All White House State Dinners pull out the stops to impress, but for his 13th and final gala, President Barack Obama set a high bar for his food-and-wine purveyors with his choice of guests: the Italians, specifically Prime Minister Matteo Renzi and his wife, Agnese Landini.

Accordingly, the gourmands at the White House called up some of America's finest in drinking and dining, tapping a Crocs-clad Mario Batali to put food on the table and calling in wines from Palmina (the label of California-grown Italian varietals from Brewer-Clifton's Steve Clifton), Villa Ragazzi and Ridge.

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