Italian Wine Podcast

Welcome to episode 980, another installment of 'On The Road Edition', hosted by Stevie Kim. Today she continues her visit to the beautiful, family-run Winery, Casanova di Neri in Montalcino, Tuscany, tasting wines with owner Giacomo Neri - listen in as they talk about the winemaking, the labels, the terroir as well as their recent 50th-anniversary celebrations! This is a 2-part interview. Today's interview is Part 2 of 2 More about Casanova di Neri Winery: "We were amazed when we discovered that the letters of CASANOVA DI NERI, the name Giovanni Neri gave the company in 1971, could be rearranged to form a number of Italian sentences that embody some of our deepest held beliefs about wine and winemaking. Could these be ‘messages in a bottle’, sent by our nonno to guide us even when he was no longer around? We’ll never know, but it’s a nice thought! Here, then, is our winemaking credo, summed up in seven anagrams. We believe that success is all about playing the long game. The company founder, Giovanni Neri, was a visionary who understood, well before it became a dogma, that planting the right grapes in the right vineyards was the key to creating great Brunellos. We have continued his legacy, fully aware that the decisions we make today will have an impact on our grandchildren and their grandchildren." Find out more about the winery by visiting: www.casanovadineri.wine/en/586/casanova-di-neri More about the host 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/ 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 976 in which Stevie Kim asks Professore Attilio Scienza another wine question, taken from the pool of questions posed by listeners all over Italy and beyond. Today’s question comes from Beverly Bourdin! 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: @steviekim222 Instagram: @steviekim222 Website: vinitalyinternational.com/wordpress/ 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 979 The Jumbo Shrimp Maps Series. Today we are going to talk about Map 16, talking about Canada. Today's Map is presented by Peggy Baudon. About the Series: We have specially created this free content for all our listeners who are studying for wine exams. Since Stevie Kim discovered Rosie Baker’s hand drawn maps on Instagram, our in house editorial and graphics team has been working on this project, and now the maps are available to purchase in Beta form, while they undergo the final proofing and editing by our Expert Advisory Board. It’s a 3 layered project, because we know everyone learns differently. We now offer the complete box set of 39 maps, this series of podcasts with the maps narrated by our crack team of wine educators, and finally the Study Guide Book which will be publish later this year. Our map project is in no way a substitute for the material set out by other educational organisations, but we hope all the Wine Students out there will find our map project a new, exciting and useful tool for learning. To purchase the Beta version box set of maps, please visit mammajumboshrimp.com To find out more about Mamma Jumbo Shrimp and how to buy the Maps visit: www.mammajumboshrimp.com More about Peggy Baudon: "I am relatively new to wine, having stumbled into it by default. I recently returned to bartending after a stretch of years teaching then followed by having two children. Bartending in the food/wine industry offered the chance to re-enter the work world in the evenings while allowing time to be with children in the day. The opportunity to work with wine again sparked a curiosity and an itch to learn more and more about it. Although I intended bartending to be a stop-gap measure of a job until I could return to full-time classroom teaching, the realization occurred that the food and wine industry is a pursuit where complete satisfaction could be gained by pouring wine and making people incredibly happy. Thoughts of starting to build a new career in wine began to percolate. When people look back on their lives, one common regret is not having done the things we wish we had. And with a window of a handful of years until I had planned to return to the teaching profession, the decision to change course and take a leap into the wine world was joyfully made.” If you want to learn more visit: linkedin.com/in/peggy-baudon-dipwset-b6aa84199 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 978 The Jumbo Shrimp Maps Series. Today we are going to talk about Map 15, talking about California. Today's Map is presented by Erin DeMara. About the Series: We have specially created this free content for all our listeners who are studying for wine exams. Since Stevie Kim discovered Rosie Baker’s hand drawn maps on Instagram, our in house editorial and graphics team has been working on this project, and now the maps are available to purchase in Beta form, while they undergo the final proofing and editing by our Expert Advisory Board. It’s a 3 layered project, because we know everyone learns differently. We now offer the complete box set of 39 maps, this series of podcasts with the maps narrated by our crack team of wine educators, and finally the Study Guide Book which will be publish later this year. Our map project is in no way a substitute for the material set out by other educational organisations, but we hope all the Wine Students out there will find our map project a new, exciting and useful tool for learning. To purchase the Beta version box set of maps, please visit mammajumboshrimp.com To find out more about Mamma Jumbo Shrimp and how to buy the Maps visit: www.mammajumboshrimp.com More about the Erin DeMara: Erin DeMara is a twenty-nine-year professional of the wine and restaurant industries. Currently in his seventh year with 1821 Fine Wine and Spirits, an Italian-focused importer, he manages the portfolio of 100+ wines and spirits within Florida, USA. Erin is a Certified Wine Educator by the Society of Wine Educators and an Italian Wine Ambassador and Educator by VinItaly International Academy – the only wine professional in America to hold both titles. He is also a Certified Spirits Specialist, a Certified Sommelier by the Court of Master Sommeliers, and an awarded member of the Guild of Sommeliers If you want to learn more visit: Website www.1821fws.com Instagram wineknowfl 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 977 The Jumbo Shrimp Maps Series. Today we are going to talk about Map 14, talking about the USA. Today's Map is presented by Erin DeMara. About the Series: We have specially created this free content for all our listeners who are studying for wine exams. Since Stevie Kim discovered Rosie Baker’s hand drawn maps on Instagram, our in house editorial and graphics team has been working on this project, and now the maps are available to purchase in Beta form, while they undergo the final proofing and editing by our Expert Advisory Board. It’s a 3 layered project, because we know everyone learns differently. We now offer the complete box set of 39 maps, this series of podcasts with the maps narrated by our crack team of wine educators, and finally the Study Guide Book which will be publish later this year. Our map project