Italian Wine Podcast

Welcome to episode 1395, in which host Victoria Cece interviews Barbara Fitzgerald 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 guest: Barbara is an Italian-American who's family is among the California wine industry pioneers -- her great-grandfather (in immigrant from Tuscany) obtained the 4th winegrower's license in the state. All this to say, Italian wine and culture is a part of her DNA. Armed with passion and a lifetime of living in the industry, Barbara decided to build a career outside her family's legacy. Over the past 15 years, she has been a powerhouse in Direct to Consumer Marketing and Strategy, helping wine brands find exponential increases in revenue, brand awareness, and customer based. Barbara currently owns her own consulting firm, Apri La Creative, and works with clients across California and Italy. In 2023, she became an Italian Wine Ambassador at Vinitaly International Academy. A

Welcome to episode 1394, part 17 of this fantastic wine book series in which Marco Gandini narrates the new Mamma Jumbo Shrimp Guide, Italian Wine Unplugged 2.0 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 bettering 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 Twitter @itawinepodcast Tiktok @MammaJumboShrimp LinkedIn @ItalianWine

Welcome to episode 1393, another episode of “On The Road Edition”, hosted by Stevie Kim. In this episode Stevie sits down with Riccardo Cottarella at Wine Cube, an event organized by Partesa. More about today’s guest: Riccardo Cotarella is a renowned winemaker and president of Assoenologi, the national association of winemaking professionals. In today's episode, Stevie discusses Riccardo's career in wine, his plans for the future, and what should spring to mind when people hear his name. Find out more: Assoenologi at: www.assoenologi.it/. Find out more about Wine Cube at: www.partesa.it/partesaforwine-evento.Find out more by visiting: More about the host Stevie Kim: Stevie Kim hosts Clubhouse sessions each week (visit Italian Wine Club & Wine Business on Clubhouse), these recorded sessions are then released on the podcast to immortalize them! She often also joins Professor Scienza in his shows to lend a hand keeping our Professor in check! You can also find her taking a hit for the team when she goes “On the

Welcome to Episode 1392, another episode of everybody needs a bit of scienza! Today we are sharing part 1 of our 5-part series of the Professore’s advanced seminar at Vinitaly 2023. In this advanced seminar, Professore Attilio Scienza shares some reflections on the viticulture of the future, focusing on the characteristics of resistant vines. The Professore is best known for his extensive research on the origins of Italian grapes and their DNA and as one of the leading academics in the study of Italian wine. To find out more about Attilio Scienza visit: vinitalyinternational.com/wordpress/via-faqs/ winenews.it/en/an-italian-profe…l-be-one-of_307764/ If you want to learn more about Stevie Kim, the Scienza wrangler: Stevie hosts Clubhouse sessions each week (visit Italian Wine Club & Wine Business on Clubhouse), these recorded sessions are then released on the podcast to immortalize them! She often also joins Professor Scienza in his shows to lend a hand keeping our Professor in check! You can also find her tak

Welcome to Episode 1390 Stevie Kim moderates Clubhouse’s Ambassadors Corner – In this episode Pablo Fernandez interviews Anderson Hernanes. 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? More about Co-Moderator - Pablo Fernandez Pablo is from Florianópolis, Brazil. His background is in Engineering and Project Management, having worked for 15 years on greenfield projects in the energy sector. In 2019, however, he decided to take a sabbatical from his career and began formally studying wine, obtaining certifications in several wine courses in a short period (Professional Sommelier, WSET Level 3, Italian Wine Scholar at Wine Scholar Guild). In 2022, he started studying for the WSET Diploma certificate. Also, in 2022, Pablo became a VIA Italian Wine Ambassador. Pablo is now a VIA Certified Educat

