policies protecting, other than unfounded racist fears that follow in the very worst of American traditions?

Just about twenty years after Ken Cuccinelli’s family arrived from Italy and began their ascent up the ladder of the American dream, the ladder that lifted him to the grounds of Mr. Jefferson’s University and to law school at George Mason, to elected office in the state of Virginia and to a nomination to head a federal agency, Congress enacted the infamous Johnson-Reed Act, which set up quotas specifically designed to keep out people just like them. The number of Italians arriving in America dropped from 200,000 a year in the first decade of the twentieth century to under 4,000.

As Cuccinelli’s own career makes clear, the critics were dead wrong about the potential contributions of humble immigrants like his ancestors. And so is he.

CREDITS: I’m grateful to Megan Smolenyak, Michael Cassara, Rich Venezia and Tammy Hepps, who provided research, translation and editorial assistance.

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173 – Marcomannic Wars: The Roman army in Moravia is encircled by the Quadi, who have broken the peace treaty (171). In a violent thunderstorm emperor Marcus Aurelius defeats and subdues them in the so-called "miracle of the rain". 631 – Emperor Taizong of Tang sends envoys to the Xueyantuo bearing gold and silk in order to seek the release of Chinese prisoners captured during the transition from Sui to Tang. 786 – A Hasanid Alid uprising in Mecca is crushed by the Abbasids at the Battle of Fakhkh. 980 – Vladimir the Great consolidates the Kievan realm from Ukraine to the Baltic Sea. He is proclaimed ruler (knyaz) of all Kievan Rus'. 1011 – Lombard Revolt: Greek citizens of Bari rise up against the Lombard rebels led by Melus and deliver the city to Basil Mesardonites, Byzantine governor (catepan) of the Catepanate of Italy. 1118 – Roger of Salerno, Prince of Antioch, captures Azaz from the Seljuk Turks. 1157 – Albert I of Brandenburg, also called The Bear (Ger: Albrecht der Bär), becomes the founder of the Margraviate of Brandenburg, Germany and the first margrave. 1345 – The megas doux Alexios Apokaukos, chief minister of the Byzantine Empire, is lynched by political prisoners. 1429 – Hundred Years' War: Start of the Battle of Jargeau. 1488 – Battle of Sauchieburn: Fought between rebel Lords and James III of Scotland, resulting in the death of the king. 1509 – Henry VIII of England marries Catherine of Aragon. 1559 – Don Tristan de Luna y Arellano sails for Florida with party of 1,500, intending to settle on gulf coast (Vera Cruz, Mexico). 1594 – Philip II recognizes the rights and privileges of the local nobles and chieftains in the Philippines, which paved way to the stabilization of the rule of the Principalía (an elite ruling class of native nobility in Spanish Philippines). 1748 – Denmark adopts the characteristic Nordic Cross flag later taken up by all other Scandinavian countries. 1770 – British explorer Captain James Cook runs aground on the Great Barrier Reef. 1775 – The American Revolutionary War's first naval engagement, the Battle of Machias, results in the capture of a small British naval vessel. 1776 – The Continental Congress appoints Thomas Jefferson, John Adams, Benjamin Franklin, Roger Sherman, and Robert R. Livingston to the Committee of Five to draft a declaration of independence. 1788 – Russian explorer Gerasim Izmailov reaches Alaska. 1805 – A fire consumes large portions of Detroit in the Michigan Territory. 1825 – The first cornerstone is laid for Fort Hamilton in New York City. 1837 – The Broad Street Riot occurs in Boston, fueled by ethnic tensions between Yankees and Irish. 1865 – The Naval Battle of the Riachuelo is fought on the rivulet Riachuelo (Argentina), between the Paraguayan Navy on one side and the Brazilian Navy on the other. The Brazilian victory was crucial for the later success of the Triple Alliance (Brazil, Uruguay, and Argentina) in the Paraguayan War. 1892 – The Limelight Department, one of the world's first film studios, is officially established in Melbourne, Australia. 1895 – Paris–Bordeaux–Paris, sometimes called the first automobile race in history or the "first motor race", takes place. 1898 – The Hundred Days' Reform, a planned movement to reform social, political, and educational institutions in China, is started by the Guangxu Emperor, but is suspended by Empress Dowager Cixi after 104 days. (The failed reform led to the abolition of the Imperial examination in 1905.) 1901 – The boundaries of the Colony of New Zealand are extended by the UK to include the Cook Islands. 