Italian Wine Podcast

Welcome to episode 1442, part 22 of this fantastic wine book series in which Marco Gandini narrates the new Mamma Jumbo Shrimp Guide, Italian Wine Unplugged 2.0Each 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=8-1To learn more visit:Website: www.mammajumboshrimp.comMore 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 @italianwinepodcastFacebook @ItalianWinePodcastTwitter @itawinepodcastTiktok @MammaJumboShrimpLinkedIn @ItalianWinePodcastIf you feel like helping us, donate here www.italianwinepodcast.com/donate-to-show/Until next time, Cin Cin!

Welcome to episode 1441, another episode of “On The Road Edition”, hosted by Stevie Kim. In this episode Stevie sits down with Cha McCoy.More about today’s guest:Cha McCoy, MBA, CS, LEED AP is a Sommelier, Public Speaker, and Beverage Programmer. She is the founder of Cha Squared Hospitality & Consulting LLC, a wine experience company with a focus on events, tourism, and education. Cha is considered a tastemaker of today’s generation, leading as Charleston Wine + Food Festival Beverage Director, Cherry Bombe Magazine's first Beverage Director & Editor for their new vertical Cherry Bombe Drinks, and becoming a Brand Ambassador for New York Wine & Grape Foundation, are just examples where she has championed change for the beverage community.Find out more:www.chamccoy.com/www.instagram.com/cha_squared/www.linkedin.com/in/chamccoyMore 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 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 learn more visit:Facebook: @steviekim222Instagram: @steviekim222Website: vinitalyinternational.com/wordpress/Let's keep in touch! Follow us on our social media channels:Instagram @italianwinepodcastFacebook @ItalianWinePodcastTwitter @itawinepodcastTiktok @MammaJumboShrimpLinkedIn @ItalianWinePodcastIf you feel like helping us, donate here www.italianwinepodcast.com/donate-to-show/Until next time, Cin Cin!

Welcome to Episode 1440, 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 Markus Patz.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/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 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: @steviekim222Instagram: @steviekim222Website: vinitalyinternational.com/wordpress/Let's keep in touch! Follow us on our social media channels:Instagram @italianwinepodcastFacebook @ItalianWinePodcastTwitter @itawinepodcastTiktok @MammaJumboShrimpLinkedIn @ItalianWinePodcastIf you feel like helping us, donate here www.italianwinepodcast.com/donate-to-show/Until next time, Cin Cin!

Welcome to Episode 1437 Stevie Kim moderates Clubhouse’s Ambassadors Corner – In this episode Bella Ma interviews Eleonora Gottardi. 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 - Bella Ma:IWA VIA HK 2022Having spent her teenage years near the town of Moutai, Bella witnessed the power of Baijiu, fermented Sorghum juice, that brings people together. Her curiosity led her in her adolescence to wines, an exotic fermented grape juice. Having acquired experiences in Michelin starred restaurants in San Sebastián and HK, Bella fell deeply in love with Italian wines during a long and enlightening trip in 2021 against all the HK travel restrictions. Time spent at Contra Soarda with Eleonora was one of her defining moments.Currently, preparing the Italian wine experts exams, Bella manages a collective of wine businesses in HK that join forces to introduce the finest Italian growers into the market.To learn more visit:LinkedIn www.linkedin.com/in/bella-ma-696419178/Instagram @isabella_maGuest Bio – Elepnora GottardiEleonora grew up together with the vines her parents planted back in 1999 on the hills of Bassano del Grappa, in Veneto. Pursuing the family dream, she has been representing Contrà Soarda wines since early age and studied wine business in Geisenheim university (Rheingau, Germany), which led her to also represent a few premium German wine estates. After leaving Germany she established a wine export agency representing a few leading international producers in more than 70 world wine markets, including, obviously, her family wines. Authentic communication, strong personality and passion drive Eleonora's entrepreneurial spirit and willingness to bring Contrà Soarda wines in the very finest places in the world.To learn more visit:Facebook www.facebook.com/contrasoarda/Instagram www.instagram.com/contrasoarda/Twitter @contrasoardaWebsite www.contrasoarda.it/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: @steviekim222Instagram: @steviekim222Website: vinitalyinternational.com/wordpress/Let's keep in touch! Follow us on our social media channels:Instagram @italianwinepodcastFacebook @ItalianWinePodcastTwitter @itawinepodcastTiktok @MammaJumboShrimpLinkedIn @ItalianWinePodcastIf you feel like helping us, donate here www.italianwinepodcast.com/donate-to-show/

