Australian Gourmet Traveller - (03)March 2020 (1)

Clockwisefrom

topleft:DeanMerlo

withhisfather,Gino

Luigi;Ginointhe

Milanowinecellar;

LucianoLuigioutside

histrattoria,Merlo’s;

Ginoatwork,posing

fora portrait,and

behindthecoffee

machine in 1958.

“Theyhadto fly

a technician up

fromSydney to

servicetheLa San

Marcoespresso

machine.”