1903 – A group of Serbian officers storms the royal palace and assassinates King Alexander I of Serbia and his wife, Queen Draga. 1917 – King Alexander assumes the throne of Greece after his father, Constantine I, is deemed to have abdicated under pressure from allied armies occupying Athens. 1919 – Sir Barton wins the Belmont Stakes, becoming the first horse to win the U.S. Triple Crown. 1920 – During the U.S. Republican National Convention in Chicago, U.S. Republican Party leaders gathered in a room at the Blackstone Hotel to come to a consensus on their candidate for the U.S. presidential election, leading the Associated Press to coin the political phrase "smoke-filled room". 1935 – Inventor Edwin Armstrong gives the first public demonstration of FM broadcasting in the United States at Alpine, New Jersey. 1936 – The London International Surrealist Exhibition opens. 1937 – Great Purge: The Soviet Union under Joseph Stalin executes eight army leaders. 1938 – Second Sino-Japanese War: The Battle of Wuhan starts. 1940 – World War II: The Siege of Malta begins with a series of Italian air raids. 1942 – World War II: The United States agrees to send Lend-Lease aid to the Soviet Union. 1942 – Free French Forces retreat from Bir Hakeim after having successfully delayed the Axis advance. 1944 – USS Missouri, the last battleship built by the United States Navy and future site of the signing of the Japanese Instrument of Surrender, is commissioned. 1955 – Eighty-three spectators are killed and at least 100 are injured after an Austin-Healey and a Mercedes-Benz collide at the 24 Hours of Le Mans, the deadliest ever accident in motorsports. 1956 – Start of Gal Oya riots, the first reported ethnic riots that target minority Sri Lankan Tamils in the Eastern Province. The total number of deaths is reportedly 150. 1962 – Frank Morris, John Anglin and Clarence Anglin allegedly become the only prisoners to escape from the prison on Alcatraz Island. 1963 – American Civil Rights Movement: Governor of Alabama George Wallace defiantly stands at the door of Foster Auditorium at the University of Alabama in an attempt to block two black students, Vivian Malone and James Hood, from attending that school. Later in the day, accompanied by federalized National Guard troops, they are able to register. 1963 – Buddhist monk Thích Quảng Đức burns himself with gasoline in a busy Saigon intersection to protest the lack of religious freedom in South Vietnam. 1963 – John F. Kennedy addresses Americans from the Oval Office proposing the Civil Rights Act of 1964, which would revolutionize American society by guaranteeing equal access to public facilities, ending segregation in education, and guaranteeing federal protection for voting rights. 1964 – World War II veteran Walter Seifert attacks an elementary school in Cologne, Germany, killing at least eight children and two teachers and seriously injuring several more with a home-made flamethrower and a lance. 1968 – Lloyd J. Old identified the first cell surface antigens that could differentiate among different cell types. 1970 – After being appointed on May 15, Anna Mae Hays and Elizabeth P. Hoisington officially receive their ranks as U.S. Army Generals, becoming the first women to do so. 1971 – The U.S. Government forcibly removes the last holdouts to the Native American Occupation of Alcatraz, ending 19 months of control. 1978 – Altaf Hussain founds the student political movement All Pakistan Muhajir Students Organisation (APMSO) in Karachi University. 1981 – A magnitude 6.9 earthquake at Golbaf, Iran, kills at least 2,000. 1987 – Diane Abbott, Paul Boateng and Bernie Grant are elected as the first black MPs in Great Britain. 1998 – Compaq Computer pays US$9 billion for Digital Equipment Corporation in the largest high-tech acquisition. 2001 – Timothy McVeigh is executed for his role in the Oklahoma City bombing. 2002 – Antonio Meucci is acknowledged as the first inventor of the telephone by the United States Congress. 2004 – Cassini–Huygens makes its closest flyby of the Saturn moon Phoebe. 2007 – Mudslides in Chittagong, Bangladesh, kill 130 people. 2008 – Canadian Prime Minister Stephen Harper makes a historic official apology to Canada's First Nations in regard to abuses at a Canadian Indian residential school. 2008 – The Fermi Gamma-ray Space Telescope is launched into orbit. 2010 – The first African FIFA World Cup kicks off in South Africa. 2012 – More than 80 people die in a landslide triggered by two earthquakes in Afghanistan; an entire village is buried. 2013 – Greece's public broadcaster ERT is shut down by then-prime minister Antonis Samaras. 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setokaibaisgxtra · 7 years