Welcome to Episode 1391; part of our Italian wine interview series set in Dusseldorf, Germany. Today Joy Livingston interviews Hannes Rottensteiner from the Rottensteiner Family Wineries Stevie Kim and her team travelled to Dusseldorf, Germany this March to collaborate with ITA, the Italian Trade Agency. ITA was organizing some incredible Masterclasses featuring the best wines Italy has to offer. Each masterclass was led by the Master Sommelier Eros Teboni (awarded Best Sommelier Worldwide in 2018), and they wanted us there to document the amazing 3 days! Tune-in each Thursday as we bring you the great interviews that unfolded over the course of 3 days. About today’s guest and winery: It has always been clear to Hannes that he wanted to remain faithful to wine. He is the cellar master at the family wineries, working with his father, together they produce 16 different varieties of white and red wine. Hannes took on the job as oenologist in 2001 while his father concentrates on the viticulture aspect. THE ESTAT

Welcome to Episode 1389, in which Cynthia Chaplin interviews Markus Patz in this instalment of Voices, on the Italian Wine Podcast. About today’s guest: MBA, IWA, IWS, WSET3, WSET Educator, CS, CSWS, MAW, MNZW, Cert4TAA, DiplWHS “Bringing the world of wine to the market.” Markus is a passionate wine industry professional with over thirty years of experience in international sales, retail marketing, business & brand development and events management. He is an awarded liquor retailer and recognized as one of Australia’s top wine educators (Finalist Australia’s Best Wine Educator 2017 & 2019). Nominated Best Wine Educator in Australia 2018 & 2020 and Best New Wine Writer 2018, he headed store & online retail operations and worked as a wine merchant & consultant, certified wine educator & sommelier, buyer, judge, wine writer & presenter, speaker, and more. Markus is also a mentor at the Wine Industry Mentor Program, supported by Wine Communicators of Australia, The University of Adelaide, Wine Australia and the A

Welcome to Episode 1388 in which Marc Millon interviews Marko Bogicevic. The Nomad Wine Guy. More about today’s guest: Marko is 31 years old and he was born in Sarajevo, former Yugoslavia. His family was forced to flee the country during the war and they ended up settling in Piedmont, in the province of Turin. He was exposed to wine during his travels as a young adult; having moved to Australia for a couple years, he discovered a true love for wine. Marko founded The Nomad Wine Guy which focuses on artisanal wineries in Italy. He sources them and then helps them to connect with wine buyers in the US and across the globe. To learn more visit: linkedin.com/in/marko-bogicevic-904079206 www.instagram.com/nomadwineguy/ More about the host Marc Millon: Marc Millon, VIA Italian Wine Ambassador 2021, has been travelling, eating, drinking, learning and writing about wine, food and travel for nearly 40 years. Born in Mexico, with a mother from Hawaii via Korea and an anthropologist father from New York via Paris, he wa

Welcome to Episode 1387 on Italian Wine Podcast, today on Masterclass US Wine Market With Juliana Colangelo she will be interviewing Karen MacNeil. More about Karen MacNeil: Karen MacNeil is the only American to have won every major wine award given in the English Language. These include the prestigious James Beard award for Wine and Spirits Professional of the Year, the Louis Roederer award for Best Consumer Wine Writing, the International Wine and Spirits award as the Global Wine Communicator of the Year and the Wine Appreciation Guild’s Wine Literary Award. In a full-page profile on her, TIME Magazine called Karen, “America’s Missionary of the Vine.” Karen has been named one of the “100 Most Influential People in Wine in the United States.” Karen is the author of the award-winning book, THE WINE BIBLE (now in its third edition) praised as “A masterpiece of wine writing.” THE WINE BIBLE has sold more than one million copies and was featured in the 2020 Netflix series Uncorked and the Starz series Sweet Bitt

Welcome to episode 1386, in which host Victoria Cece interviews Susanna Poon 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 guest: Susanna Poon is a Hong Kong-based certified WSET Educator. Working in banking by day and teaching all things about wine by night, Susanna is passionately dedicated to wine education, particularly spreading her love for sparkling wines. To learn more visit: Website: Linkedin: www.linkedin.com/in/susanna-poon/ Facebook: Instagram: @be.fine_with.wine 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. To learn more visit: Instagram: @sluttispaghetti Twitter: @sluttispaghetti LinkedIn: www.linkedin.com/in/vi

