Italian Wine Podcast

Ep. 614 Steve Raye interviews Melanie Ofenloch in this episode of Get US Market Ready With Italian Wine People.About Melanie:Melanie is an executive with 20+ years of experience in marketing and communications and technology. She is the CEO of Ofenloch Consulting, a marketing positioning firm focusing on helping companies tell their unique stories. Most recently, she was the Chief Marketing Officer of Allegro, where she was part of management team that grew the company 30 percent in 2013 and more than 23 percent in 2014 resulting in an acquisition by Vector Capital. She led all marketing functions including marketing strategy, go to market planning, lead generation, brand initiatives, product positioning, marketing measurement, campaigns, advertising, events and press and analyst relations. She was also the former Chief Marketing Officer at International Business Systems (IBS), a Symphony Technologies Company. During her tenure at IBS she built the marketing organization from the ground up while managing market segmentation, lead generation, marketing metrics and brand positioning activities. Prior to IBS, Ofenloch was Executive Vice President of Weber Shandwick, part of the Interpublic Group network, and she served as the Vice President of Marketing at i2 Technologies, a leading supply chain management software company. She graduated from Auburn University with a Bachelor of Arts in Communications. In her spare time, Ofenloch has a wine blog www.dallaswinechick.com and was recently named the 67th top wine blogger on the planet.For more information on Steve Raye you can check out 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/Until next time, Cin Cin!

Ep. 613 Stevie Kim interviews the personalities from the Foradori Winery along with Attilio Scienza - Pt. 4 of 5#everybodyneedsabitofscienza is back! with another fantastic episode, part 4 of a 5 part pod - Stevie Kim and the Professore visit Azienda Agricola Foradori on the border between Trentino and Alto Adige. Here the family "show and tell" their winery, wines and food. Tune in for a real Italian Wine country experience!More about Foradori:At the helm today, the fourth generation of winemakers run Foradori’s activities. It was Elisabetta Foradori and Rainer Zierock’s work that led to the salvage and regeneration of the Teroldego grape variety through their cultivation of the grape’s original genetic family. Today their children Emilio, Theo and Myrtha Zierock continue in their footsteps to run the winery.Philosopher-winemaker Emilio manages wine production, while political journalist Theo oversees the winery’s business and commerce from his home in Naples. Market gardener Myrtha takes care of Foradori’s farming and gradual expansion.Together the three of them oversee the smooth running of the winery, supported constantly by their mother Elisabetta.Though Rainer sadly passed away in February 2009, his influence remains fundamental and today his ideas still continue to steer the development of the winery.If you want to know about this great winery visit them at:www.agricolaforadori.com/en/the-winery/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!

Ep. 612 Welcome to this special On The Road Edition in which Federica Boffa of Pio Cesare talks with Stevie Kim about the Winery in the area of Alba.More About Pio Cesare:Pio Cesare has been producing wines for 135 years and through five generations in its ancient cellars in the center of the town of Alba.The Pio Cesare winery was founded in 1881, by Cesare Pio. He was a very successful entrepreneur and was inspired to produce a small and select quantity of wines from the hills of Barolo and Barbaresco for himself, his family, friends, and customers. Cesare Pio was dedicated to the terroir of the Piedmont region and to producing wines of the highest quality. Over the years, Cesare Pio built a thriving business.His entrepreneurial spirit encouraged him to travel throughout Europe in the early 20th century to publicize and promote Pio Cesare’s wines. His passport, which is proudly displayed at the winery in Alba, bears the number 55.His son, Giuseppe Pio, the second generation, found himself with a thriving winery at the turn of the century. He carried on his father’s passion and invested in the expansion of the cellars and the trade, making Pio Cesare a benchmark brand for the wines of the region. In 1940, Giuseppe Pio’s only child, Rosy, married Giuseppe Boffa, a young and well-known engineer from Alba, who managed a large company in Milan at the time. Then Italy began to struggle during the Second World War, Giuseppe Boffa decided to leave his job in Milan to dedicate himself to the Pio Cesare winery.Thanks to his efforts, the Pio Cesare brand gained fame and prominence both domestically and internationally, becoming one of the most respected names among Italian wine producers, with a special focus on its renowned Barolo. Rosy and Giuseppe Boffa named their youngest son Pio, in honor of his great-grandfather’s surname. Pio Boffa, the fourth generation, leads and directs the company today. In the early 1990’s Pio Boffa asked his cousin Augusto to join him in the company.His sister’s son, Cesare Benvenuto, has been active since 2000 as the fifth generation and recently Pio Boffa’s daughter, Federica Rosy, joined Pio Cesare, representing the future of the Family.Today, the family members travel extensively to more than 50 countries around the world, echoing what Cesare Pio himself did at the beginning of our history—promoting the name and reputation of the Pio Cesare winery to restaurants, hotels, wine shops and wine lovers worldwide.You can find out more about this winery by visiting:www.piocesare.it/en/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!