is in no way a substitute for the material set out by other educational organisations, but we hope all the Wine Students out there will find our map project a new, exciting and useful tool for learning. To purchase the Beta version box set of maps, please visit mammajumboshrimp.com To find out more about Mamma Jumbo Shrimp and how to buy the Maps visit: www.mammajumboshrimp.com More about the Erin DeMara: Erin DeMara is a twenty-nine-year professional of the wine and restaurant industries. Currently in his seventh year with 1821 Fine Wine and Spirits, an Italian-focused importer, he manages the portfolio of 100+ wines and spirits within Florida, USA. Erin is a Certified Wine Educator by the Society of Wine Educators and an Italian Wine Ambassador and Educator by VinItaly International Academy – the only wine professional in America to hold both titles. He is also a Certified Spirits Specialist, a Certified Sommelier by the Court of Master Sommeliers, and an awarded member of the Guild of Sommeliers If you want to learn more visit: Website www.1821fws.com Instagram wineknowfl 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 974 Stevie Kim moderates Clubhouse’s Ambassadors Corner – In this episode Noell Dorsey interviews Mario Zanusso. 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: Noell Dorsey Italian Wine Ambassador VIA Verona 2022 Noell Dorsey is a wine professional who has worked in the wine and hospitality industry for twenty years. She was part of the opening team at Island Creek Oyster Bar working in various roles before taking over as Wine Director in 2015. She has worked in Nantucket as a sommelier at Afterhouse Wine Bar and helped curate the new beverage program at acclaimed Moona Restaurant in Cambridge, MA. She is currently Cellar Manager 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 recently participated in the Gita Scolastica program led by VIA in Sardinia and is a recent VinItaly Italian Wine Ambassador 2022. If you want to learn more about today’s guest host, you can by visiting: Instagram @ndorser Twitter @noell LinkedIn Noell Dorsey About today’s guest producer: Mario Zannuso My name is Mario Zanusso, and in 1995 together with my father Ferdinando we started producing natural wines under the name "i Clivi" from 12 hectares of the very best vinegrowing land in Friuli Venezia Giulia, Italy, situated in Brazzano di Cormons, in the Collio D.O.C. district, and Corno di Rosazzo, in the Colli Orientali D.O.C. district. All are very old vineyards on steep hillside slopes (in fact "i Clivi” means “slopes”). My background education is Economics, so I had no specific formation as an enologist, neither did my dad. We learned by studying, by traveling, by exchanging experiences with other producers and mostly by doing. My dad passed in 2020 so today I’m by myself, and overall production is now around 100,000 bottles a year, mostly white wine. Since the beginning our recipe for quality has been very simple: (1) very old vines - at least 60 years of age, but many are 80 or over - for natural concentration, complexity and elegance as well as marked individuality and strong character; (2) certified organic cultivation in the vineyard and "spontaneous" vinification - i. e. no chemicals, no inoculations nor machines - in the cellar for absolute integrity; and (3) maturing for several months in stainless steel and cement vats before these slow-developing, long-lasting but "light" wines were offered for sale. If you want to learn more about today’s guest producer, you can by visiting: Facebook - i Clivi Instagram @icliviwine Website www.iclivi.wine/en/history/ 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/ 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/

Welcome to Episode 975; New frontiers in wine marketing- anticipating the opportunities in nascent technologies Welcome 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 today’s session: Amazon has just released a robot that knows when to stay out of the bedroom. The government of Nicaragua has passed a law requiring businesses to accept bitcoin as legal tender. LVMH has acquired expensive land in a digital universe. Why? To build a shopping mall for the rapidly growing virtual fashion market. Hologram sommeliers and critics are braced to help the wine lover in store. Is your winery prepared for the future? The technology in our pockets has fragmented audiences forever. Tribes and influencers matter, but what counts more than ever is brand. Against a backdrop of fierce competition, changing consumer trends, and rapidly evolving platforms, brand and brand values still drive sales. Keeping those values at the forefront of the conversation will not be easy. Paul Caputo will present an overview of the imminent technology landscape and potential trends in order to provoke thought and discussion around maximising wine marketing opportunities. Despite a focus on how wineries might leverage these ideas, they are equally relevant to trade and press audiences More about the today’s speaker: Paul Caputo IWA is a UK based wine writer, judge, critic and entrepreneur. He is a certified Italian Wine Ambassador of the VinItaly International Academy, and writes regularly for various publications. He previously ran an online wine merchant and successful pop up wine bar, located on Chester’s historic rows. He works mainly in the wine space where he combines his passion for travel, technology, sustainability, and marketing. To find out more visit: Facebook: www.facebook.com/Vinorandum Instagram: @paulcaputowine/@vinorandum Twitter: @paulcaputowine/@Vinorandum LinkedIn: www.linkedin.com/in/paulcaputo/ More about today’s Moderator: Carlo Rossi Chauvenet is lawyer and managing partner of CRCLEX, a law firm specialized in IT Law, Company Law and Wine Law, with offices in Milan and Padua. Carlo is Adjunct professor of Privacy Law at Bocconi University in Milan and he also lecturer in Private Law and Company law courses. To find out more visit: Facebook: www.facebook.com/carlo.chauvenet Instagram: @chauvenet Twitter: @chauvenet LinkedIn: www.linkedin.com/in/carlo-rossi-chauvenet-09284a1/ Let's keep in touch! Follow us on our social media channels: Instagram @italianwinepodcast Facebook @ItalianWinePodcast Twitter @itawinepodast 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 973 Cynthia Chaplin interviews Valerie Kathawala, in this installment of Voices, on the Italian Wine Podcast. More about today’s guest: If you want to learn more about today’s guests, you can by visiting: Valerie Kathawala is a New York-based writer focused on the wines of Germany, Austria, South Tyrol and Switzerland, with a particular interest in biodynamics. Valerie is a lifelong student of German culture and language and has lived and worked in both Germany and Austria. Her crossover from translation and editorial work at the United Nations to writing about wine was a natural, maybe inevitable, confluence of these experiences. Valerie’s work appears in the pages of SevenFifty Daily, Pipette, Glug, Meininger’s Wine Business International, Pellicle, WineFolly, The Vintner Project, The Cork Report, and Grape Collective. She is a