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YuGiOh Voice Actors

I was losing my mind, watching YuGiOh 5D’s, looking up voice actors like every five minutes so I compiled a semi-thorough list to find them easily. (Just for Duel Monsters, GX, and 5D’s.) Putting most of this under the cut.

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Protagonists:

(Duel Monsters) Yugi Muto/ Yami Yugi/ Pharaoh Atem - Dan Green (Jay Snyder) - His other roles include Timaeus and Trudge in Duel Monsters, Beauregard and Guardian of the Labyrinth (along with the Yugi Muto cameo) in GX, and Tetsu Trudge and Guard Robot in 5D’s. He reprises his role as Yugi Muto in all films.

(GX) Jaden Yuki - Matthew Charles - His other roles include Bob Banter, in GX. He reprises his role as Jaden Yuki in Bonds Beyond Time.

(5D’s) Yusei Fudo - Gregory Abbey (Frank Frankson or John Campbell) - His other roles include Tristan Taylor (after episode 11) and Jean-Claude Magnum in Duel Monsters, Damon in GX, and Hermann in 5D’s. He reprises his role as Yusei Fudo in Bonds Beyond Time and Tristan Taylor in Pyramid of Light (Yugioh The Movie) and The Dark Side of Dimensions.

Main Characters - Duel Monsters:

Joey Wheeler - Wayne Grayson (Vincent Penna Jr) - His other roles include Dartz, Shadi, Hermos, and Roland (for episodes 128 to 148), in Duel Monsters. In GX, he voices Syrus Truesdale, Lyman Banner, Elemental Hero Sparkman, Skull Knight, Pharaoh, Crystal Beast Emerald Tortoise, Alien of Light, and Roland (in episode 76). In 5D’s, he voiced Bolt Tanner, Jesse Wheeler, Grady, Dr. Fudo, Bashford, Dr. LeBlanc, Malcolm, and Robert Pearson. He reprised his role as Lyman Banner and voiced Solomon Muto in Bonds Beyond Time and The Dark Side of Dimensions. He reprised his role as Joey Wheeler in Pyramid of Light (Yugioh The Movie) and The Dark Side of Dimensions. He reprised his role as Shadi in The Dark Side of Dimensions

Tea Gardner - Amy Birnbaum - Her other roles include Bonz and Sam, in Duel Monsters. She reprised her role as Tea Gardner in Pyramid of Light (Yugioh The Movie) and The Dark Side of Dimensions.

Tristan Taylor - (episodes 1-10) Sam Riegel - He also voiced Para, Rex Raptor (until episode 145), and Arkana in Duel Monsters. He voices Radley in 5D’s. (episode 11-224) see Yusei Fudo

Seto Kaiba - Eric Stuart - His other roles include Priest Seto, Kemo, Sid, and Critias, in Duel Monsters. In GX, he voices Bastion Misawa, Titan, Para, Dox, Elemental Hero Avian, Ojama Black, and Kaibaman (along with some Seto Kaiba cameos). In 5D’s, his voices Sir Gil de Randsborg, Lug, Mr. Pitts, Sid Barlow, Sergio, Boss, and Ellsworth. He reprised his role as Seto Kaiba in Pyramid of Light (Yugioh The Movie) and The Dark Side of Dimensions.

Main Characters - GX:

Syrus Truesdale - see Joey Wheeler

Alexis Rhodes - (episodes 1-26) Priscilla Everett - Her other roles include Echo, in GX. (episodes 27-155) Anna Marrow (Emlyn Elizabeth Morinelli) - no notable other roles.

Chazz Princeton - (episodes 1-89) Anthony Salerno - His other roles include Rex Raptor (episode 188 to end) in Duel Monsters, Lorenzo in GX, and Lenny, Aero, and Haley in 5D’s. (episodes 90 to end) Marc Thompson - His other roles include Duke Devlin, Valen, Rafael, Gansley, Zigfried von Schroeder father, and Aknamkanon, in Duel Monsters. In GX, he voiced Sartyr, Burgundy, Dimitri, Prince Ojin, Franz, Orlando, Frost, young Kagemaru, Mr. Huffington, Skilled White magician, Mr. Stein, human Yubel, and The D. In 5D’s, he voices Z-one, Hunter Pace, Tenzen Yanagi, Sayer, Hideo, Roman Goodwin, Dr. Schmidt, Officer Kaz, Nicolas, Hanson, Don Piero, and Broder. He reprised his role as Duke Devlin in The Dark Side of Dimensions.

Main Characters - 5D’s:

Jack Atlas - Ted Lewis - His other roles include Ryou Bakura, Yami Bakura, Thief King Bakura, Bandit Keith, Alister, Croquet, young Odion, Richard Goat, and Gozaburo Kaiba (season 5), in Duel Monsters. In GX, he voiced Chumley Huffington, Admiral, Howard X Miller, and Neo-Spacian Grand Mole. In 5D’s, he voices Mitch, young Rex Goodwin, and fake Jack Atlas. He reprised his role as Jack Atlas in Bonds Beyond Time and Ryou Bakura in The Dark Side of Dimensions.

Akiza Izinski - Bella Hudson (Erica Schroeder) - Her other roles include Mai Valentine (season 4), Mana, and Dark Magician Girl, in Duel Monsters. In GX, she voices Camula, Sarina, Fonda Fontaine (until episode 60), Tania (after episode 148), and Dark Magician Girl. In 5D’s, she voices Rally Dawson, John, and Zora. She reprised her role as Akiza Izinski and Dark Magician Girl in Bonds Beyond Time.

Crow Hogan - (episodes 30-93) Clay Adams (Christopher Adams) - His other roles include Reginald Van Howell III and Jesse Anderson, in GX. (episodes 94-136) Tom Wayland - His other roles include JIm Crocodile Cook in GX, and Breo, Lester, Syd, and young Aporia in 5D’s.

Leo & Luna - (episodes 9-64) Cassandra Morris - Her other roles include Alice and Yubel in GX. (episodes 65 to 136) Eileen Stevens - Her other roles include Sherry LeBlanc in 5D’s and Yubel in Bonds Beyond Time. She reprised her roles as Leo & Luna in Bonds Beyond Time.

Other Characters - Duel Monsters:

Solomon Muto - Maddie Blaustein (formerly [Dead Name]) - Her other roles include Shimon Muran and Zygor, in Duel Monsters. In GX, she voiced Sartorius, Taiyou Torimaki, and Kozaky. In 5D’s, she voiced Larry and Rex Goodwin. (in Bonds Beyond Time and The Dark Side of Dimensions) see Joey Wheeler

Mokuba Kaiba - (episodes 1-184) Tara Sands - She reprised the role as Mokuba Kaiba in The Dark Side of Dimensions. (episodes 185 - 224) Carrie Keranen - Her other roles include Kisara, in Duel Monsters, and Mina Simington and Misty Tredwell, in 5D’s.

