Italian Wine Podcast

Welcome to Episode 1203 in which Steve Raye interviews Vanessa Conlin MW, in this installment of Get US Market Ready With Italian Wine People, on the Italian Wine Podcast. About today’s guest: Master of Wine Vanessa Conlin is the Chief Wine Officer for Wine Access, a national online wine provider. She is also co-creator of the new Napa wine called Pas de Cheval, a collaboration with winemaker Maayan Kochitzky. She has served as the Director of Sales and Marketing for several of Napa’s most prestigious luxury estates including Arietta Wines and Dana Estates. Previously she was the wine buyer for two prominent Manhattan wine retailers and the Wine Director for a Manhattan-based wine bar. As an avid supporter of charitable causes, Vanessa is on the Board for Jameson Humane, a Napa Valley-based animal rescue and sanctuary, and has chaired the organization’s annual charity wine auction four times, raising over 7 million dollars. Prior to falling in love with wine, Vanessa worked as a professional musician, perform