co-founder and co-editor of the wine magazine TRINK. To learn more about today’s guest visit: Website: valeriekathawala.com / trinkmag.com Instagram: @valkatnyc / @trink_magazine Facebook: Valerie Belz Kathawala / TRINK Twitter: @valkatnyc / @magazinetrink Linkedin: Valerie Kathawala / TRINK Magazine About today’s Host: Cynthia Chaplin is a Vinitaly International Academy certified Italian Wine Ambassador, a professional sommelier with Fondazione Italiana Sommelier, a member of Le Donne del Vino, and a Professor of Italian wine and culture. Born in the USA, Cynthia moved to Europe in 1990 where she has lived in Spain, Belgium, England and Italy. She chose to center her career in Rome and immerse herself in the Italian wine sector, which is her passion. She has taught university students and expats, works with embassies, corporations and private clients, creating and presenting tastings, events, seminars and in-depth courses. Cynthia is a wine writer, translator, and a judge at international wine and sake competitions. She consults with restaurants and enotecas assisting in the development of comprehensive wine lists and excellent food pairings, as well as advising private clients who want to develop a comprehensive Italian wine collection. She lives with her British photographer husband on the shore of Lake Bracciano, north of Rome, where they share their beautiful garden with one massive grapevine, two border collies and an arrogant diva cat. If you want to learn more about today’s host, you can by visiting: Facebook: Italian Wines in English Instagram: kiss_my_glassx Linkedin: www.linkedin.com/in/cynthia-chaplin-190647179/ 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 972 Marc Millon interviews Luca Federici of Cantina Federici in this special 5Star Wines & Wine Without Walls episode of Wine, Food & Travel with Marc Millon on the Italian Wine Podcast. This is part of a special sub-series in which Marc interviews the winners and the contributors of the competition in the coming weeks! More about this winery: From the love for their territory, the passion for the vine and the farming traditions that have been handed down by the Federici family for 4 generations, the winery "La Baia del Sole" was born in the early 1980s, located on the border between Liguria and Tuscany, in the town of Luni from which the best wines were already leaving 2,000 years ago to reach the seat of the Roman emperor Augustus. Second of two brothers, Luca Federici, grew up in the wine industry in the family business and graduated from Pisa in 2011 in Viticulture and Enology. A member of Assoenologi since 2012, in 2016 he was awarded the "Future Prize" at the Mondial des Vins Extremes competition as the best young producer. In 2021 he wins the Oscar Green award for his winery project in the category "sustainability and ecological transition" The wines he follows and vinifies have won important awards in many international competitions. If you want to learn more you can by visiting: Website: www.cantinefederici.com www.instagram.com/cantinefederici Facebook: www.facebook.com/cantinefederici More 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, England If you want to learn more about today’s guest, you can by visiting: quaypress.uk/ marcmillon.co.uk vino.co.uk quaypress.com LinkedIn: linkedin.com/in/marc-millon-50868624 Twitter: @Marc_Millon 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 971 Steve Raye interviews Antonio Rallo of Sicilia DOC in this installment of Get US Market Ready With Italian Wine People on the Italian Wine Podcast. About today’s guest: Antonio Rallo was born in 1967 representing the fifth generation of a Sicilian family with 171 years of experience in quality wine. Grown up among vineyards and cellars he nurtures a great love for the territory and promotes as President of the Sicilia DOC Consortium the growth of the system with a strategic vision of Sicilian wine involving the island's winemakers. The Controlled Denomination of Origin (DOC) Sicilia was officially recognized on 22 November 2011 by a Decree issued by the Ministry of Agricultural, Food and Forestry. The following year, 2012, marked the year of the foundation of Consorzio di Tutela Vini Sicilia DOC: the winegrowers, winemakers and bottlers promoting the recognition of the DOC, decided to establish the consortium, an organization that would not only give them a voice, but would concretely enhance and safeguard the island’s wine production. The mission of Sicilia DOC is to connect passionate winemakers throughout the region. Sicilia DOC aims to strengthen the identity of Sicilian wines, while improving their quality, image and market position. The Consorzio’s task is also to convey the Sicilia Doc system, as a producer of excellence of contemporary wines, pleasant with an excellent quality/price ratio. You can find out more about this guest by visiting: Website: winesofsicily.com Instagram: winesofsicily Facebook: winesofsicily Twitter: winesofsicily More 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 @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 970 in which host Polly Hammond interviews Chinedu Rita Rosa, this week on Uncorked. This week, we welcome Chinedu Rosa, founder of Vines by Rosa and co-founder of Bordeaux Mentor Week. Chinedu was one of the very first certified wine experts in Nigeria and has channeled over 20 years of wine expertise into helping European wine brands embrace the West African markets…But even more, she’s bringing her Nigerian heritage to her European home, hosting hands-on wine and food events that showcase the possibilities when we think beyond our borders. This week we get super chatty talking about owning our spaces, building new ones, education through passion not tech notes, and how much spice is too much spice. More about today’s guest: A banker turned wine export consultant with over 22 years of experience in retailing and wholesale of fine wines in Lagos, Nigeria, her native country, Chinedu now runs her own consulting firm “Vines By Rosa” in Bordeaux, working with wine importers and exporters on both continents. She specializes in methodical wine selection, Exporting, Wine branding, and marketing strategy tailored for Africa. With the firm intention of being a "bridge between the wine world and Africa", Vines by Rosa” is the first Nigerian and female owned Wine Export consulting firm in Bordeaux. Her sense of tasting and being a natural cook, inspired a sub brand “Wining and Dining with Chichi" in her monthly Column in Highbrow Lifestyle Magazine, she writes about food and wine pairings, Undiscovered notes of tastes from the African point of view, and the need for inclusion and diversity in the International Wine world and tasting Encyclopedia. She has just concluded the 2nd edition of The African food and French Wine pairing event in France, with plans for more to come, in different locations in Europe and Africa, with the intent to highlight the importance of Africa and its Cuisine in the wine World. She is founder and President of the Bordeaux Business Network and also President of Circle of Global Business Women. To learn more visit: www.linkedin.com/in/christian-holthausen-04b3a92/ twitter.com/bosiechampagne More about the host Polly Hammond: 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 about Polly Hammond visit: Twitter: @mme_hammond Instagram: @5forests website: 5forests.com/ 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 969, another installment of 'On The Road Edition', hosted by Stevie Kim. Today she is at the beautiful, family run Winery, Casanova di Neri in Montalcino, Tuscany, chatting with owner Giacomo Neri - listen in as they talk about the winemaking, the labels, the terroir as well as their recent 50th anniversary celebrations! This is a 2-part interview. Today's interview is Part 1 of 2 More about Casanova di Neri Winery: "We were amazed when we discovered that the letters of CASANOVA DI NERI, the name Giovanni Neri gave the company in 1971, could be rearranged to form a number of Italian sentences that embody some of our deepest held beliefs about wine and winemaking. Could these be ‘messages in a bottle’, sent by our nonno to guide us even when he was no longer around? We’ll never know, but it’s a nice thought! Here, then, is our winemaking credo, summed up in seven anagrams. We believe that success is all about playing the long game. The company founder, Giovanni Neri, was a visionary who understood, well before it became a dogma, that planting the right grapes in the right vineyards was the key to creating great Brunellos. We have continued his legacy, fully aware that the decisions we make today will have an impact on our grandchildren and their grandchildren." Find out more about the winery by visiting: www.casanovadineri.wine/en/586/casanova-di-neri More about the host 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/ 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 967; The Jumbo Shrimp Maps Series. Today we are going to continue our coverage of France, talking about the Loire region. About the Series: We have specially created this free content for all our listeners who are studying for wine exams. Since Stevie Kim discovered Rosie Baker’s hand drawn maps on Instagram, our in house editorial and graphics team has been working on this project, and now the maps are available to purchase in Beta form, while they undergo the final proofing and editing by our Expert Advisory Board. It’s a 3 layered project, because we know everyone learns differently. We now offer the complete box set of 39 maps, this series of podcasts with the maps narrated by our crack team of wine educators, and finally the Study Guide Book which will be publish later this year. Our map project is in no way a substitute for the material set out by other educational organisations, but we hope all the Wine Students out there will find our map project a new, exciting and useful tool for learning. To purchase the Beta version box set of maps, please visit mammajumboshrimp.com To find out more about Mamma Jumbo Shrimp and how to buy the Maps visit: www.mammajumboshrimp.com More about the host Rebecca Lawrence: Dr Rebecca Lawrence is the lead faculty member of Italian Wine Academy and has been teaching with WSET in both Italy and the UK for just under a decade. In addition to her work as an educator she has co-authored several booked about wine, and is the Head of Editorial for Cru Luv, a media agency that specialises in blending wine and hip-hop culture. To find out more about Rebecca visit: www.rosmarinoevino.com/ 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 968 The Jumbo Shrimp Maps Series. Today we are going to continue our coverage of France, talking about the Alsace region. About the Series: We have specially created this free content for all our listeners who are studying for wine exams. Since Stevie Kim discovered Rosie Baker’s hand drawn maps on Instagram, our in house editorial and graphics team has been working on this project, and now the maps are available to purchase in Beta form, while they undergo the final proofing and editing by our Expert Advisory Board. It’s a 3 layered project, because we know everyone learns differently. We now offer the complete box set of 39 maps, this series of podcasts with the maps narrated by our crack team of wine educators, and finally the Study Guide Book which will be publish later this year. Our map project is in no way a substitute for the material set out by other educational organisations, but we hope all the Wine Students out there will find our map project a new, exciting and useful tool for learning. To purchase the Beta version box set of maps, please visit mammajumboshrimp.com To find out more about Mamma Jumbo Shrimp and how to buy the Maps visit: www.mammajumboshrimp.com More about the host Rebecca Lawrence: Dr Rebecca Lawrence is the lead faculty member of Italian Wine Academy and has been teaching with WSET in both Italy and the UK for just under a decade. In addition to her work as an educator she has co-authored several booked about wine, and is the Head of Editorial for Cru Luv, a media agency that specialises in blending wine and hip-hop culture. To find out more about Rebecca visit: www.rosmarinoevino.com/ 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 966 in which Stevie Kim asks Professore Attilio Scienza another wine question, taken from the pool of questions posed by listeners all over Italy and beyond. Today’s question comes from Matthew Dawson! 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: @steviekim222 Instagram: @steviekim222 Website: vinitalyinternational.com/wordpress/ 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 965; Understanding Fine Wine consumers with Pauline Vicard and Valentina Argiolas Welcome 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 today’s session: What does the concept of Fine Wine means for consumers? Who are “the Fine Wine consumers”? Where are they? How do they buy? What do they drink? Do High Networth Individuals share similar buying profiles? How to meet HNWI’s expectations? Who are the consumers who can influence Fine Wine sales? How can they be identified? In which communities can they be found? How and where do they engage with Fine Wine? What comes next for Fine Wine? How are Fine Wine consumers likely to react to change and disruption? What are the levers of change needed in order to adapt and thrive More about the today’s speaker: Pauline Vicard was born and raised into a winemaking family in Burgundy, Pauline Vicard has been working in the wine sector for the last 15 years both in Europe and Internationally, in the market research department of the Burgundy wine office and the French Embassy, before creating her own corporate wine events and education company in Lille, France. She moved to London in 2015 to spearhead the Wine Library of the unique and acclaimed Clerkenwell London, a multi-space design destination, before developing the concept of Fine Minds 4 Fine Wines with Nicole Rolet that led to the creation of Areni Global. Pauline now directs all Areni’s activities, when she is not studying for the Master of Wine exam or playing ultimate frisbee. To find out more visit: Facebook: www.facebook.com/pauline.vicard.7 Instagram: @labelsandgrapes Twitter: @labelsandgrapes LinkedIn: www.linkedin.com/in/pauline-vicard-70505b33/ More about today’s Moderator Valentina Argiolas was born in 1977, of a family of wine growers of Serdiana, in the countryside of southern Sardinia, close to Cagliari. From a very early age, she was involved in the Winery’s life, playing among the wine barrels and the crates of harvested grapes, and witnessing for more than thirty years the history of her family’s enterprise. The Winery’s founder was her paternal grandfather, the clan’s Patriarch, who even after handing the family business over to his children remained its bedrock until the ripe old age of 103. To find out more visit: Facebook: www.facebook.com/ArgiolasWinery Instagram: @argiolaswinery Twitter: @argiolaswinery LinkedIn: www.linkedin.com/company/cantina-argiolas-vini/ Let's keep in touch! Follow us on our social media channels: Instagram @italianwinepodcast Facebook @ItalianWinePodcast Twitter @itawinepodast 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 964 Stevie Kim moderates Clubhouse’s Ambassadors Corner – In this episode Ellen Jakobsmeier interviews Chiara Innocenti. 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: Ellen Jakobsmeier is a Canadian-born export director at Genuine Wines, based in Sancerre, France. Her start in the wine industry began with three years of traveling and making wine in McLaren Vale Australia, and Marlborough New Zealand. Ellen returned to her hometown of Toronto Canada for sommelier studies, and received her certifications with the Court of Master Sommeliers and the Canadian Association of Professional Sommeliers, and enrolled as a WSET Diploma student. She worked in Toronto’s fine dining restaurants for a number of years where her deep passion for Italian wines developed. Her next chapter of formal education took her to Dijon, to commence her studies at the Burgundy School of Business where she received her Masters degree in Wine Business. Since graduation, Ellen has been working with a group of Italian family-owned wineries in the France import and international export markets for the past five years. If you want to learn more about today’s guest host, you can by visiting: Instagram @sommellen @genuinewines Website www.genuineswines.com About today’s guest producer: Chiara Innocenti TUNIA Winery is a partnership between two women; winemaker Francesca di Benedetto, and manager Chiara Innocenti. Chiara is the brain of the business: with her economics degree, she is in charge of the commercial side. Before Chiara threw her body and soul, and brain, in this venture she used to work in Milan in the banking world. For many people she represented a dream come true: she gave up everything to go and live in the countryside. She admits that actually, her work has not changed that much: she spend hours in front of the computer trying to get the figures to work out and with the telephone ringing continuously, let alone calculating the numbers for planning vintage after vintage; but she affirms there is really nothing quite as rewarding as committing yourself to the production of your own product.” If you want to learn more about today’s guest producer, you can by visiting: Facebook TuniaWines Twitter TuniaWines 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/ 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/

Welcome to Episode 963 Cynthia Chaplin interviews Lisa Granik, in this installment of Voices, on the Italian Wine Podcast. More about today’s guest: Lisa Granik MW entered the wine trade following an earlier career as a lawyer and law professor. In 2010 she established Tastingworks, which offers tailored go-to-market strategies for wine regions and family-run wineries seeking to develop brands, to enter and/or improve their penetration in the American market. Her career in wine has included work in wine production, retail, import and distribution channels, working with both small and large wholesalers and importers around the United States. She was a Professor of Wine, Beer and Spirits at the New York Institute of Technology from 2013-2015. Her multiple speaking engagements include the Smithsonian Institution, the Cité du Vin et Civilization in Bordeaux, and numerous conferences. Lisa frequently judges in wine competitions worldwide. Her writings on wine have appeared in publications such as Sommelier Journal, The World of Fine Wine, and The New York Times. Lisa became a Master of Wine in 2006. She has a BS and MS in Foreign Service from Georgetown University, a JD from Georgetown, her LL.M and doctorate from Yale Law School. Widely published both in wine and in the law, she is the recipient of numerous awards and fellowships, among them two distinct Fulbright Scholarships (in 1990-91 and in 2017-18), the Villa Maria Award, a Waitrose Fellowship, and the Thomas Jefferson Award from the Pennsylvania Academy of Fine Arts. She is currently serves on the Board of the Women in Wine Leadership Symposium. She serves as a Board Member of the Institute of Masters of Wine (North America) from 2007-2018, and served as a member of the governing Council of the Institute of Masters of Wine, for which she co-chairs both the Governance and Diversity Committees. She recently was declared a “Leading Woman in Wine” in Somm Journal. Her book, The Wines of Georgia, was published in 2020 and is regarded as the definitive book on the subject. Her annual “Granik’s Guide to Georgian Wine” was released in 2021. To learn more about today’s guest visit: Website: granikmw.com Instagram: lagmw Facebook: Lisa Granik MW About today’s Host: Cynthia Chaplin is a Vinitaly International Academy certified Italian Wine Ambassador, a professional sommelier with Fondazione Italiana Sommelier, a member of Le Donne del Vino, and a Professor of Italian wine and culture. Born in the USA, Cynthia moved to Europe in 1990 where she has lived in Spain, Belgium, England and Italy. She chose to center her career in Rome and immerse herself in the Italian wine sector, which is her passion. She has taught university students and expats, works with embassies, corporations and private clients, creating and presenting tastings, events, seminars and in-depth courses. Cynthia is a wine writer, translator, and a judge at international wine and sake competitions. She consults with restaurants and enotecas assisting in the development of comprehensive wine lists and excellent food pairings, as well as advising private clients who want to develop a comprehensive Italian wine collection. She lives with her British photographer husband on the shore of Lake Bracciano, north of Rome, where they share their beautiful garden with one massive grapevine, two border collies and an arrogant diva cat. If you want to learn more about today’s host, you can by visiting: Facebook: Italian Wines in English Instagram: kiss_my_glassx Linkedin: www.linkedin.com/in/cynthia-chaplin-190647179/ 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 962 Marc Millon interviews Andrea Milesi of Ferrowine in this special 5Star Wines & Wine Without Walls episode of Wine, Food & Travel with Marc Millon on the Italian Wine Podcast. This is part of a special sub series in