Welcome to Episode 1438; part of our Italian wine interview series set in Dusseldorf, Germany. Today Joy Livingston interviews Alberto Zenato from the Zenato winery.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 winery:Zenato's is the story of a family that has its roots in the land. This is thanks to the passion and entrepreneurial vision of its founder Sergio who guided him in the realization of his greatest dream: to create a winery capable of harvesting the fruits of the earth and transforming them into emotions with a unique flavour.Today, more than 60 years later, the results tell the story of the extraordinary value of that vision which gave rise to a great story starring Sergio Zenato's family: his wife Carla and their children Alberto and Nadia.It is their eyes, their heart that continue the path traced by Sergio with coherence, keeping the rudder firmly on quality and love for their territory which for some time now has not only been Lugana but also Valpolicella, with its reds important and with unmistakable aromas.More about today’s winery:www.zenato.it/it/famiglia.htmlMore about the interviewer:Joy Livingston is the Producer of Italian Wine Podcast. Narrator extraordinaire and Scienza whisperer Joy Livingston has been known to edit the occasional book from time to time. When Joy is not busy Producing the podcast she is also working hard on the Mamma Jumbo Shrimp YouTube channel where many of the interviews stream on video!Let's keep in touch! Follow us on our social media channels:Instagram @italianwinepodcastFacebook @ItalianWinePodcastTwitter @itawinepodastTiktok @MammaJumboShrimpLinkedIn @ItalianWinePodcastIf you feel like helping us, donate here www.italianwinepodcast.com/donate-to-show/Until next time, cin cin!

Welcome to Understanding the American Media Landscape — And How to Pitch Your Brand EffectivelyWelcome to Wine2Wine Business Forum 2022 Series. The sessions are recorded and uploaded on Italian Wine Podcast. wine2wine 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:The American media landscape is shifting quickly, with audiences for digital-only publications outpacing that of traditional media. At the same time, media is becoming increasingly fragmented, with top talent going out on their own as solopreneurs, publishing niche-focused newsletters, podcasts, and videos. In this session, media expert Erica Duecy will survey the American publications and creators covering wine, sharing strategies and tactics to help brands and companies gain earned media placements. Erica has worked as Chief Content Officer and Editor in Chief for multiple wine and spirits publications, and as Digital Editorial Director for some of America’s largest media brands. As such, she has an insider’s perspective on how to pitch and work with the media most effectively.About the SpeakersErica Duecy is an award-winning content strategist based in New York, who has led digital editorial programs for several major consumer publications, including Architectural Digest, Saveur, VinePair, and Fodor’s Travel. On the wine trade side, she was the founding editor in chief of SevenFifty Daily, and developed the data and insights practice BevAlc Insights for Drizly, America’s largest alcohol delivery service. Most recently, she led the content team at Pix, a wine discovery platform. A WSET III-certified wine educator, she writes the wine newsletter Bottle Service, highlighting sustainable wines in unexpected ways. Her book “Storied Sips (Random House)” tells the real-life stories behind the world’s most famous cocktails.ConnectFacebook: www.facebook.com/erica.duecyInstagram: @ericaduecyTwitter: @ericaduecyLinkedIn: www.linkedin.com/in/erica-duecy-4a35844/Let's keep in touch! Follow us on our social media channels:Instagram @italianwinepodcastFacebook @ItalianWinePodcastTwitter @itawinepodastTiktok @MammaJumboShrimpLinkedIn @ItalianWinePodcastIf you feel like helping us, donate here www.italianwinepodcast.com/donate-to-show/Until next time, cin cin!

Welcome to Episode 1436, in which Cynthia Chaplin interviews Arnica Rowan in this installment of Voices, on the Italian Wine Podcast.Arnica is a wine consultant, writer, educator based in the Okanagan Valley, British Columbia, Canada. Formerly as an academic specializing in sustainable business, Arnica presented her research from Pittsburg to Marrakesh. She won Alberta's Innovation in Teaching award for college professors and an Emerald Award for environmental excellence. Now as a partner in Terroir Consulting, Arnica supports wine businesses with private research and development, and wine professionals with education and training. With passions for honest wine and romantic stories, Arnica also writes off-the-beaten-path articles highlighting social and environmental issues for JancisRobinson.com. She holds a Bachelor of Commerce (honours) and a Masters in Environmental Education and Communication. Ever a student herself, Arnica is currently enrolled in the WSET Diploma program. Arnica is a founding director of Vinica Education Society, a non-profit dedicated to diversifying the wine industry through education, and co-founder of the Tasting Games, the BC wine industry’s tasting competition.Learn more about the guest:linktr.ee/arnicarowanterroirwine.ca/consultants/arnica-rowan/