Serenity Wheeler - Lisa Ortiz - Her other roles include Cinderella and Injection Fairy Lily, in Duel Monsters, and Toon Gemini Elf, in The Pyramid of Light (Yugioh The Movie). In GX, she voiced Mindy, Yasmin, Linda, Elemental Hero Burstinatrix, Claret, Ms. Dorothy, and Maiden in Love. In 5D’s, she voiced Barbara, Patty, and Claire.

Mai Valentine - (episodes 1-144) Megan Hollingshead - no notable other roles. (episodes 145-224) see Akiza Izinski

Ryou Bakura/Yami Bakura/Thief King Bakura - see Jack Atlas

Shadi - see Joey Wheeler

Rebecca Hawkins - Kerry Williams - Her other roles include Sadie, in GX.

Arthur Hawkins - Mike Pollock - His other roles include Jean Louis Bonaparte, in GX.

Duke Devlin - see Chazz Princeton

Ishizu Ishtar - Karen Neil - no notable other roles.

Marik Ishtar/Yami Marik - Jonathan Todd Ross - His other roles include Strings, in Duel Monsters, and Slade Princeton and Jagger Princeton, in GX.

Odion - Michael Alston Baley (J. David Brimmer) - His other roles include Shada, in Duel Monsters.

Maximillion Pegasus - Darren Dunstan - His other roles include Witty Phantom and Funny Bunny, in Duel Monsters. In GX, he voices Adrian Gecko, Abidos the Third, and Don Zaloog (along with the several Pegasus cameo appearances). In 5D’s, he voices Andre. He reprises his role as Maximillion Pegasus in Bonds Beyond Time.

Weevil Underwood - Jimmy Zoppi (James Carter Cathcart) - His other roles include Dr. Grossfield and Hobson, in Duel Monsters.

Rex Raptor - (episodes 1-144) see Tristan Taylor. (episodes 145-187) Sebastian Arcelus - His other roles include Espa Roba in Duel Monsters, and Marcel Bonaparte in GX. (episodes 188-224) see Chazz Princeton

Mako Tsunami - Andrew Rannells - His other roles include Noah Kaiba and Leon von Schroeder, in Duel Monsters. In GX, he voiced young Zane Truesdale, Wheeler, and Belowski. He voices Toby Tredwell, in 5D’s.

Bandit Keith - see Jack Atlas

Bonz - see Tea Gardner

Gozaburo Kaiba - David Wills - His other roles include Nesbitt, Seeker, Mr. Ishtar, and Roland (other than episodes 128-148), in Duel Monsters. In GX, he voiced Tyranno Hassleberry, Chancellor Sheppard, Kagemaru, and Lucien Grimley. In 5D’s, he voiced Tank, Mr. Armstrong, Lawton, and Dragan. (season 5) see Jack Atlas

Dartz - see Joey Wheeler

Rafael - see Chazz Princeton

Valon - see Chazz Princeton

Alister - see Jack Atlas

Zigfried von Schroeder - Oliver Wyman (Pete Zarustica) - His other roles include Dr. Alex Brisbane, Alexander the Great, Aknadin, and Akhenaden, Duel Monsters. In GX, he voiced Aster Phoenix, Brier, Neo-Spacian Aqua Dolphin, and Guardian of the Labyrinth's Shield. In 5D’s, he voiced Alex.

Mana/Dark Magician Girl - see Akiza Izinski

Mahad/Dark Magician - Michael Sinterniklaas - His other roles include Jakob and Torunka in 5D’s. He reprised his role as Dark Magician in Bonds Beyond Time.

Akhenaden - see Zigfried von Schroeder

Karim - Marc Diraison - His other roles include Sergei Ivanoff and young Solomon Muto in Duel Monsters, Chancellor Foster in GX, and Commander Koda and Kalin Kessler in 5D’s.

Kisara - see Mokuba Kaiba

Other Characters - GX:

Bastion Misawa - see Seto Kaiba

Zane Truesdale - Scottie Ray (Scott Rayow) - His other roles include Devack, in 5D’s.

Dr. Vellian Crowler - Sean Schemmel - His other roles include Bobasa in Duel Monsters. In GX, he voiced Ojama Yellow, Elemental Hero Neos, Neo-Spacian Dark Panther, Mr. Phoenix, Mathematica, Mad Dog, Doctor Collector, Thelonious Viper, Crystal Beast Cobalt Eagle, Trapper, Elroy Prescot, Sky Scout, Guardian Baou, and Chaos Sorcerer. In 5D’s, he voiced Geiger, the MC, ZigZix, Rudolph Heitmann, and Hans. He voiced Paradox in Bonds Beyond Time.

Blair Flannigan - Lisa Jacqueline - no other notable roles

Professor Lyman Banner - see Joey Wheeler

Chancellor Sheppard - see Gozaburo Kaiba

Chumley Huffington - (episodes 1-50) see Zigfried von Schroeder. (episode 85) see Crow Hogan

Ms. Dorothy - see Serenity Wheeler

Atticus Rhodes/Nightshroud - Jason Griffith (Adam Caroleson) - His other roles include Osamu and Harrington Rosewood, in GX. In 5D’s, he voiced Bruno/Vizor, Primo, Aporia, Taka, Shira, and Ghost.