which Marc interviews the winners and the contributors of the competition in the coming weeks! More about Ferrowine: The adventure of the Ferro family began in 1920 as a tavern with a shop and then developed as a cellar. In those years, in fact, Giovanni Ferro bought grapes in the neighboring production areas and vinified them. A small business that supplied taverns, families and customers. Shortly thereafter, the first home distributions also started, which took place with a simple cart pulled by a horse.In the following years, his son Gastone transformed the winery business into a commercial company. He immediately joined wine with drinks, specializing in the trade of grappa, vermouth, chinati, French liqueurs and Marsala which were among the most popular products at the time. In 1990 his sons, Michela and Giovanni, took over the company and through expansions and acquisitions extended the commercial boundaries to the Montello and Pedemontana area. A more organized sales network and a new strategy allowed a wider and more widespread distribution. If you want to learn more you can by visiting: www.ferrowine.it/content/8-horeca More 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, England If you want to learn more about today’s guest, you can by visiting: quaypress.uk/ marcmillon.co.uk vino.co.uk quaypress.com LinkedIn: linkedin.com/in/marc-millon-50868624 Twitter: @Marc_Millon 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 961 Steve Raye interviews Riccardo Ricci Curbastro in this installment of Get US Market Ready With Italian Wine People on the Italian Wine Podcast. About today’s guest: Eighteen generations of Ricci Curbastro have led, starting with Pietro, born in 1380, farms in Romagna and Lombardy. These centuries-old traditions are now represented by the Rontana estate in Brisighella (RA) and the Ricci Curbastro estate in Franciacorta. The latter produced bottled wines as early as the 1800s, as evidenced by labels from 1885 still preserved today. It was transformed by Gualberto Ricci Curbastro into a modern wine company since 1967, when the D.O.C. Franciacorta, of which he was one of the eleven founders, was created. Of the 32 hectares of company surface, 28 are invested in vineyards and another 1,2 hectares are planned for 2021. The company practices organic farming as a natural continuation of the various environmental impact reduction practices that began in 1980, forty years ago. Since 2017 it has been among the first nine companies in Italy, first in Lombardy, certified as a “Sustainable Company” according to the Equalitas standard for its commitment in environmental, economic and social terms. The cellar where the fermentations and slow maturation of the Franciacorta DOCG are carried out is built underground in a vast secular park. The vinification is followed by the oenologists Andrea Rudelli, Annalisa Massetti and Riccardo Ricci Curbastro, a mix of experiences for wines intended for the increasingly demanding palates of consumers all over the world. The company’s production is well represented not only by the Franciacorta DOCG but also by the Curtefranca DOC and Sebino IGT wines. The Agricultural and Wine Museum is located inside the farmhouses of the Ricci Curbastro estate, a unique reality in Franciacorta that preserves thousands of objects that talk about the agricultural work of the past. Inaugurated in 1986, it is the result of meticulous research that began more than thirty years earlier by Gualberto Ricci Curbastro. Four rooms, divided into themes that can be visited upon reservation in order to be able to accompany you and tell you about our past and today work. You can find out more about this guest by visiting: www.riccicurbastro.it/ More 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 @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 960 in which host Polly Hammond interviews Christian Holthausen in this episode of Uncorked. This week, we’re joined by Christian Holthausen, an absolute rock star of Public & Press relations in wine. We’ll talk relationships, budgets, influencers, and how good ol’ fashioned bar stories can help us be better brand communicators. More about today’s guest: As the founder of Westbrook Marketing Partners, Christian Holthausen is an experienced Sales, Marketing & Communications Director with a successful track record of more than twenty years in the international wine and spirits industry developing and implementing comprehensive brand value strategies, and with a strong focus on the Champagne category. Holthausen currently works with several of the most prestigious producers in Champagne and also with a number of international clients. A dual citizen of France and the United States, Christian Holthausen graduated from New York’s Vassar College in 1996 with a double concentration in English Literature and Feminist Theory before completing his post-graduate studies at La Sorbonne in Paris in 1999. Prior to founding Westbrook Marketing Partners, Holthausen served as the Export Sales & International Communications Director for Champagne AR Lenoble for six years after spending seven years as the International House Communications Director for Champagnes Piper-Heidsieck & Charles Heidsieck. He previously spent five years managing the wine and champagne portfolio of Rémy Cointreau USA in New York after starting his career at Champagne Veuve Clicquot in 1999. In between, he also lived in London for 18 months where he was head of marketing for Nyetimber and a branding consultant for Gusbourne. Outside of his role at Champagne AR Lenoble, Holthausen has contributed articles on wine and spirits to a variety of publications including Meininger’s Wine Business International in Germany as well as Decanter, The Guardian, www.jancisrobinson.com and The World of Fine Wine in the United Kingdom. In 2017, he was shortlisted for Emerging Wine Writer of the Year at the Louis Roederer International Wine Writers Awards. To learn more visit: www.linkedin.com/in/christian-holthausen-04b3a92/ twitter.com/bosiechampagne More about the host Polly Hammond: 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 behavioural 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 about Polly Hammond visit: Twitter: @mme_hammond Instagram: @5forests website: 5forests.com/ 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 959, another installment of 'On The Road Edition', hosted by Stevie Kim. Today Stevie is interviewing Giampiero Bertolini of the Biondi Santi Group. More about the winery: Brunello di Montalcino is one of the most famous wines in Italy, and it is synonymous with the Biondi Santi family. The first recorded mention of Brunello was in 1869, when Clemente Santi won two silver medals for his “vino rosso scelto (Brunello) del 1865” at Montepulciano’s agricultural fair. His grandson Ferruccio inherited Clemente’s estates. Although there were other local families producing Brunello at the end of the 1800's, most stopped during the early 20th century and post World War II. Biondi Santi is the only winery that has continuously produced Brunello. Now in the 7th generation of winemakers, the Biondi-Santi family continues