When you open the evening with a sparkling, dry Prosecco and close it with a silky Chianti Classico, you have two key ingredients for una magnifica festa d'Italia (a magificent Italian feast).

And so it was recently at Café UTEC (United Teed Equality Center) in downtown Lowell where Chef Sam Putnam, his culinary staff of young men and women, and yours truly combined on an elegant Italian wine-tasting dinner for 44 donor/guests. The proceeds from each $75 ticket benefited UTEC's educational programs.

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