Italian Wine Podcast

Welcome to Episode 1300 Stevie Kim moderates Clubhouse’s Ambassadors Corner – In this episode Noell Dorsey interviews Joy Kull. 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?Guest-ModeratorNoell Dorsey is a wine professional who has worked in the wine and hospitality industry for twenty years. She is currently Cellar Manager of Fine Wines and Rare Spirits at Bonham Skinner Auctions. She also is a Wine Educator at Commonwealth Wine School teaching various course levels as well as private tastings. She is a certified sommelier and holds a Level 4 certificate from Boston University’s Elizabeth Bishop Wine School. She is a recent VinItaly Italian Wine Ambassador since 2022.If you want to learn more you can by visiting:Instagram @ndorserTwitter @noellLinkedIn Noell DorseyAbout today’s guest producer:La Villana was born in 2016, three years after Joy Kull leaves her job in New York and comes to Italy to learn about vineyard farming. She settles in the hills of Gradoli, on Lake Bolsena, where the land, rich in volcanic minerals and Etruscan history, calls her to stay. Her first experience in the field led her to work at Le Coste di Gradoli and then set up on her own after a few years.Now the company has 10ha, of which about 3ha will be planted with native vines in the coming years. In addition, it has about two hectares of old vines recovered from abandonment and scattered in the Gradoli countryside. The vines are cultivated using biodynamic methods, respecting the rhythms of nature. In the cellar, you work the grapes...and that's it, with no additives of any kind. The wines reflect the earth, the terroir, and the winemaker.Source: www.eng.winesymphony.it/LA-VILLANA-Joy-Kull.htmTo learn more visit:Instagram @lavillanavinoWebsite lavillanavino.com/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 1301; Who sells wine in Croatia? Part of the Wine2Wine Business Forum 2021 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 this Session:The country of 1000 islands and big diversity. Even though relatively small, the Croatian market is becoming more interesting in the last years to the foreign wineries. As a tourist country, Croatia is selling mostly local wines, but as the wine culture is growing there are opportunities for imported wines as well. Get to know Croatia, its wines, and which are the best ways to enter this market. How to find the best distributor for your needs, which wines to offer and what has changed due to the pandemic – find out in this 30 minutes session.About the SpeakerTomislav TudenTomislav Tuđen comes from Zagreb, he works as the executive director of Miva & Mohor Trgovina, the leading wine distributor company in Croatia. Always keen to improve his education, he is currently attending WSET Diploma classes. In the wine business for the last 18 years, his goal is to promote and present Croatian wines to the world. Since 2016 he has been officially designated as Riedel’s ambassador.To find out more:LinkedIn: www.linkedin.com/in/tomislav-tuden-813a021/About the Moderator:Alessandro MediciAlessandro Medici was born in Reggio Emilia in 1994 and today represents the fifth generation of the historic Medici Ermete winery. After high school, he began working abroad in London, New York and Tokyo. He obtained a degree in gastronomic sciences in 2017 at the University of Pollenzo, Piedmont.Today he is the brand ambassador of the company Medici Ermete and deals with communication and promotion of the brand. Medici Ermete, a Lambrusco producer, now exports to over 70 countries around the world.To find out more:Facebook: www.facebook.com/alessandro.medici.12Instagram: @ale_medici_LinkedIn: www.linkedin.com/in/alessandro-medici-0a8642154/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 1299, in which Cynthia Chaplin interviews Daniela Mastroberardino in this installment of Voices, on the Italian Wine Podcast.About today’s guest:The Terredora di Paolo estate is located on the hills of Irpinia surrounding the valleys of the Sabato and Calore rivers. With about 180 hectares of vineyards, it is now among the most prestigious producers in Southern Italy. Although not so far from the Gulf of Naples, Pompeii, Amalfi and Sorrento, Irpinia is the inland area of Campania: hilly, mountainous and characterized by a continental climate. It enjoys a perfect soil and climatic environment for making high quality wines, a tradition started by the Greeks and Romans more than 3000 years ago. In fact, Irpinia is a quiet, harsh area nestled in the