Welcome to Episode 1435 in which Marc Millon interviews Elisa Centanni in today’s episode of Wine, Food & TravelMore about today’s winery:Vini Centanni is a company situated in the south of Marche. It rises in a beautiful valley call vald’aso. It’s situated at 5 km from the sea and about 25 km from the mountain so the climate is especially to produce grapes. The company is organically certified. The company produce all typical grapes of the south of Marche (trebbiano, offida passerina docg, offida pecorino docg, sangiovese and montepulciano). The company produce about 180000 bottles each year and it show two her customer four different portfolio wines.To learn more visit:Website:www.vinicentanni.itInstagram:vinicentanniFacebook: vini centanniMore 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 was weaned on exotic and delicious foods. Marc and his photographer wife Kim are the authors of 14 books including a pioneering series of illustrated wine-food-travel books: The Wine Roads of Europe, The Wine Roads of France, The Wine Roads of Italy (Premio Barbi Colombini), and The Wine Roads of Spain. Other titles include The Wine and Food of Europe, The Food Lovers’ Companion Italy, The Food Lovers’ Companion France, Wine, a global history. Marc regularly lectures and hosts gastronomic cultural tours to Italy and France with Martin Randall Travel, the UK’s leading cultural travel specialist. He is soon to begin a regular series on Italian Wine Podcast, ‘Wine, food and travel with Marc Millon’. When not on the road Marc lives on the River Exe in Devon, EnglandTo learn more visit:quaypress.uk/marcmillon.co.ukvino.co.ukquaypress.comLinkedIn: linkedin.com/in/marc-millon-50868624Twitter: @Marc_MillonLet's keep in touch! Follow us on our social media channels:Instagram @italianwinepodcastFacebook @ItalianWinePodcastTwitter @itawinepodcastTiktok @MammaJumboShrimpLinkedIn @ItalianWinePodcastIf you feel like helping us, donate here www.italianwinepodcast.com/donate-to-show/Until next time, Cin Cin!

Welcome to Episode 1434 on Italian Wine Podcast, today on Masterclass US Wine Market With Juliana Colangelo she will be interviewing Laura Burgess. More about Laura Burgess: Laura Burgess is a writer and editor with over ten years of experience in the food and beverage industry. A former sommelier with extensive winemaking experience, Laura brings a full-circle understanding of the wine industry to the table, and specializes in translating complex topics into engaging, easy-to-read stories. After several years as a drinks-focused journalist and an e-commerce content strategist, she has an in-depth knowledge of the challenges facing producers, retailers, and consumers—and the skills to help. Her work has been featured in SevenfiftyDaily, Vinepair, Christie's Luxury Real Estate Magazine, and Real Simple, among others. You can learn morel by visiting: linkedin.com/in/laura-burgess-68022842 Website: laurauncorked.com Twitter: @LauraUncorked More about Juliana Colangelo: 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. In 2022 Juliana became a Vinitaly International Academy Italian Wine Ambassador. To learn more visit: Instagram: www.instagram.com/julezcolang/ Facebook: www.facebook.com/jules.colangelo/ Twitter: twitter.com/JulezColang LinkedIn: www.linkedin.com/in/juliana-colan…lo-mba-04345539/ Instagram: www.instagram.com/colangelopr/ Facebook: www.facebook.com/ColangeloPR Twitter: twitter.com/ColangeloPR LinkedIn: www.linkedin.com/company/colangel…public-relations Let's keep in touch! Follow us on our social media channels: Instagram @italianwinepodcast Facebook @ItalianWinePodcast Twitter @itawinepodcast Tiktok @MammaJumboShrimp LinkedIn @ItalianWinePodcast If you feel like helping us, donate here www.italianwinepodcast.com/donate-to-show/ Until next time, Cin Cin!

Welcome to episode 1433, in which host Victoria Cece interviews Isabella Carpineti 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:Isabella supports her family in the company - the winery. Her passion lead to the birth of the Carpineti Experience project , which is to go beyond wine and unify the history, tradition, innovation and beauty of the area in a single journey. Visitors can experience the cellar and its estates in a new way, with experiences, visits that combine workshops with tastings, walks in the vineyards with sensory explorations, the possibility of organizing increasingly personalized events.To learn more visit:Website: carpinetiterrae.com/experience/Linkedin: linkedin.com/in/isabella-carpineti-98b3b4125​​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: @sluttispaghettiTwitter: @sluttispaghettiLinkedIn: www.linkedin.com/in/victoria-cece/Let's keep in touch! Follow us on our social media channels:Instagram @italianwinepodcastFacebook @ItalianWinePodcastTwitter @itawinepodcastTiktok @MammaJumboShrimpLinkedIn @ItalianWinePodcastIf you feel like helping us, donate here www.italianwinepodcast.com/donate-to-show/Until next time, Cin Cin!