31/08/2026
The good side of social media? When an online community gets out from behind the screen and meets in the real world.
That is exactly what happened this summer, when Club Alfa Romeo Italian Style brought more than 40 Alfisti together at the spectacular Forte di Vinadio in Piedmont, with crews arriving from across northern and central Italy - and even from abroad.
The first Alfa Romeo Italian Style Raduno combined everything you would expect from an Alfista gathering: a visit to the historic Forte Albertino, lunch by Lake Vinadio, and a scenic drive up to the Colle della Maddalena.
It is a road with a rather special Alfa Romeo connection. In 1930, Tazio Nuvolari won the Cuneo–Colle della Maddalena hill climb at the wheel of an Alfa Romeo P2, adding another chapter to the extraordinary racing career of the Mantuan driver.
Back to nowadays 2026, the cars were considerably less frantic (Nuvolari not only won the hill climb race, in doing so he set a speed record that remains unbeaten - 104 km/h average speed) but the spirit was much the same: a group of Alfisti enjoying their cars, the roads and, above all, each other’s company.
The day continued with an evening concert and a public vote for the three favourite Alfa Romeos of the gathering. There was also a more important reason for everyone to take part: a fundraiser for the Oncology Day Hospital of the Santa Croce e Carle Hospital in Cuneo. Donations were rewarded with limited-edition copies of “Pininfumia”, the illustration by engineer Enrico Fumia depicting three of his Alfa Romeo designs, personally signed by Fumia during the event.
For a first edition, Alfa Romeo Italian Style certainly set the bar high - bringing together passion, friendship and solidarity, with the next gathering already in mind.
Shots by Alex Casale
