Susan Gravely, like so many others, fell in love with Italy at first visit.
“I was enamored by the colors and the smells. I loved the gardens and fruit trees. I loved the gentleness of people and their enjoyment for life and living,” she said of her first trip to the Amalfi coast, with her mother and sister, in 1983.
The trio also fell in love with Italy’s artisan traditions of colorful handmade, hand-painted dinnerware, treasures so beautiful they knew they had to bring them home to North Carolina to share. Such were the beginnings of their business, VIETRI—and a lifelong love affair with Italy….