Italian Wine Podcast

Welcome to Episode 1506 Stevie Kim moderates Clubhouse’s Ambassadors’ Corner – In this episode, Vinicius Santiago interviews Flavio Geretto of Villa Sandi. These sessions are recorded from Clubhouse and replayed here on the Italian Wine Podcast! Listen in on this series as Italian Wine Ambassadors all over the world chat with Stevie and their chosen wine producer. Which producer would you interview if you had your pick? Co-Moderator - Vinicius Santiago Professional Sommelier certified by the ABS (Brazilian Association of Sommeliers), Beer Sommelier certified by Doemens Academy, WSET Diploma, Certified Sherry Educator, Certified Port Educator, French Wine Scholar and an Italian Wine Ambassador. I am also obtaining my undergraduate degree in viticulture and enology at the IFRS-BG (Federal Institute of Education, Science, and Technology). Connect: Facebook www.facebook.com/vinimirago Instagram www.instagram.com/vinimirago LinkedIn www.linkedin.com/in/vinimirago/ Guest Producer – Flavio Geretto Flavio Geretto is

Welcome to Episode 1508; part of our Italian wine interview series set in Bologna! Today’s interview is between Cynthia Chaplin and Alberto Paltrinieri from Cantina Paltrinieri Stevie Kim and her team travelled to the Bologna Slow Wine Fair in March 2023. There they conducted dozens of interviews with some of Italy's most inspiring producers. Join the fun every Thursday afternoon! Tune-in each Thursday as we bring you the great interviews that unfolded over the course of 3 days. More about today’s winery - Cantina Paltrinieri Located in the heart of Sorbara, in the center of the fertile province of Modena, the Cantina Paltrinieri is a family-run farm dedicated to the production of Lambrusco di Sorbara DOC for three generations. Connect: Instagram: www.instagram.com/cantinapaltrinieri/ Facebook: www.facebook.com/cantinapaltrinieri/ Website: cantinapaltrinieri.it/ _______________________________ Let's keep in touch! Follow us on our social media channels: Instagram @italianwinepodcast Facebook @ItalianWinePodca

Welcome to Episode 1507, The African wine market - Why, Where, How and Whom should I be partnering with! - Deslandes Monteiro, Nicolaas Wilem Smit, Soraiya Ladak, Vannessa Koko Djaba, Victor Ikem, moderated by Temitope Akintola This is the wine2wine Business Forum 2022 Series. The sessions are recorded and uploaded on Italian Wine Podcast. wine2wine Business Forum is an international wine business forum, held annually in Verona Italy since 2014. The event is a key reference point for wine producers and a diverse variety of wine professionals eager to develop and grow their wine business worldwide. About today’ session: According to the United Nations, by 2050, 25% of the World Population will be Africans. 2050 is in 28 years and most of us and the wineries we represent will still be alive. What’s our plan to develop a relationship with this market? The African wine market session will serve as an eye opener to quite an obscure market with the intention of giving the participants the right tools to enter or de

Welcome to Episode 1505, in which Cynthia Chaplin interviews Helen McGinn in this installment of Voices, on the Italian Wine Podcast. More about today’s guest Helen McGinn is an award-winning author, drinks writer and presenter. After spending a decade as a supermarket wine buyer, she founded wine blog The Knackered Mother’s Wine Club, now a best-selling wine book. She co-chairs the International Wine Challenge, one of the world’s biggest wine competitions, and is the drinks writer for the Daily Mail’s Femail Magazine and Waitrose Food Magazine. She regularly appears on television as a wine expert on BBC1’s Saturday Kitchen and ITV’s This Morning and accolades include Best Online Drinks Writer at Fortnum & Mason’s inaugural Food & Drink Awards. Helen is also a fiction writer and has written three books. Her latest, This Is Us, was published last year and she’s currently working on her fourth. Connect: Instagram: www.instagram.com/knackeredmother/ Facebook: www.facebook.com/knackeredmotherswineclub Twitter: tw

Welcome to Episode 1504 in which Marc Millon interviews Michèle Shah in today’s episode of Wine, Food & Travel. More about today’s guest Michèle Shah has championed and promoted Italian wines for more than 30 years. A noted marketer, writer, communicator and judge, she works with producers across Italy. She is passionate about bringing the quality and diversity of authentic Italian wine to an international audience: her “Speedtasting®” b2b tastings have helped hundreds of producers find new export markets. Her clients include the Consorzi of both famous and emerging Italian wine denominations. A great lover of Italian gastronomy and heritage, Michele also organises wine tours for businesses and enthusiasts. These allow her to share her infectious love for Italian culture, deep wine knowledge, and connections with many inspiring figures in Italian wine. She is also Regional Ambassador for Italy to the Old Vine Conference since 2021 Connect: Instagram: www.instagram.com/micheleshah/ Facebook: www.facebook.com/M

