Italian Wine Podcast

Welcome to episode 1202, the first episode in her new series “The Next Generation” with host Victoria Cece.In this inaugural “get to know the new host” episode Stevie Kim (Founder of Italian Wine Podcast) and Joy Livingston (Producer of Italian Wine Podcast) interview Victoria, asking about her life, the show concept and of course some of the people she has already had a chance to speak with!More about Victoria Cece: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 find out more about Victoria Cece by visiting:Instagram: @sluttispaghettiTikTok: @sluttispaghettisluttispaghetti.com/More about 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 1201, another installment of 'On The Road Edition', hosted by Stevie Kim. Today Stevie sits down with Vittorio Moretti.More about today’s show:Welcome to another episode of “On The Road Edition”, hosted by Stevie Kim. Today Stevie meets Vittorio Moretti, one of the great lords of Italian wine, at the magnificent Convento dell’Annunciata, in Rovato, on Orfano Mount, Brescia. Vittorio Moretti talks about his challenge to enhance the ancient vineyard of the Convento, about his commitment with the Foundation Vittorio and Mariella Moretti to promote the sustainability and about his legacy.Convento dell’Annunciata was founded in 1499 by the Order of the Friars Servants of Mary encloses the spirit and history of Franciacorta. The small 5.45-hectare plot, thanks to its geographical position, soil composition and microclimate has been producing quality wine since 1500. Since 1990, Bellavista has been committed to protecting and enhancing an ancient Chardonnay vineyard.To learn more about the Convento dell’Annunciata visit:www.conventoannunciata.itMore about the host: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 1200, Scienza in the Mensa; a special sub series where we take the Professore out to eat, and then have him pair the food with some excellent wines! Today’s show is set in a Sushi restaurant, Mattia (aka Pizzaboy/Burgerboy) will eat sushi until he drops and the professore will help with the wine!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 1199; Science and prejudice- implications on viticulture, with Attilio Scienza + Alessio Planeta as moderatorWelcome to 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 SessionWe like to imagine science free from discrimination, impartial, neutral. In fact, like any other human activity, it never operates in a political vacuum: even science has its prejudices. The eugenics born in the nineteenth century, which postulates the existence of “superior races” and “inferior races” and which even inspires the policy of euthanasia of the “less fit” promoted by Nazism, is an eloquent example of this. Similarly, the hostility towards American vines is not the result of scientific findings based on objective evidence, but of deductions from a time when the wine of these vines was a witness of poverty and hunger. The session will explore the common origin of American species and European vine, which is currently very divisive in the scientific community. Reflecting on the elements supporting the main positions in this regard, Prof. Scienza will show how, from a scientific point of view, the ostracism towards the vines created by the crossbreeding of American and European varieties is not only not justified, but also prevents the resolution of important problems linked to wine productionAbout the SpeakerAttilio Scienza is a full professor at the University of Milan where he teaches courses on genetic improvements to the vine in the Department of Agricultural and Food Sciences; 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.About the Moderator:Alessio Planeta: after completing his Masters in agriculture Alessio Planeta spent the best years of his youth studying the history of Sicily and its viticulture. He became a sort of wine-nerd, in fact he spent his so-called holidays working in France, Piemonte, California, and Australia, instead of in Ibiza or Saint-Tropez.Connect:Facebook: www.facebook.com/planetawineryInstagram: alessioplanetaTwitter: PlanetaWineryLet'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 1198 Stevie Kim moderates Clubhouse’s Ambassadors Corner – In this episode Xiaowen Du interviews Matteo Giustiniani. 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-ModeratorXiaowen Du is the Marketing Manager & Assistant Winemaker – AvignonesiXiao is a Chinese expat living in Europe since 2015. She is currently working for Avignonesi. Previously, she was a proud team member at Vinitaly International for almost four years.Wine Qualifications: WSET Diploma holder; VIA certified Italian Wine Ambassador; Vinifera Euromaster M.Sc. Viticulture, Enology & Wine Marketing; B.Sc. Viticulture & Enology.To learn more visit:Linkedin: linkedin.com/in/xiao-vinoWebsite: xiaovino.comAbout today’s guest producer:Matteo Giustiniani is the CEO and Chef Winemaker of Avignonesi. He studied oenology and viticulture at the University of Florence, and later gained a Master's degree in Oenology from the University of Bordeaux. He started his career by working at Denis Dubourdieu Domaines for two years. Virginie, her husband Max and her son Basile were studying in Bordeaux at that time. Max shared with me that Dean Denis had strongly recommended them to hire Matteo. Matteo joined Avignonesi in 2011. His wife Mina is running their family winery Fattoria Sardi, in Lucca, Tuscany. Besides, he is currently an INSEAD Global Executive MBA candidate.To learn more visit:www.avignonesi.