Jean-Louis Bonaparte - see Arthur Hawkins

Aster Phoenix - see Zigfried von Schroeder

Tyranno Hassleberry - see Gozaburo Kaiba

Adrian Gecko - see Maximillion Pegasus

Echo - see Alexis Rhodes

Jesse Anderson - see Crow Hogan

Axel Brodie - Duane Cooper - no other notable roles

Jim Crocodile Cook - see Crow Hogan

Sartorius - see Solomon Muto

Sarina - see Akiza Izinski

Yubel - see Leo & Luna

Thelonious Viper - see Dr. Vellian Crowler

Other Characters - 5D’s:

Mina Simington - see Mokuba Kaiba

Tetsu Trudge - see Yugi Muto

Carly Carmine - Veronica Taylor - Her other voice roles include Kenta and Chris, in Duel Monsters. In GX, she voices Crystal Beast Amethyst Cat, Dark Scorpion - Meanae the Thorn, Princess Rose, and Fonda Fontaine (episodes 53-155). In 5D’s, she voices Ancient Fairy Dragon and Haluna.

Misty Tredwell - see Mokuba Kaiba

Rex Goodwin - see Solomon Muto

Lazar - Gary Mack - no other notable roles

Rally Dawson - see Akiza Izinski

Sayer - see Chazz Princeton

Greiger - see Dr. Vellian Crowler

Sherry LeBlanc - see Leo & Luna

Kalin Kessler - see Karim

Roman Goodwin - see Chazz Princeton

Devack - see Zane Truesdale

Dr. Fudo - see Joey Wheeler

Aporia - see Atticus Rhodes

Jakob - see Mahad

Lester - see Crow Hogan

Primo - see Atticus Rhodes

Bruno/Vizor - see Atticus Rhodes

#my post #yugioh #duel monsters #gx #5ds #this took me so long #i hope someone else appreciates it #let me know if i made mistakes or something #i did check multiple sources #also let me know if i missed someone important or something #uses english names because they are english voice actors

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Next Round: Italicus Is Reviving a Classic Italian Liqueur

On this “Next Round” episode, host Adam Teeter chats with Giuseppe Gallo, the founder of Italicus Aperitivo. Gallo begins by detailing his background in the beverage alcohol space and how his upbringing inspired him to eventually explore Italian liqueur.

Gallo explains his efforts to resurrect the category of the historic Rosolio aperitivo, how Italicus’s bottle is inspired by the Amalfi Coast seaside, and why he concocted the recipe for the liqueur with cocktails in mind. Finally, Gallo shares why focusing on the U.S. market is imperative to any spirit brand’s success.

Tune in and visit https://rosolioitalicus.com/ to learn more about Italicus.

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Adam Teeter: From VinePair’s New York City headquarters, I’m Adam Teeter, and this is a “VinePair Podcast Next Round” conversation. We bring you these conversations between our regular podcast episodes to give you a better picture of what’s going on in the alcohol beverage market. Today, I am really excited to be joined by Giuseppe Gallo, the CEO, owner, and founder of Italicus Aperitivo. Giuseppe, thank you so much for joining me.

Giuseppe Gallo: My pleasure, Adam. Hello, everyone.

A: Giuseppe, first of all, where do we find you today?

G: Today I’m in my lovely office in London, England but when possible, I’m trying to be at home in Italy.

A: Thank you again for joining us. I’d love it if you could start the conversation by telling us a little bit about Italicus and your background.

G: Yes, of course. I have always been working, breathing, and living in the hospitality industry. I’m originally from the beautiful Amalfi Coast, the south side of Salerno, to be more precise. I studied hospitality. My family has always been involved with gastronomy work. My mom used to make homemade limoncello when I was a kid, and I was sitting next to her and helping her.

A: Oh, wow.

G: In my 20s, I finished school and I started to travel across northern Italy and then different countries in Europe. I’ve been to the U.S. as well and studied at the Montclair University of Hospitality Management. Then, I landed in London, U.K. in 2005, and 16 years later, I have a wife, two kids, and a mortgage. I don’t think I’m going to move out of the U.K. soon. From a very humble background working as a bartender, I became manager of the Sanderson Hotel, which is part of the Morgans Hotel Group in London. Then, I joined Bacardi Global Brands as a Martini Rossi Global Brand Ambassador for almost 10 years. In 2015, I started my own consulting company called ItalSpirits. Then, in 2016, I decided to launch Italicus Rosolio di Bergamotto, the quintessential Italian apèritif.

A: Where did the idea come from to launch Italicus?

G: It was a combination of factors. The first one was that I identified that in the alcohol industry, mainly in Italy, there was no super-premium aperitif.

A: Interesting.

G: I always look at what France did, which was to establish a regulated category like Cognac, Armagnac, or Champagne and focus very much on building the category and value into it. Looking at the Italian perspective, if you think about the two top aperitif brands well known across the world, they both range between $10 and $15 per bottle.

A: Yeah.

