Ep. 1006 Monika Zakrzewska Interviews Sofia Ponzini | Clubhouse Ambassador's Corner

Welcome to Episode 1006 Stevie Kim moderates Clubhouse’s Ambassadors Corner – In this episode Monika Zakrzewska interviews Sofia Ponzini. 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?

About about today’s guest host:

Monika Zakrzewska is Vinitaly international ambassador, certified sommelier FISAR (- Fondazione Italiana Sommelier & Ristoratori) and WSET3 holder, with knowledge of the wine industry and experience in client acquisition, wine events, wine education, and distribution.

She was born in Poland, but after she has graduated, she lived and worked for several years in the United States, Ukraine, Ireland, and Italy. Monika speaks fluently Polish, Italian, English, and Russian. She loves to travel and learn languages, this environment helped her discover the world of wine. She started to share her passion for Italian wine with her clients from HORECA, working in sales and training, as well as selecting new wines for an Italian wine importer in Ireland some time ago. After she became the Italian wine Ambassador, she started to work for Empson & Co, where she continues to share her passion for Italian wine, promoting wines & developing new markets from Eastern & Central Europe such as Baltic countries, Poland, Russia, as well as new emerging markets.

If you want to learn more visit:

Facebook - Monika Zakrzewska

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LinkedIn – Monika Zakrzewska

About today’s guest producer:

Tenute Boscon was born from Sofia Ponzini’s passion for her land with the goal of creating high quality wines inspired by the Etna tradition. “We are located in Sicily, in southern Italy in Castiglione di Sicilia in the province of Catania, an area that is part of the circuit of the most beautiful villages in Italy.”

Here the famous Etna DOC wines are produced, true icons of Italian enology, which over the years have enjoyed growing success becoming one of the most appreciated denominations internationally. Tenute Bosco is recognized as one of the most representative wineries and award-winning from Etna and has an artisan production of about 45,000 bottles per year.

If you want to learn more visit:

wineinsicily.com/en/sofia-bosco-2/

More about the moderator Stevie Kim:

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 taking a hit for the team when she goes “On the Road”, all over the Italian countryside, visiting wineries and interviewing producers, enjoying their best food and wine – all in the name of bringing us great Pods!

To find out more about Stevie Kim visit:

Facebook: @steviekim222

Instagram: @steviekim222

Website: vinitalyinternational.com/wordpress/

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