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 1197 Cynthia Chaplin interviews Ariana Tsuchiya, in this installment of Voices, on the Italian Wine Podcast.More about today’s guest:Ariana Tsuchiya completed her BBA at the University of Miami with an emphasis on Marketing and a minor in Visual Journalism. After studying abroad in Rome, she realized her passion for food and beverage and was inspired to become a sommelier.Moving back home to Hawaii she worked at Alan Wong’s Honolulu and studied and trained into the position of sommelier. She is currently the first local woman to attend the CMS-A advanced course, a Certified Specialist in Spirits and Wines with the SWE, and holds a Level 3 award in Sake from the WSET.Her current role as a Beverage Director for G.Lion Hawaii allows her to keep her curiosity and spread the love of wine with others every day.To learn more visit:Website: www.alohawinefoundation.org/Instagram: @arianatsuchiyaLinkedin: www.linkedin.com/in/ariana-tsuchiya-50504644/Twitter: arianatsuchiyaAbout 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 1196 in which Marc Millon interviews Monica Larner in this installment of Wine, Food & Travel with Marc Millon on the Italian Wine Podcast.More about today’s guest:Monica Larner is a wine critic and author based in Rome. She is the Italian Reviewer for The Wine Advocate and eRobertParker.com, the bimonthly wine publication and website founded by wine critic, Robert Parker. She was selected in 2013 by Parker to replace the departing Antonio Galloni.In 2003, Larner was selected to be the very first dedicated Italian wine editor for Wine Enthusiast. She is also a two-time winner of the Best Young Journalist of the Year (2008, 2010), one of the top honors given out yearly at the Vinitaly exposition. In 2012, Larner won Best International Journalist also presented by the Comitato Grandi Cru d'Italia panel at VinItaly. As of 2013, Larner is the only wine journalist to have won one of these top prizes in wine journalism three times.Through her work at The Wine Advocate, Larner's opinion on Italian wines is often cited by mainstream media publications like Forbes and Newsweek. She has been described by Robert Parker as "...one of the most comprehensive writers of Italian wines out there."To learn more:en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Monica_LarnerMore 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!

Episode 723 Steve Raye interviews Susannah Gold in this episode of Get US Market Ready With Italian Wine People on the Italian Wine Podcast.About today’s guest:Susannah Gold has a a master’s degree in International Affairs from the Paul H. Nitze School of International Affairs (SAIS) of Johns Hopkins University and a certificate in Global Philanthropy from New York University. She earned her undergraduate degree from Colgate University and graduated Phi Beta Kappa, with Magna Cum Laude honors. She is a communications professional with a wide number of specializations, including an in-depth knowledge of wine which she has been imbibing and studying for over 25 years. She started learning about wine when she was young as her father and a Sicilian friend made wine in the basement of theirhouse. Beyond this, she provides writing services to clients, writing articles, blog posts and the book she’s working on, She has focused much of her time educating both the trade and consumers. She holds various wine certificates from schools around the world including an Italian sommelier certificate from the Associazione Italiana dei Sommeliers (AIS) which she received in Milan and the prestigious Diploma in Wines & Spirits (DipWSET) from the Wine and Spirits Education Trust (WSET). She is also certified as an Italian Wine Ambassador from the Vinitaly International Academy, hold the CSW and CSS certifications from the Society of Wine Educators, the Italian Wine Scholar and the French Wine Scholar certificates from the Wine Scholar Guild, a Spanish wine certification from the Spanish Wine Academy and a certification as a Sherry Wine Specialist from the House of Lustau and the Sherry Board. She is currently studying for the Spanish Wine Scholar certificate from the Wine Scholar Guild, among other projects.For more information on today’s guest you can check out:www.susannahgold.comMore about the host Steve Raye:Steve Raye of Bevology Inc originally joined our weekly lineup with narrations from his book “How to get US Market Ready” - but everyone just loved him so much, we brought him back with this series of interviews that informs and inspires! Each week he speaks to industry professionals; guests who have gained valuable experience in the Italian wine sector and have insightful tips and stories that can help anyone who wants to learn about getting US Market Ready!For more information on the host Steve Raye you can check out his website, Bevology Inc. here: www.bevologyinc.com/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/We also want to give a shout out to our sponsor Ferrowine. The largest alcoholic beverage shop in Italy since 1920! They have generously provided us with our brand new Italian Wine Podcast T-shirts, and we love them! Check out Ferrowine’s site, they have great wines, food pairings and so much more!www.ferrowine.it/Until next time, Cin Cin!