Welcome to Episode 1503 on Italian Wine Podcast, today on Masterclass US Wine Market With Juliana Colangelo she will be interviewing Michelle Schromm More about today’s guest Michelle Schromm has been an active member of the Bâtonnage community since its first annual forum in 2018. She supported the organization’s Mentorship program for two years as a Level 1 and 2 Mentor (Marketing & Communications IAF), before being appointed as Executive Director in 2023. Her journey in the wine industry began over a decade ago in Mendoza, Argentina, where for over 5 years she led the Hospitality program at Pulenta Estate, as well as co-founded a nonprofit organization supporting vineyard workers and their families in the region’s wine country. She returned to the United States in 2015 to work for Paul Hobbs Wines in various Sales & Marketing roles, including import and export management and finally as Director of Marketing. In 2021, Michelle joined the environmentally passionate, and largely woman-run, team at Sonoma Coas

Welcome to Episode 1502 in which host Victoria Cece interviews Bruno Gasperini this week on The Next Generation. The Next Generation where Victoria Cece interviews young Italian wine people shaking up the wine scene. More about the guest Bruno Gasperini is the new generation of Casale Vallechiesa, a winery in Frascati with over 140 years of history. Rather than viticulture, Gasperini’s passion is business and entrepreneurship, particularly in blockchain technology. His unique developments for his family winery’s in this space are fascinating, and open up a new discussion around the future of Italian wines. To learn more visit: Website: www.casalevallechiesa.it/ Instagram: @casale_vallechiesa More about the host: Victoria Cece is a food and beverage storyteller whose curiosity is somewhere deep in a bowl of pasta or a bottle of wine. A fool for history, you can find her reading up about ancient grape varietals or wandering around a little Italian town eating everything in sight, under her alias Slutti Spaghett

Welcome to Episode 1501 – Part 28 of this fantastic wine book series in which Marco Gandini narrates the new Mamma Jumbo Shrimp Guide, Italian Wine Unplugged 2.0. Today, Marco narrates: Abruzzo Each week, Marco will provide some new quality edutainment, as he reads from the second edition of this wine geek smorgasbord. And if you want a copy of the book just head to: www.amazon.it/Italian-Wine-Unplu…2Caps%2C261&sr=8-1 To learn more visit: Website: www.mammajumboshrimp.com More about the Narrator: Marco Gandini is a Communications Manager at Vinitaly International, he also seems to love being a student since he is always studying and harnessing his brain! When he is not helping out with events in the office such as wine2wine, or helping out the social media department, he can be found in the Italian Wine Podcast booth, narrating this very very long book!!! _______________________________ Let's keep in touch! Follow us on our social media channels: Instagram @italianwinepodcast Facebook @ItalianWinePodcast Twit

Welcome to Episode 1500 on another episode of “On The Road Edition”, hosted by Stevie Kim. In this episode Stevie sits down with Juliana Colangelo on InstaLive! More about today’s guest Juliana Colangelo is a Vice President at Colangelo & Partners, the leading wine and spirits communications agency in the U.S. Juliana joined Colangelo & Partners in 2013 with previous experience in events, hospitality, and nonprofit development. During her tenure at C&P, Juliana has led the development of the California office, growing the agency’s domestic presence to a dedicated office of 13 people with representation of leading wine companies such as Jackson Family Wines, Far Niente, Charles Krug Winery, Foley Family Wines and more. Juliana has completed her WSET Level 3 and her eMBA in Wine Business with Sonoma State University, allowing her to bring a strategic and sales-oriented approach to communications strategy for the agency. In 2021, Juliana was named one of PR News’ Top Women in PR in the “Rising Stars” category. I

Welcome to Episode 1499, where the professore takes questions from the wine community and answers them in his inimitable way! These shows are generally in the Italian language. Today’s question comes from McKenna Cassidy If you want to learn more about the Professore: The one who checks all the facts and regulates when we mistakenly type "Verdicchio" in place of "Vermentino.” Attilio Scienza is a full professor at the University of Milan in the Department of Agricultural and Food Sciences where he teaches courses on genetic improvements to the vine; he also teaches Viticulture in the Master’s program of the University of Turin in Asti. He has been the lead for many national research projects in the field of physiology, agricultural techniques, and vine genetics. As the author of over 350 publications on vine and viticulture in national and international journals, you can bet he knows his stuff! To find out more about Attilio Scienza visit: vinitalyinternational.com/wordpress/via-faqs/ If you want to learn mor