Ep. 611 Rebecca Lawrence interviews Jirka Jireh in this episode of VoicesMore about Jirka:Jirka Jireh has blended her passion for wine and activism with groundbreaking programming in the natural wine space. She is the co-Founder of Industry Sessions which offers wine and education through a virtual platform for BIPOC wine industry professionals in more than thirteen cities in the U.S. and Canada. Industry Sessions works with wine educators and producers to provide attendees with tasting samples and in-depth learning on a breadth of topics, often challenging the traditional lens through which we see beverage history. Friends and colleagues through the natural wine world now come together to offer wine and education with the long-term goal to decolonize wine. Behind the scenes, Jirka uses her network as a tool to advocate for BIPOC in the winemaking sphere and connects like-minded professionals with business opportunities in an effort to push the culture. She has been called a master facilitator and the hearth of the movement for marginalized people in natural wine spaces.The majority of Jirka Jireh’s 15 years in hospitality were fine-tuned in New York City’s bustling fine-dining world. Inspired to pursue winemaking, her most recent years have been spent in Oakland, California where she currently is part of the team at Ordinaire and Viticole Wine Club who both focus on natural wine and operate with an ‘Earth First’ mentality.Visit Jirka on her Instagram : @yirkitaLet'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!

Ep. 610 Joy Livingston interviews Monty Waldin on Italian Wine Podcast's 4th Year Birthday Bash! on this episode of Biodynamic & Organic.More about Monty:Host of "Biodynamic & Organic" This time we are turning the tables and interviewing him!The one with the voice, personality, and background in organic wines. Often recording from his fortress somewhere in the hills of Tuscany… he got into wine as a teenager having worked on several Bordeaux vineyards to improve his French in the mid-1980s. His family always grew its own organic vegetables and he was surprised to find the wine industry had few organic wines at this time.Monty started traveling around the world to work on organic and biodynamic estates (France, Germany, California, Italy) and wrote the first books on organic/biodynamic wines and winemaking. Although he had his own TV series - an observational documentary called Château Monty, about converting a Roussillon vineyard to biodynamics - Monty prefers radio (or its modern-day reincarnation, the podcast). Further information on Monty's work is available on his website.To find out more visit:Website: www.chateaumonty.comLet'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!

Ep. 609 Steve Raye interviews Ludovica Leone in this episode of Get US Market Ready With Italian Wine People.More about Ludovica:Ludovica Leone, Research Fellow in Organization Studies at the University of Modena and Reggio Emilia, Department of Communication and Economics. At Bologna Business School she serves as the industry leader for the Food and Wine area and she teaches Business Development Lab for the Global MBA Food and Wine. She is also an Adjunct Professor at Dickinson College in Bologna, where she teaches Management of food, wine, and tourism in Italy.Her research activity is focused on creativity and improvisation in organizations and on the study of collaborative spaces.She is the Author of Improvvisazione e management: indagine sui grandi chef italiani. Her academic research is published on international (Applied Psychology, International Studies of Management & Organization, Technovation) and national journals (Economia & Management, Economia e Società Regionale, Prospettive in Organizzazione, Sviluppo & Organizzazione).She obtained her Ph.D. in Management from the University of Bologna, her BSc, and MSc from Bocconi University. She has been Visiting Scholar at the Ross School of Business, University of Michigan, and a Research Fellow at Bocconi University.For more information on Steve Raye you can check out 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/Until next time, Cin Cin!

Welcome to this Ambassadors Corner where Cynthia Chaplin Interviews Alberto Tasca on Clubhouse's Saturday Special - this special episode is hosted by Stevie Kim - recorded on 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 got your pick?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!