to produce great wines. Located in the heart of Montalcino, the Tenuta Greppo estate sprawls over 25 hectares of vines on soils rich in heavy stones and marl. To find out more about Biondi Santi go to: www.biondisanti.it/en/home/home More about the host 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/ 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 958 The Jumbo Shrimp Maps Series. Today we are going to continue our coverage of France, talking about the Dordogne region, the southwest. About the Series: We have specially created this free content for all our listeners who are studying for wine exams. Since Stevie Kim discovered Rosie Baker’s hand drawn maps on Instagram, our in house editorial and graphics team has been working on this project, and now the maps are available to purchase in Beta form, while they undergo the final proofing and editing by our Expert Advisory Board. It’s a 3 layered project, because we know everyone learns differently. We now offer the complete box set of 39 maps, this series of podcasts with the maps narrated by our crack team of wine educators, and finally the Study Guide Book which will be publish later this year. Our map project is in no way a substitute for the material set out by other educational organisations, but we hope all the Wine Students out there will find our map project a new, exciting and useful tool for learning. To purchase the Beta version box set of maps, please visit mammajumboshrimp.com To find out more about Mamma Jumbo Shrimp and how to buy the Maps visit: www.mammajumboshrimp.com More about the host Rebecca Lawrence: Dr Rebecca Lawrence is the lead faculty member of Italian Wine Academy and has been teaching with WSET in both Italy and the UK for just under a decade. In addition to her work as an educator she has co-authored several booked about wine, and is the Head of Editorial for Cru Luv, a media agency that specialises in blending wine and hip-hop culture. To find out more about Rebecca visit: www.rosmarinoevino.com/ 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 956 The Jumbo Shrimp Maps Series. Today we are going to continue our coverage of France, talking about the Southern Rhone area. About the Series: We have specially created this free content for all our listeners who are studying for wine exams. Since Stevie Kim discovered Rosie Baker’s hand drawn maps on Instagram, our in house editorial and graphics team has been working on this project, and now the maps are available to purchase in Beta form, while they undergo the final proofing and editing by our Expert Advisory Board. It’s a 3 layered project, because we know everyone learns differently. We now offer the complete box set of 39 maps, this series of podcasts with the maps narrated by our crack team of wine educators, and finally the Study Guide Book which will be publish later this year. Our map project is in no way a substitute for the material set out by other educational organisations, but we hope all the Wine Students out there will find our map project a new, exciting and useful tool for learning. To purchase the Beta version box set of maps, please visit mammajumboshrimp.com To find out more about Mamma Jumbo Shrimp and how to buy the Maps visit: www.mammajumboshrimp.com More about the host Rebecca Lawrence: Dr Rebecca Lawrence is the lead faculty member of Italian Wine Academy and has been teaching with WSET in both Italy and the UK for just under a decade. In addition to her work as an educator she has co-authored several booked about wine, and is the Head of Editorial for Cru Luv, a media agency that specialises in blending wine and hip-hop culture. To find out more about Rebecca visit: www.rosmarinoevino.com/ 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 954 in which Stevie Kim asks Professore Attilio Scienza another wine question, taken from the pool of questions posed by listeners all over Italy and beyond. 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: @steviekim222 Instagram: @steviekim222 Website: vinitalyinternational.com/wordpress/ 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 957 The Jumbo Shrimp Maps Series. Today we are going to continue our coverage of France, talking about the South of this great country. About the Series: We have specially created this free content for all our listeners who are studying for wine exams. Since Stevie Kim discovered Rosie Baker’s hand drawn maps on Instagram, our in house editorial and graphics team has been working on this project, and now the maps are available to purchase in Beta form, while they undergo the final proofing and editing by our Expert Advisory Board. It’s a 3 layered project, because we know everyone learns differently. We now offer the complete box set of 39 maps, this series of podcasts with the maps narrated by our crack team of wine educators, and finally the Study Guide Book which will be publish later this year. Our map project is in no way a substitute for the material set out by other educational organisations, but we hope all the Wine Students out there will find our map project a new, exciting and useful tool for learning. To purchase the Beta version box set of maps, please visit mammajumboshrimp.com To find out more about Mamma Jumbo Shrimp and how to buy the Maps visit: www.mammajumboshrimp.com More about the host Rebecca Lawrence: Dr Rebecca Lawrence is the lead faculty member of Italian Wine Academy and has been teaching with WSET in both Italy and the UK for just under a decade. In addition to her work as an educator she has co-authored several booked about wine, and is the Head of Editorial for Cru Luv, a media agency that specialises in blending wine and hip-hop culture. To find out more about Rebecca visit: www.rosmarinoevino.com/ 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 955 The Jumbo Shrimp Maps Series. Today we are going to continue our coverage of France, talking about the Northern Rhone area. About the Series: We have specially created this free content for all our listeners who are studying for wine exams. Since Stevie Kim discovered Rosie Baker’s hand drawn maps on Instagram, our in house editorial and graphics team has been working on this project, and now the maps are available to purchase in Beta form, while they undergo the final proofing and editing by our Expert Advisory Board. It’s a 3 layered project, because we know everyone learns differently. We now offer the complete box set of 39 maps, this series of podcasts with the maps narrated by our crack team of wine educators, and finally the Study Guide Book which will be publish later this year. Our map project is in no way a substitute for the material set out by other educational organisations, but we hope all the Wine Students out there will find our map project a new, exciting and useful tool for learning. To purchase the Beta version box set of maps, please visit mammajumboshrimp.com To find out more about Mamma Jumbo Shrimp and how to buy the Maps visit: www.mammajumboshrimp.com More about the host Rebecca Lawrence: Dr Rebecca Lawrence is the lead faculty member of Italian Wine Academy and has been teaching with WSET in both Italy and the