Welcome to Episode 1498; part of our Italian wine interview series set in Bologna! Today’s interview is between Joy Livingston and Pier Viberti of Marengo Mauro Winery Stevie Kim and her team travelled to the Bologna Slow Wine Fair in March 2023. There they conducted dozens of interviews with some of Italy's most inspiring producers. Join the fun every Thursday afternoon! Tune-in each Thursday as we bring you the great interviews that unfolded over the course of 3 days. More about today’s winery - Marengo Mauro Winery The cellar is a small family-run business, born thanks to Francesco Marengo (Mauro’s father, the current owner and successor) who decided to plant his first vineyards in Novello around the 1950s. Born mainly as an agricultural activity, over time it became a winery, and in 2015 (with the arrival of the third generation in the cellar) it started to sell bottled wines in the international market. The family only cultivate his own land: they own 11 hectares of native vines of Dolcetto, Barbera, Neb

Welcome to Episode 1497, the Blind Guy’s Guide to Blind Tasting with Hoby Wedler, moderated by Dominga Cotarella This is the wine2wine Business Forum 2022 Series. The sessions are recorded and uploaded on Italian Wine Podcast. wine2wine Business Forum is an international wine business forum, held annually in Verona Italy since 2014. The event is a key reference point for wine producers and a diverse variety of wine professionals eager to develop and grow their wine business worldwide. About today’ session: We use all five senses to take in 100% of the information we experience in life. Eyesight comprises 85-90% of this information. Why? We will discuss and attempt to answer this question during this session. Sensory literacy is the ability to be able to take in data from all five senses, parse that data, and make logical conclusions. We will explore sensory literacy. Wine is a beverage that we all think we know and love. But when have we had the opportunity to taste wine without eyesight? In this educational

Welcome to Episode 1496 Stevie Kim moderates Clubhouse’s Ambassadors’ Corner – In this episode, Bev Bourdin interviews Fabio Sireci of Feudo Montoni Winery. These sessions are recorded from Clubhouse and replayed here on the Italian Wine Podcast! Listen in on this series as Italian Wine Ambassadors all over the world chat with Stevie and their chosen wine producer. Which producer would you interview if you had your pick? Co-Moderator – Bev Bourdin is a wine Enthusiast and life long learner. Retired as a Registered Nurse. International Sommelier Guild Level 2, & through Wine Scholar Guild French Wine Scholar, Rhone Masters, and Italian Wine Scholar. Italian Wine Maestro (taught by Marcia Hamm IWE ) and Italian Wine Ambassador 2022 in Verona. Intention is to return to Verona to achieve Expert level. Connect: Instagram www.instagram.com/bevbourdin/ Guest Producer – Fabio Sireci is third generation wine maker of Feudo Montoni which is also an active farm for grain , legumes and olives . Trained as a mechanical en

Welcome to Episode 1495, in which Cynthia Chaplin interviews Noelle Hale in this installment of Voices, on the Italian Wine Podcast. More about today’s guest Noelle’s passion for wine began on a trip to New Zealand, when she discovered Marlborough makes a lot more than just Sauvignon Blanc. When she got back home, she signed up for a WSET Level 2 class and leveraged that qualification to get hired in a tasting room. She recently completed her WSET Diploma, and when she’s not selling wine as a distributor rep in Santa Barbara, she’s teaching classes in wine country for the Napa Valley Wine Academy. You can also find her running, cooking or playing fetch with her corgi, Winston. Connect: Instagram: www.instagram.com/noelle.hale/ LinkedIn: www.linkedin.com/in/noellehale Website: napavalleywineacademy.com/about/facult…noelle-hale/ About today’s Host: Cynthia Chaplin is a VIA certified Italian Wine Ambassador, a professional sommelier with FIS and the WSA, a member of Le Donne del Vino, and a Professor of Italian

Welcome to Episode 1494 in which Marc Millon interviews Marilena Leta of Gorghi Tondi in today’s episode of Wine, Food & Travel. The winery is awarded the Best Organic Semi-Sparkling WIne 2023 Trophy for Terre Siciliane Igp Bianco Frizzante Vino Biologico Babbìo N.V., in Wine Without Walls, a section of 5StarWines – the Book wine selection in 2023 More about today’s winery Gorghi Tondi would never have been born without the love for nature of Dora, our great-grandmother “- recall Annamaria and Clara Sala, today at the helm of the family business - “ A love for the grapes and for the land that, a century later, continues to nourish and to move us as well. It was in 2000 when their father, Michele, after a career of over forty years in the wine business, decided, together with his wife Doretta, to start a family owned company, together with his two daughters. And so the two sisters, coming back home from their careers, ended up surrounded by the family vineyards and wines, facing the new challenge to build a fu