G: Then I said, “Why? We have so much more to offer from Italy.” First of all, we have probably the most powerful brand that any other country has, which is Made in Italy.

A: Yes, I agree.

G: When I think about Italy, I think about Ferrari, Ducati, Armani, Dolce & Gabbana. Those are the brands that Italy wants to export around the world. On top of it, as I mentioned early on, I was always involved with some family food making or processes. I learned the craft of how to make limoncello with my mom. My mom also owns the recipe made with orange bergamot citrus fruits, which is very characteristic of the southern region of Italy.

A: OK.

G: The specific orange citrus that is usually harvested across the Christmas period is winter citrus. I thought, “Why not bring bergamot into the cocktail world?” Anyhow, Italicus became a brand.

A: Interesting. Obviously with aperitivo culture growing around the rest of the world, coming out of Italy, people have started to get to know some of these liqueurs. One of the things I think was interesting about yours is that most of these liqueurs that especially American consumers are getting to know, and I would assume probably British as well, are some hue of red. You have Aperol and Campari which, as you said, are two of the most famous. There are not many that are or that Americans know of as being clear like yours as a yellowish hue. Did you think about, when you were creating the liquid, what color it should be? Were you concerned about Americans recognizing this as a liqueur that’s similar to those in terms of its use in an aperitivo? What went into your decision-making process as you were creating the liquid?

G: Yes, I did. Absolutely. We took into consideration all the different factors. First of all, the U.S. is the most important spirits market in the world. I always say to everybody that if you want to be a truly global brand, you must be relevant in the U.S. market.

A: Right.

G: We took the U.S. into consideration from day one. The other point is the U.S. is the most complex spirits market in the world because of the three-tier system that doesn’t exist anywhere else in the world. Therefore, with any small producers or craft products, they are always available in the U.S. or they are available everywhere in the U.S. Most American consumers are familiar with the big, more commercial brands which have the power and structure to actually get into the U.S. market. With Italicus, the aim from the beginning was to innovate and not duplicate. Making another red aperitif was more like duplicating something, not innovating. The red is duplicating the color of the liquid and the color of the bottle. There was actually a very specific study behind it. With Italicus, the main BVI color is inspired by the Amalfi Coast seaside coastline, so this blue, turquoise aquamarine color. When you look at the seaside and the water of the sea is green, not blue. Yet, when the sea is reflecting the color of the sky, it becomes blue. What does that mean? When the bottle is empty, it is green. When you put the liquid in, it’s yellow-ish. Together, they’re making this Italicus blue-aquamarine color.

A: Ah, very cool. In terms of the creation of the liquid, what went into that process? Obviously, I’ve never made an aperitivo before. I would assume a majority of the people listening have not. What was that process like and how long did it take you to create the liquid that we now have in the bottle?

G: The overall process to make the liquid took almost two years. Then, you need to allow the liquid to rest, to marry together in order to have a proper taste of what the liquid will be as a final result. It’s impossible to make a fresh liquid and then taste it immediately. You have to wait a week, two weeks, or three weeks before you taste it. You have to refrigerate it. Thus, it takes several steps to get there. First of all, I was lucky enough because as I mentioned, working for the Bacardi company with Martini & Rossi. In my experience there, in 10 years, we launched seven new products. I already had the experience of how to design, how to craft a liquid with the master distiller. In this case of what I did, I started from a historical recipe. The historic recipe is taken from a historic liqueur book called “Liquorista Pratico.” There are only two copies in the world, and I found one at the University of Turin.

A: Amazing.

G: The book calls for the recipe of Rosolio di Torino. It is believed that the first king of Italy was drinking these during his royal parties.

A: Oh, that’s cool.

G: The five key ingredients are five botanicals: Roman chamomile, yellow roses, gentian root, lemon balm, and bergamot. Out of those five botanicals, I went to the master distiller and I tried to make this liquid, and guess what? Undrinkable.

A: Undrinkable?

G: It was too sweet and had no balance. Of course, we do not drink and eat as people used to 100 years ago.

A: Right.

G: Back then, they would drink something much sweeter. It was much more unbalanced. It was less defined. I said that we needed to take those five ingredients and rebalance them to start with.

A: OK.

G: Most importantly, I wanted to make a liquid that bartenders and mixologists can work with — a liquid that the modern consumer can drink as a simple aperitif.

A: Right.

G: That’s how we brought my family experience with the orange bergamot fruit to create that overall taste profile that will be appealing for more consumers. On top of the five key botanicals from the historic Rosolio di Torino, we added the giant Cedro citrus from Sicily that are rich in lemon oil. Then, the top notes in the liquid are the orange bergamot juice from the Calabria region in Italy.

A: OK, now this is something that I’ve always wondered about. Since it is a new liquid and as you said, you wanted it to be used by bartenders and at-home mixologists, etc., how much were you not only tasting the liquid on its own but also mixing it as you were involved in creating it? Were you already thinking about, “Huh, this needs to make a good spritz? Maybe the liquid’s great on its own, but I need to taste it in a spritz but the spritz is not great so we need to keep changing the formula.” How much of that was happening?

G: A lot. You are absolutely correct. One of the main mistakes I see in a lot of brands and new products is they’re focusing only on the pure tasting of the liquid on its own. When you are using the cocktail or your goal is to be using the mixology world, you need to ensure that your liquid brings something extra into the cocktail’s final result.