Ep. 608 Stevie Kim interviews the personalities from the Foradori Winery along with Attilio Scienza - Pt. 2 of 5.#everybodyneedsabitofscienza is back! with another fantastic episode, part 3 of a 5 part pod - Stevie Kim and the Professore visit Azienda Agricola Foradori on the border between Trentino and Alto Adige. Here the family "show and tell" their winery, wines and food. Tune in for a real Italian Wine country experience!More about Foradori:At the helm today, the fourth generation of winemakers run Foradori’s activities. It was Elisabetta Foradori and Rainer Zierock’s work that led to the salvage and regeneration of the Teroldego grape variety through their cultivation of the grape’s original genetic family. Today their children Emilio, Theo and Myrtha Zierock continue in their footsteps to run the winery.Philosopher-winemaker Emilio manages wine production, while political journalist Theo oversees the winery’s business and commerce from his home in Naples. Market gardener Myrtha takes care of Foradori’s farming and gradual expansion.Together the three of them oversee the smooth running of the winery, supported constantly by their mother Elisabetta.Though Rainer sadly passed away in February 2009, his influence remains fundamental and today his ideas still continue to steer the development of the winery.If you want to know about this great winery visit them at:www.agricolaforadori.com/en/the-winery/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!

Ep. 607 Welcome to this special On The Road Edition in which Cesare Benvenuto talks with Stevie Kim about the Pio Cesare Winery in the area of Alba.More About Pio Cesare:Pio Cesare has been producing wines for 135 years and through five generations in its ancient cellars in the center of the town of Alba.The Pio Cesare winery was founded in 1881, by Cesare Pio. He was a very successful entrepreneur and was inspired to produce a small and select quantity of wines from the hills of Barolo and Barbaresco for himself, his family, friends, and customers. Cesare Pio was dedicated to the terroir of the Piedmont region and to producing wines of the highest quality. Over the years, Cesare Pio built a thriving business.His entrepreneurial spirit encouraged him to travel throughout Europe in the early 20th century to publicize and promote Pio Cesare’s wines. His passport, which is proudly displayed at the winery in Alba, bears the number 55.His son, Giuseppe Pio, the second generation, found himself with a thriving winery at the turn of the century. He carried on his father’s passion and invested in the expansion of the cellars and the trade, making Pio Cesare a benchmark brand for the wines of the region. In 1940, Giuseppe Pio’s only child, Rosy, married Giuseppe Boffa, a young and well-known engineer from Alba, who managed a large company in Milan at the time. Then Italy began to struggle during the Second World War, Giuseppe Boffa decided to leave his job in Milan to dedicate himself to the Pio Cesare winery.Thanks to his efforts, the Pio Cesare brand gained fame and prominence both domestically and internationally, becoming one of the most respected names among Italian wine producers, with a special focus on its renowned Barolo. Rosy and Giuseppe Boffa named their youngest son Pio, in honor of his great-grandfather’s surname. Pio Boffa, the fourth generation, leads and directs the company today. In the early 1990’s Pio Boffa asked his cousin Augusto to join him in the company.His sister’s son, Cesare Benvenuto, has been active since 2000 as the fifth generation and recently Pio Boffa’s daughter, Federica Rosy, joined Pio Cesare, representing the future of the Family.Today, the family members travel extensively to more than 50 countries around the world, echoing what Cesare Pio himself did at the beginning of our history—promoting the name and reputation of the Pio Cesare winery to restaurants, hotels, wine shops and wine lovers worldwide.You can find out more about this winery by visiting: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!

Ep. 606 Rebecca Lawrence interviews Cara Bertonw in this episode of VoicesMore on Cara:Cara has held leadership roles across every channel of the wine industry. Her consistent leadership style has garnered her and every team she works with, extraordinary results. She is highly recognized for her passion and commitment to fine wine and has stayed a persistent advocate for creating a more inclusive workforce.Bertone is the Vice President of Lift Collective and is the Co-Founder for Be The Change Job Fair and Initiative. Her work has been recognized by Forbes, Wine Enthusiast, VinePair, and featured by ABC and NBC news affiliates. She is also an active member of the Les Dames d’Escoffier’s Austin Chapter.Above all, Cara loves traveling and spending time outdoors with her wife and two young children in Austin, Texas.You can find out more about Cara by visiting:www.liftcollective.org; www.bethechangejobfair.com; www.drinkavaline.comInstagram:@cara_bertoneFacebook: Cara BertoneLinkedin: Cara BertoneLet'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!