Welcome to Episode 1493 on Italian Wine Podcast, today on Masterclass US Wine Market With Juliana Colangelo she will be interviewing Matteo Frescobaldi More about Matteo Frescobaldi Matteo Frescobaldi is the Brand Manager of Laudemio Frescobaldi Extra Virgin Olive Oil - the youngest member of the family’s 30th generation of Tuscan Olive Oil producers. Raised in diverse cultural settings and through work on his family’s farms, Matteo developed a passion to grow Fescobalidi’s businesses from an early age. After earning his undergraduate degree at Regent’s University London and his Master’s at Grand Ecole ESCP in Italy and Germany, Matteo spent six years working in operations and private equity before accepting a position at Laudemio Frescobaldi, quickly establishing a production and commercial development plan. By implementing his business plan, Matteo sourced significant investments to fund new olive groves and structural enhancements to increase Laudemio production, while always maintaining the highest qualit

Welcome to Episode 1492 in which host Victoria Cece interviews Luca Sathya Pettinato this week on The Next Generation. The Next Generation where Victoria Cece interviews young Italian wine people shaking up the wine scene. More about the guest Luca Sathya Pettinato is the second generation of Barbacàn - a small winery in Valtellina with serious dancing skills that makes it one of the most adored Italian wineries on Tiktok. Luca works in all aspects of the winery, helping his family manage 6 hectares of beautiful, steeply terraced vineyards. Their wine approach is minimal intervention, emphasizing the character of Chiavennasca (the local name for Nebbiolo) which the family safeguards 20 clones of the grape variety. Connect: ​​ Twitter: @barbacan_sa Instagram: @barbacan_sa More about the host: Victoria Cece is a food and beverage storyteller whose curiosity is somewhere deep in a bowl of pasta or a bottle of wine. A fool for history, you can find her reading up about ancient grape varietals or wandering around

Welcome to episode 1482 in which host Victoria Cece interviews Santo Neri this week on The Next Generation. The Next Generation where Victoria Cece interviews young Italian wine people shaking up the wine scene. More about today’s guests: Santo Neri is the 4th generation of Neri - a resort, spa, agriturismo, and winery in Linguaglossa, in the foothills of Etna. Only 22 years old, Neri is passionate about expanding the global market capacity of Etna wines, following in his father and grandfather’s footsteps of promoting his family’s wines and Etna’s unique terroir. Connect: Website: www.nerietna.com/en/ Instagram: @nerietnawines More about the host: Victoria Cece is a food and beverage storyteller whose curiosity is somewhere deep in a bowl of pasta or a bottle of wine. A fool for history, you can find her reading up about ancient grape varietals or wandering around a little Italian town eating everything in sight, under her alias Slutti Spaghetti. Connect: Instagram: @sluttispaghetti Twitter: @sluttispaghetti

Welcome to Episode 1491 – Part 27 of this fantastic wine book series in which Marco Gandini narrates the new Mamma Jumbo Shrimp Guide, Italian Wine Unplugged 2.0. Today, Marco narrates: Campania Each week, Marco will provide some new quality edutainment, as he reads from the second edition of this wine geek smorgasbord. Italian Wine Unplugged 2.0, offers a comprehensive guide to the world of Italian wine and winemaking with contributions from Professor Attilio Scienza (including his groundbreaking research on the topic), has won the prestigious OIV - International Organisation of Vine and Wine Award 2023 in the Wines and Territories category. Get a copy on Amazon: amzn.eu/d/ajX2gwN To learn more visit: Website: www.mammajumboshrimp.com More about the Narrator: Marco Gandini is a Communications Manager at Vinitaly International, he also seems to love being a student since he is always studying and harnessing his brain! When he is not helping out with events in the office such as wine2wine, or helping out the s

Welcome to episode 1480, another on the Road Edition With Stevie Kim, today she is at the Esplanade Boutique Hotel in Paestum, speaking with Giuseppe Pagano, the owner and Principal of the L'Azienda Agricola San Salvatore. They discuss the Mediterranean diet, food, cooking and the amazing quality that comes out of this area. About today’s guest: It was 1980 when the charismatic entrepreneur Pagano began his journey in hospitality with the aim of one day being able to create a unique location, which would combine the elegance of a Mediterranean-style private villa with the services of an excellent hotel. Success comes quickly and thus Esplanade Boutique Hotel Paestum was born. To learn more about the Hotel visit: www.paganopaestum.it/en/hotel_espla…hotel-paestum/ To learn more about the L'Azienda Agricola San Salvatore visit: www.sansalvatore1988.it/en/azienda/ More about the host Stevie Kim: Stevie Kim hosts Clubhouse sessions each week (visit Italian Wine Club & Wine Business on Clubhouse), these recorded se