Apennines in the heart of Campania. Its landscape is a rolling succession of mountains, hills and upland plains divided by rivers and covered with lush vegetation. The identity of Terredora di Paolo wines is that of being “a precious fruit of nature worked by skillful hands”. Terredora di Paolo’s vineyards exploit volcanic soils rich in limestone and clay and enjoy south-facing exposure with an excellent microclimate on breezy hills (400-650 meters above sea level). With approximately 3,500 vines per hectare grown with the traditional Guyot training system, annual production is around 60 hectoliters/hectare. The grapes are harvested by hand and placed in small baskets with a minimal time span between destemming the grapes before sending them to the wine press. The native white grapes grown are Greco, Fiano, Falanghina, while the red grapes are Aglianico and Piedirosso.Find out more about today’s winery:www.terredora.com/en/estate/About today’s Host:Cynthia Chaplin is a VIA certified Italian Wine Ambassador, a professional sommelier with FIS and the WSA, a member of Le Donne del Vino, and a Professor of Italian wine and culture. Born in the USA, she’s lived in Europe since 1990. Italian wine, in particular rosé, is her passion. She works with embassies, corporations and private clients, creating and presenting tastings, events, seminars and in-depth courses. Cynthia is a wine writer, a judge at international wine and sake competitions, she consults with restaurants and enotecas developing comprehensive wine lists and food pairings, and she advises clients who want to curate an Italian wine collection. She currently works for Vinitaly International in Verona as a Project Manager, Educator, and the host of VOICES Series on The Italian Wine Podcast, focusing on diversity and inclusion in the global wine industry.To learn more visit:Facebook: Italian Wines in EnglishInstagram: kiss_my_glassxLinkedin: www.linkedin.com/in/cynthia-chaplin-190647179/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 1298 in which Marc Millon interviews Cristina Varchetta of the Cantina Astroni in NaplesMore about the winery:The Varchetta family has been making wine for over a hundred years and has always placed attention to the territory at the base of their work without ever losing sight how important pleasure is.In was in 1892 when Vincenzo Varchetta decided to strengthen his wine making activity. He was convinced that the time was right to transform the pleasure of producing wine into a thriving business. A decisive contribution was made by his son Giovanni, who , after returning home from the Second World War, managed to concretely transform his father’s dreams into reality. "Don Giovanni", expert in every aspect of Campania vineyards, instilled in his children and grandchildren all his passion and expertise that he had accumulated over the years.With a history expanding over four generations, the family founded the Astroni Winery in 1999, engaging in a project to protect and enhance Campania ampelography and offering an oenology of strong traditions enriched by modern cultivation and vinification techniques.The Astroni Winery’s mission is the enhancement of native varieties through the preservation of biodiversity and protection of wine traditions of the territory, a theme of topical and great interest in view of environmental protection.To learn more about the estate visit:cantineastroni.com/en/companyMore 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 1297 in which the Italian Wine Podcast proudly introduces our newest host, Juliana Colangelo. She will be starting a new series starting next week entitled, Masterclass US Market With Juliana Colangelo.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/JulezColangLinkedIn: www.linkedin.com/in/juliana-colan…lo-mba-04345539/Instagram: www.instagram.com/colangelopr/Facebook: www.facebook.com/ColangeloPRTwitter: twitter.com/ColangeloPRLinkedIn: www.linkedin.com/company/colangel…public-relationsLet'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 1296, in which host Victoria Cece interviews Beatrice Zocchethis 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:Beatrice is a Vicenza native with a huge passion for Italian wine, particularly Italian natural wines. She has worked in Italy, Australia, and around the world pursuing her passion. She now lives in NYC where she works as a sommelier.www.linkedin.com/in/beatrice-zocche-14b033107/www.instagram.com/zeta_la_beatrice/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!