Welcome to episode 1384, another episode of “On The Road Edition”, hosted by Stevie Kim. In this episode Stevie sits down with Massimo Reggiani at Wine Cube, an event organized by Partesa. More about today’s guest: Massimo Reggiani is the Managing Director of the Partesa group, he has been with Partesa for 35 years. Today he discusses Partesa with Stevie, and current consumer trends with respect to drinks within Italy. This interview is in Italian, but if you visit our sister channel, Mamma Jumbo Shrimp on Youtube, you can catch the interview with English subtitles! Find out more by visiting: linkedin.com/in/massimo-reggiani-a0966133 www.partesaforwine.it/produttori/ www.partesa.it/partesaforwine-evento More about the host Stevie Kim: Stevie Kim hosts Clubhouse sessions each week (visit Italian Wine Club & Wine Business on Clubhouse), these recorded sessions are then released on the podcast to immortalize them! She often also joins Professor Scienza in his shows to lend a hand keeping our Professor in check!

Welcome to episode 1385, part 16 of this fantastic wine book series in which Marco Gandini narrates the new Mamma Jumbo Shrimp Guide, Italian Wine Unplugged 2.0 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 bettering 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 Twitter @itawinepodcast Tiktok @MammaJumboShrimp LinkedIn @ItalianWine

Welcome to Episode 1383, another episode of everybody needs a bit of scienza! Today, Stevie and the Professore are exploring Leonardo Wine Genio, a museum dedicated to the genius of Leonardo da Vinci in his home town of Vinci in Tuscany, where they discuss the great artist's life and, in particular, his contribution to the world of wine. They also discuss the impact of the Renaissance and some of the other important figures involved in this great period of cultural, artistic and scientific enlightenment, including the Italian poet Dante Alighieri and the German poet Johann Wolfgang von Goeth. The professore also discusses the vineyard in Milan that was given to Leonardo as a gift in 1498 and the lessons that today's wine-makers can learn from Leonardo's approach to agriculture and nature. Find out more about the Leonardo Wine Genio exhibition at: leonardodavinci.it/leonardo-w.... Find out more about the Leonardo da Vinci vineyard in Milan at: www.vignadileonardo.com/en. To find out more about Attilio Scienza

Welcome to Episode 1382; part of our Italian wine interview series set in Dusseldorf, Germany. Today Joy Livingston interviews Gottfied Pollinger from the Nals Magreid winery in Bolzano. Stevie Kim and her team travelled to Dusseldorf, Germany this March to collaborate with ITA, the Italian Trade Agency. ITA was organizing some incredible Masterclasses featuring the best wines Italy has to offer. Each masterclass was led by the Master Sommelier Eros Teboni (awarded Best Sommelier Worldwide in 2018), and they wanted us there to document the amazing 3 days! Tune-in each Thursday as we bring you the great interviews that unfolded over the course of 3 days. More about today’s guest and winery: "It's wonderful to be able to continuously take on new challenges, so we can make an even better use of individual areas. The Alpine climate, Mediterranean influences, and the fragmentation of the Alps with their complex geological origin, create an extraordinary environment, which has given me personally a considerable tas

Welcome to Episode 1381 Stevie Kim moderates Clubhouse’s Ambassadors Corner – In this episode Fanny Breuil interviews Elena Pantaleoni. 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? More about the Co-Moderator - Fanny Breuil Fanny Breuil is from Angers in the Loire and have always been into wine. She studied agronomy engineering and oenology. First, she worked as a winemaker (France, Italy, Chile) and then as a salesperson for a wine importer in the USA. In 2008, She founded her company Genuine Wines with a deep willingness to help winegrowers located in lesser-known or underappreciated wine regions (but that had great potential). She started with Jura and Emilia Romagna. Since then she has been helping them with their export markets as part of each team. These are French and Italian domaine