Welcome to Episode 1195 in which Steve Raye interviews Steve Kreps, in this installment of Get US Market Ready With Italian Wine People, on the Italian Wine Podcast.About today’s guest:Steve Kreps has been a Navy Air Traffic Controller, manager for some of thelargest wine and spirits companies in the country, founder of three successful businesses, the last of which is fine wine import, marketing and sales company Quintessential. He is a pilot, motorcycle enthusiast, outdoorsman, history buff, antique gun collector and, most important, a husband, father and grandfather. A full, and some might say unexpected life for a guy who grew up as the oldest of three children to a purchasing manager and a homemaker in 1950s St. Louis.This Missouri native with a definite “take charge” attitude and outlook on life attended the University of Missouri and served four years in the U.S. Navy as an air traffic controller and pilot during the Vietnam era. Fresh out of the service in 1973,Steve got his start in the wine industry as a sales representative and merchandiser. He rose through the sales ranks at such prestigious companies as Schieffelin & Somerset and Paterno Imports (now Terlato Wines), where he was National Sales Manager.In 1988, the entrepreneurial spirit moved Steve to found Marquis Selections,a wine brokerage company covering the Midwest for fine premium and ultra-premium wines. So loyal was Marquis Selections to its brands, and visa versa, that a number of those brands followed Steve to Caravelle Wine Selections, which he founded in 1998 as a fine wine import and marketing company with Bordeaux’ Baron Philippe de Rothschild and others.In 2002, Steve sold his partnership in Caravelle to form Quintessential. WithQuintessential, Steve is realizing his dream to nurture a roster of family-owned wineries whose wines reflect the best expressions and highest quality of their particular appellations. He is doing so with his two sons – Dennis, his partner in Quintessential, who runs the company from its headquarters in a former bank building in Napa, CA, and Steve Jr., who heads up the California distribution company.Learn more:www.quintessentialwines.comMore about the host Steve Raye:Steve Raye of Bevology Inc originally joined our weekly lineup with narrations from his book “How to get US Market Ready” - but everyone just loved him so much, we brought him back with this series of interviews that informs and inspires! Each week he speaks to industry professionals; guests who have gained valuable experience in the Italian wine sector and have insightful tips and stories that can help anyone who wants to learn about getting US Market Ready!To learn more visit:Website: www.bevologyinc.com/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 1194, in which host Polly Hammond interviews Ryan MacDonnell Bracher from Round Pond, this week on Uncorked.This week, we welcome Ryan MacDonnell Ryan MacDonnell Bracher who oversees Marketing, Direct-to-consumer sales, the Hospitality program, as well as the production of the Estate’s olive oils and other specialty gourmet foods.“As a family we have always enjoyed the rustic elegance of wine and homegrown food around the table,” says Ryan. “It’s a privilege, now, to be able to share the bounty of our estate with others.”Ryan spent ten years working and studying outside the winery at Goldman Sachs and the Hewlett Foundation before joining her family at Round Pond Estate in 2003. Her educational background includes a JD from Stanford Law School and an undergraduate degree in Political Economy from UC Berkeley. She lives in a home on the Rutherford estate with her husband, Charles Bracher, and their children Ava, Adeline and Genevieve.To find out more about Ryan MacDonnell visit: www.roundpond.com/about/family/More about the host:Polly is Founder and CEO of 5forests. She splits her time between Barcelona, Auckland, and Napa, consulting, writing, and speaking about the trends that impact today’s wine businesses. She’s an advisor to New Zealand Trade & Enterprise, host of Uncorked with the Italian Wine Podcast, cohost of the Real Business of Wine with Robert Joseph, and, occasionally, a knitter.Polly is a graduate of the University of Southern California, where she earned degrees in International Relations and French. Those studies led to a deep and abiding love affair with behavioral Economics, and her wine work is based on insights into all the crazy and irrational reasons consumers engage with brands. With over 20 years’ experience in growing successful companies, Polly knows first-hand the challenges faced by independent businesses. She approaches each client experience with empathy and understanding for what it takes to adapt and thrive in the real world.To learn more visit:Twitter: @mme_hammondInstagram: @pollyhammond_website: 5forests.com/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!