A: Yeah.

G: I was focusing on exactly that. The reason why I used Cedro citrus and the bergamot fruit is that they both reach essential oils. Obviously, when you make your nice vodka-gin Martini at home and then you squeeze a little bit of lemon peel, lemon skin on top?

A: Yes.

G: You see all this beautiful lemon sitting on top of the dry Martini. It is exactly the same process but in a much bigger way. With those essential oils, if you’re going to add something sparkling with the CO2 — and it can be soda water, Prosecco, or Champagne because they’re light in weight — you have this explosion of flavor in your nose, even before you sip your glass. That was my ultimate goal. To make sure that the liquid that was crafted, would work in a cocktail and not on its own because I challenge everybody to have a single sip of bitter Campari or Aperol and say, “Oh, this is very nice.” They are not designed to be drunk on their own. They are designed to be mixed in cocktails, and with Italicus? It is the same role.

A: Right. It can be but the ultimate idea is in cocktails. Speaking of cocktails, I think what’s really interesting is you’ve developed some cocktails for Italicus that are very different from ones that I’ve seen before. However, the one I want to pick up on, which I’m sure you might guess, is the one you’re doing with IPA. Obviously, I don’t think a lot of people would think about adding an aperitivo to beer. Where did that idea come from, and why IPA?

A: Very good question. First of all, the IPA beer and Italicus is probably the best combination of my Italian roots and background with my current English lifestyle because, as you know, in England, there are a lot of pubs. On weekends, if you’re going to the pubs, you would enjoy brunch or a pint of beer in England. Being Italian, I love IPA because we love that bitter taste.

A: Yeah.

G: In Italy, we grew up with Negroni and Americanos, so we really love these bitter tastes. I’m a huge fan of IPA beers, and I’m there sitting in these beautiful pubs in the garden with my wife, and I have all the small tastes and bottles of Italicus because we were still developing the liquid. I have my half glass of IPA, and my wife says, “What are you doing there? This is the latest liquid so how about you taste it with your beer?” I said, “No, come on, I don’t want to waste this tasting with a beer.” After a few years with your wife, you know you can say no once, but the second time you need to follow her request and I say, “OK, fine, let’s taste it.” I’m putting this in a small miniature bottle of Italicus into the IPA. No ice, no mixing, and I gave it a sip. You know those types of cocktails where they completely blow your mind immediately? I gave it to my wife and she’s Russian. She tasted it and said, “Wow, this is amazing.”. From there, I took the cocktail to some friends who were proper mixologist bartenders. I said, “Do you think this cocktail would work? What can we do?” All of them loved the idea. They love to mix beer with cocktails. They’re both low-ABV. Then I said, “Why not? Let’s see if some restaurants and bars give a different spin to the beer offering or they can give a different spin to the aperitif offering.”

A: That’s super cool. Does it matter what type of IPA? In the U.S., we have the East Coast IPA. We have the West Coast IPA, which is much more bitter. What do you look for in the IPA when someone would use this for the cocktail?

G: Personally, I go for a more West Coast-style IPA because it has a more bitter aftertaste and a bit more hoppy so definitely that style. I wouldn’t name one brand or another because I think there is such a huge range out there.

A: Yes, totally.

G: Now, I would avoid a soft, milky, honey IPA. I will go for a more dry, sharp style of bitter IPA.

A: That makes a lot of sense. Obviously, as you’ve started the business and we’ve had Covid in the last year, what have you started doing to come into the American market? What have your strategies been in order to get the brand known stateside?

G: Well, in the first few weeks to the first month, there was a little bit of panic because Italicus is a very much on-premise brand. Overall, our initial strategy and our main focus were mainly being in New York, Florida, California, Texas, and Illinois.

A: OK.

G: We wanted to work with bartenders and mixologists. When we started to open some national accounts such as Total Wine and BevMo in the U.S., Covid kicked in and they shut it down, so it was a little bit of panicking at the beginning. It was not easy but we managed to shift most of our business to e-commerce. We started to sell more and more online, even in the U.S. in each of those states. Then, we expanded that in other states. The response has been very, very positive. I think we have been lucky that we’re going to close in the U.S. to about 34 percent up this year versus the previous year, despite a lot of on-premise stores closed and despite the restrictions.

A: Oh, wow.

G: The bottle design and the study of the brand really made a huge difference between online and e-commerce channels because that’s what consumers actually look for today. They’re looking for a brand that has a story and it means something to them.

A: Right.

G: Plus, it’s a beautiful bottle that they can have at home and they can keep it for other usages.

A: I’m glad you brought that up. I think the bottle is just very striking, and I can see it performing very well because of that. As you said, you have bottles that you keep in a cabinet, but there are bottles that people keep out in their homes, in the living room, on a bar cart, or in a special spot in the kitchen. This is one of those bottles that really looks very premium and beautiful especially against, as you were saying, the aperitivos that are much cheaper and aren’t the bottles that you would necessarily keep out.

