Italian Wine Podcast

Welcome to Episode 2543 of the Italian Wine Podcast. In this episode, Juliana Colangelo interviews Tim Marson MW of wine.com, the leading online wine retailer in the United States, to unpack how the platform operates and take a closer look at its Italian wine category - what’s trending in price and style, and what drives their wine-selection decisions. Key Takeaways: Why does wine.com lean into or out of certain Italian wine categories? How does wine.com evaluate producer readiness for the US market? What formats and price tiers outperform in the Italian wine category. More about the guest:  Tim Marson MW is a Master of Wine and Category Director at Wine.com, responsible for purchasing over 7,000 wines from France and Italy. He graduated in Classics from Oxford University and entered the wine industry in 1997. After completing his WSET examinations with honors in 2000, he worked in various roles across the UK wine retail sector before moving to Napa, California in 2011. Tim is a highly respect