Welcome to Episode 1380, in which Cynthia Chaplin interviews Kimberly Betts in this instalment of Voices, on the Italian Wine Podcast. About today’s guest: Kimberly is a managing director in Deloitte Consulting’s Human Capital Retail and Consumer Products practice. Kimberly has spent the last 28 years leading and executing large scale Diversity and Inclusion and Organizational Transformations, with a focus on the Future of Work. Kimberly guides organizations to maximize their return on transformation through their people, to achieve desired business outcomes. Following her personal passion, Kimberly also plays a leadership role in driving Deloitte’s Diversity and inclusion strategy and efforts both internally and for clients, and is one of the original founders of the Network of Executive Women. To learn more visit: twitter.com/kimberlybetts?lang=en www.linkedin.com/in/kimberly-betts-a7b1b3a/ About today’s Host: Cynthia Chaplin is a VIA certified Italian Wine Ambassador, a professional sommelier with FIS and

Welcome to Episode 1379 in which Marc Millon interviews Sebastiano de Corato of Azienda Vinicola Rivera. More about Azienda Vinicola Rivera: The de Corato family roots go deep into the agriculture of Puglia. Here, in the countryside of Andria, Sebastiano de Corato founded the Azienda Vinicola Rivera in the late 1940s, inspired by a vision of realising, and bringing to the world’s attention, the enormous viticultural potential of the Castel del Monte area. Widespread recognition quickly followed and since then Rivera, has become the benchmark of Puglia quality wine production and the force driving its rebirth, thanks also to innovations in both vineyards and winemaking introduced since the early 1980s by his son Carlo. Today, with the involvement of the third generation of the family represented by Carlo’s sons Sebastiano and Marco, Rivera continues with pride and renewed commitment the production of wines that eloquently express the intense yet elegant character of this land and its native grape varieties. Th

Welcome to Episode 1378 on Italian Wine Podcast, today on Masterclass US Wine Market With Juliana Colangelo she will be interviewing Dan Petroski. More about Dan Petroski: A decade into his publishing career at Time Inc., Dan Petroski took a moment to reflect and he jettisoned to Italy for a year. While Petroski's intention was to return to New York, a harvest invitation in 2006 to come to California was too good to pass up. After harvest, Petroski was hired at Napa's Larkmead as cellar master, ultimately claiming the winemaker title in 2012. Petroski spent nearly 15 years at Larkmead, cementing his status as a top-tier Napa Valley Cabernet winemaker; during that period Petroski launched a white wine only brand called Massican, an ode to the Mediterranean and Petroski's time spent living in Italy and drinking white wine. Petroski's approach and ability to craft wines as diverse as Cabernet Sauvignon and Tocai Friulano has earned him perfect 100-point scores, Top 100 wines, recognition as San Francisco Chronic

Welcome to episode 1377, in which host Victoria Cece interviews Jess Helfand 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 guest: Jess is an experienced educator with the Napa Valley Wine Academy, America's Premier Wine School. She is a WSET Certified Educator and primarily teaches WSET Level 3 in Wines and WSET Diploma courses. She is a passionate lover of high-acid white wines and, fittingly, is an Official Ambassador of Orvieto wines. To learn more visit: Linkedin: www.linkedin.com/in/jess-helfand-…et-mba-78913a49/ Instagram: @bottlebabble 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. To learn more visit: Instagram: @slutt

Welcome to episode 1375, another episode of “On The Road Edition”, hosted by Stevie Kim. In this episode Stevie sits down with Charlie Arturaola at Wine Cube, an event organized by Partesa. More about today’s guest: Since he ran away at the sound of gunfire at a soccer match and hid in an empty wine barrel Charlie Arturaola has been a wine lover. When he put his nose to the wood he smelled wine, the wine to become his life long passion. As a world-renowned sommelier, Charlie has one of the ten best palates in the world according to the American Wine Association. One sip and he can tell you the history of the wine, the soil the grapes grew in, the wood of the casket, the amount of sun the grapes enjoyed, and how long it was fermented. It’s a rare gift and has served him well as he went from Santo Domingo to the Cunard Lines to Wine Director of the Boca Raton Resort and Club. Now Charlie is the president of Grappolo Blu, and speaks about, judges and assesses wine for clients around the globe. Sipping and spitti