G: I always like to describe Italicus as Italian art and poetry in a liquid form. The bottle had to reflect that vision. It is inspired by the Roman column, as you can see, the color is the seaside color of the Amalfi Coast with this aquamarine, turquoise blue. The cup is black and white with a marbled gold inspired by the Church of Santa Maria Novella in Florence, where Rosolio was served back in the Second Renaissance. Actually, the Italicus logo is inspired by the Vitruvian Man designed by Leonardo da Vinci in the shape and form of Bacchus, the god of wine.

A: Ah…

G: Instead of harvesting grapes, he starts harvesting bergamot. Every single detail, every single input into the bottle has a reason to be there.

A: That makes a lot of sense. Look, it’s just really well done. When I had the liquid, I was very impressed. It plays really well in so many different cocktails. It’s an easy sub-in for anything that would have citrus, but it gives it an elevated lift. I also think in a White Negroni, it’s really great. I think for people who haven’t had White Negronis before, it’s such a nice, welcome change. It’s just really delicious, and I’m very excited about this liquid. I think it’s going to do really well here in the United States, and congrats on all your success so far.

G: I think you should try it in an Italian Margarita as well with tequila and lime juice.

A: Interesting.

G: I usually make it at home, and it is a very interesting spin-off to the classic Margaritas. Try it with a blanco tequila, simple syrup, lime juice, Italicus, shake it up, and then serve it straight up. If you try that, you will see it works very, very well.

A: Interesting. For your White Negroni, you recommend olives as the garnish instead of citrus. Why?

G: Always olives, because being an aperitivo, for Italians, means that with your drink you always have something to eat. A little snack. If you go to a piazza, order a glass of wine, a glass of Prosecco, or a Negroni, you’re going to get your crisps, your olives, your pistachios, and some salty stuff. You’re always going to get something there. That is the aperitivo experience. It’s about one bite, one sip, one bite, one sip.

A: I love it.

G: That’s the joy of aperitivo from Italy.

A: I love it.

G: All our cocktails are designed with three olives. The spritz, the Negroni, they’re all served with the three olives. You have one olive with the first sip so you have a full taste of the cocktail. Then, you eat another olive, so you’re adding some saltiness to your taste profile. Then, you have another sip, another olive, and another sip. Then, the last olive, another sip, and the cocktail is gone. You now have the quintessential experience of aperitivo.

A: Amazing. Well, Giuseppe, thank you so much for joining me today. This is really great to learn more about Italicus, and I assume a lot of listeners will start seeing it in stores around them very soon. Again, I really want to thank you for your time, and congrats!

A: Thank you very much for this opportunity, Adam. I really hope I’m going to be able to visit America very soon so we can spread the Italicus love.

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Next Round: Italicus Is Reviving a Classic Italian Liqueur

Tune in and visit https://rosolioitalicus.com/ to learn more about Italicus.

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Giuseppe Gallo: My pleasure, Adam. Hello, everyone.

A: Giuseppe, first of all, where do we find you today?

G: Today I’m in my lovely office in London, England but when possible, I’m trying to be at home in Italy.

A: Thank you again for joining us. I’d love it if you could start the conversation by telling us a little bit about Italicus and your background.

A: Oh, wow.

A: Where did the idea come from to launch Italicus?

G: It was a combination of factors. The first one was that I identified that in the alcohol industry, mainly in Italy, there was no super-premium aperitif.

A: Interesting.

A: Yeah.

G: Then I said, “Why? We have so much more to offer from Italy.” First of all, we have probably the most powerful brand that any other country has, which is Made in Italy.

A: Yes, I agree.

A: OK.

G: The specific orange citrus that is usually harvested across the Christmas period is winter citrus. I thought, “Why not bring bergamot into the cocktail world?” Anyhow, Italicus became a brand.

A: Right.

A: Amazing.

G: The book calls for the recipe of Rosolio di Torino. It is believed that the first king of Italy was drinking these during his royal parties.

A: Oh, that’s cool.

A: Undrinkable?

G: It was too sweet and had no balance. Of course, we do not drink and eat as people used to 100 years ago.

A: Right.

G: Back then, they would drink something much sweeter. It was much more unbalanced. It was less defined. I said that we needed to take those five ingredients and rebalance them to start with.

A: OK.

G: Most importantly, I wanted to make a liquid that bartenders and mixologists can work with — a liquid that the modern consumer can drink as a simple aperitif.

A: Right.

A: Yeah.

A: Yes.

A: Yeah.

A: Yes, totally.

G: Now, I would avoid a soft, milky, honey IPA. I will go for a more dry, sharp style of bitter IPA.

A: OK.

A: Oh, wow.

A: Right.

G: Plus, it’s a beautiful bottle that they can have at home and they can keep it for other usages.

A: Ah…

G: Instead of harvesting grapes, he starts harvesting bergamot. Every single detail, every single input into the bottle has a reason to be there.

G: I think you should try it in an Italian Margarita as well with tequila and lime juice.

A: Interesting.

A: Interesting. For your White Negroni, you recommend olives as the garnish instead of citrus. Why?

A: I love it.

G: That’s the joy of aperitivo from Italy.

A: I love it.

A: Thank you very much for this opportunity, Adam. I really hope I’m going to be able to visit America very soon so we can spread the Italicus love.

Ed. note: This episode has been edited for length and clarity.

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