Welcome to episode 1295, part 6 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 1294, another episode of “On The Road Edition”, hosted by Stevie Kim. In this episode Stevie is in Castello della Sala (Part of the Antinori Group) in Umbria speaking with Massimiliano Pasquini, general manager. Today’s episode is part 1 of 2.More about today’s wineryCastello della Sala is located in Umbria, a short distance from the border with Tuscany, about 18 kilometers from the historic city of Orvieto. The lands of the Castle, an imposing medieval manor house, extend for 600 hectares, of which 200 hectares are planted with vines, halfway between the Paglia river and the summit of Monte Nibbio.The Castello della Sala was built in 1350 for Angelo Monaldeschi della Vipera, whose family had arrived in Italy following Charlemagne in the 9th century. From 1300 the members of the family opposed each other for the control of Orvieto, achieved in 1437 by Gentile, nephew of Angelo dei Monaldeschi della Vipera and dictator of the city for about a decade. After Gentile's death in 1466, a serene season was inaugurated at the castle crowned by the peacemaking marriage between Pietro Antonio della Vipera, Gentile's son, and his cousin Giovanna Monaldeschi della Cervara.The 200 hectares of vineyards, cultivated with traditional varieties such as Procanico and Grechetto, but also with Chardonnay, Sauvignon Blanc, Sèmillon, Pinot Blanc, Viognier and a small amount of Traminer and Riesling, are located at an altitude of 220 - 470 meters sea level. That of Castello della Sala is an area highly suited to the production of whites with one exception: Pinot Noir, finds in this terroir the ideal conditions to express itself at its best. The area is characterized by a clayey, calcareous soil, rich in fossil shells, with vineyards well exposed to the sunrise and with excellent temperature ranges.To learn more visit:www.antinori.it/it/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 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 1293, 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 Michele Longari (another one!)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 1291 Stevie Kim moderates Clubhouse’s Ambassadors Corner – In this episode Renee Sferrazza interviews Giovanna Caruso. 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?Guest-ModeratorRenée has dedicated her life to grapes. As a Court of the Master Sommeliers Certified Sommelier, she has made wine her life’s work, and her entrepreneurial spirit has driven her to be a curator of wine experiences.In her work as a Wine Communicator, Curator of Virtual Experiences, Brand Consultant, Educator and Wine Writer Renée brings to life her love of wine in a way that is contagious. She has a flair for making wine fun and understandable, sharing her passion for the vine.Read her work in her monthly wine column, The Wine Effect, for The Distillery District Magazine and on Holr Online Magazine.Find her community-driven work through Femmes du Vin Non-Profit and The Canadian Association of Professional Sommeliers.Follow her on @Wewine.by.renee on IG for the daily wine journey!If you want to learn more about Renee, you can by visiting:Website: winebyrenee.comInstagram: @wine.by.reneeFacebook: Renée SferrazzaLinkedin: Renée SferrazzaAbout today’s guest producer:Giovanna CarusoEXPORT MANAGER AT CARUSO & MININIGiovanna was born in 1988 in a family of wine growers and she chose to be part of the team after some experiences outside Sicily.Professionally, she is a lawyer. She graduated Law school in Pavia (North of Italy) in 2013. Three years later, she attended Law school at the Universidad Francisco de Vitoria in Madrid. In 2016 she officially became a lawyer and started to work as a legal consultant in the winery.But she soon realized that her true vocation was to pass on her family's passion, history and tradition. So, she decided to set aside civil and penal codes and devote herself entirely to the family business.She is today part of Donne del Vino (Women of Wine) an association that brings together women from all over the world, producers, sommeliers, journalists and restaurateurs united by their passion for wine.The wine industry has always been men-oriented and only nowadays it is opening more and more to women: women's influence changed the business. Women globalized the market, redefined the trading relations and represent the fundamentals of this business.She is also involved in the Board of Directors of Assovini Sicilia, an association of Sicilian winemakers that brings together over 91 wine companies to promote the quality of Sicilian wine around the world. What links the members is love and passion for Sicily and an awareness that the Sicilian wine territories represent unique value in the Italian, European and international wine markets.Today Giovanna leads the family winery, the Caruso & Minini, together with her sister Rosanna and her husband Andrea representing the fourth generation. The three of them certainly have a focus on sustainability, both environmental -with reference to the use of clean energy during the winemaking processes - and social, having started a collaboration a few months ago with an ONLUS Laboratorio Zanzara (laboratoriozanzara.it) which has been in charge of the restyling of all labels and wineryThe three of them certainly have a focus onimage.To learn more visit:Facebook www.facebook.com/carusoemininiInstagram www.instagram.com/carusoeminini/Website www.carusoeminini.com/en/about-us/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/