UK for just under a decade. In addition to her work as an educator she has co-authored several booked about wine, and is the Head of Editorial for Cru Luv, a media agency that specialises in blending wine and hip-hop culture. To find out more about Rebecca visit: www.rosmarinoevino.com/ 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 953; Emerging trends in gastronomy and wine tourism: well-being, sustainability and engagement will drive future travellers’ choices with Roberta Garibaldi & Renee Sferazza Welcome 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 today’s session: The COVID-19 crisis has deeply changed travellers’ behaviors. Despite their interest towards gastronomic and wine experiences is still growing, they are requesting even more innovative, engaging, active and sustainable experiences. Roberta Garibaldi will present the new needs and expectations as well as emerging trends. A particular attention will be placed on (1) wine tourism, by presenting the new proposals that travellers are seeking along with traditional tastings and visits, and (2) sustainability in gastronomic and wine experiences, by explaining the sustainability issues that may drive travellers’ decisions and showing how to crate sustainable experiences. The presentation also includes a wide range of national and international best practices, as to concretely explain how suppliers can adapt their current offering. About the Speakers Roberta Garibaldi Roberta Garibaldi is a university professor, author of the Rapporto sul Turismo Enogastronomico Italiano (report on gastronomy tourism in Italy), president of the Associazione Italiana Turismo Enogastronomico (Italian Association of Gastronomy Tourism) and advisor to the Italian Minister of Tourism Massimo Garavaglia on food and wine tourism. She is also a member of the Board of Directors of the World Food Travel Association and of the Board of Advisors of the World Gastronomy Institute. She works on research, training and territorial development projects related to food and wine tourism and is a keynote speaker at the main thematic conferences on the subject, such as those of UNWTO – United Nations Tourism Agency – and the World Economic Forum in Davos. Connect Facebook: www.facebook.com/roberta.garibaldi Instagram: @roberta_garibaldi Twitter: @robi_garibaldi LinkedIn: www.linkedin.com/in/roberta-garibaldi-2010b92a/ Let's keep in touch! Follow us on our social media channels: Instagram @italianwinepodcast Facebook @ItalianWinePodcast Twitter @itawinepodast 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 952 Stevie Kim moderates Clubhouse’s Ambassadors Corner – In this episode Anna Obuhovskaya interviews Pierangelo Tommasi. 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: Anna Obuhovskaya is based in Saint-Petersburg, Russia. She has 13 years of experience in wine marketing & sales. She worked in Luding, Nesco, Joia, Metro C&C in Russia. She was the best cavist in 2011 of Metro Cash and Carry Russia. Last year, she also participated in Vinitaly International Academy in Verona. Her current project includes holding seminars at the Saint-Petersburg Sommelier Association focusing on Italian wines as well as running an Italian wine tasting club of which she is the founder, she also works as freelance wine expert for Piermaggio wine importer. If you want to learn more about today’s guest host, you can by visiting: Facebook: Anna Obuhovskaya About today’s guest producer: Pierangelo Tommasi was born in 1975 in one of the greatest Italian wine families: Tommasi Family Estates, founded in 1902. He is one of the 9 members of the current 4th generation, who run the family wine business. Tommasi Viticoltori is the historical wine company which headquarter is located in the heart of the Valpolicella Classico region in Verona but with own vineyeards in the other Veronese doc wine regions ( a total of 242 hectares under vines ). In 1997 Tommasi family started a journey of expansion in the best Italian wine territories; that today includes 7 wineries and a total of 780 Ha under vines: Casisano estate in Montalcino-Tucany for the production of the noble Brunello and Rosso wines. Poggio Al Tufo estate in Maremma Toscana, southern Tuscany. Masseria Surani estate in Manduria - Puglia for the production of Primitivo. Tenuta di Caseo estate in Oltrepo’ Pavese - Lombardy, land of Pinot Nero for Metodo Classico sparkling wines. Paternoster estate, the historic and high end producer from Basilicata, land of Aglianico del Vulture. In addition to these 5 estates, Tommasi has a work in progress project in Orvieto – Umbria ( to be launched in 2024 ) and the newest exciting acquisition on Etna – Sicily ( to be launched in 2023 ). If you want to learn more about today’s guest producer, you can by visiting: [email protected] 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/ 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/

Welcome to Episode 951 Cynthia Chaplin interviews Jordan Salcito, in this installment of Voices, on the Italian Wine Podcast. More about today’s guest: Jordan Salcito is a wine industry veteran with over a decade spent working as a sommelier and at some of the world’s most storied wineries including Domaines Comte Liger-Belair and Dujac. She began her wine career in New York as a cook at DANIEL, then sommelier at Eleven Madison Park, and eventually Wine & Beverage Director for David Chang's Momofuku restaurants. An impassioned entrepreneur, Jordan is also the founder of Drink RAMONA, Inc., a beloved line of organic Italian wine & spritzes. About Drink RAMONA, Inc. Founded by Jordan Salcito in late 2016, Drink RAMONA, Inc. is responsible for RAMONA, a beloved portfolio of five spritzes and a dry sparkling rosé, all in 250ml recyclable aluminum cans that define wine without rules. A veteran of Eleven Madison Park and former Beverage Director for David Chang’s Momofuku restaurants, Salcito created RAMONA when she noticed a void in the market for premium quality, organic beverages meant for casual moments. Simply put, RAMONA is wine, but cooler. In 2018, RAMONA partnered with Whole Foods on national distribution. In 2019, RAMONA received multiple Double Gold Medals and a Gold Medal from the renowned San Francisco International Wine Competition, and in 2020, the brand launched direct-to-consumer. If you want to learn more about today’s guests, you can by visiting: www.drinkramona.com Instagram @drinkramona About today’s Host: Cynthia Chaplin is a Vinitaly International Academy certified Italian Wine Ambassador, a professional sommelier with Fondazione Italiana Sommelier, a member of Le Donne del Vino, and a Professor of Italian wine and culture. Born in the USA, Cynthia moved to Europe in 1990 where she has lived in Spain, Belgium, England and Italy. She chose to center her career in Rome and immerse herself in the Italian wine sector, which is her passion. She has taught university students and expats, works with embassies, corporations and private clients, creating and presenting tastings, events, seminars and in-depth courses. Cynthia is a wine writer, translator, and a judge at international wine and sake competitions. She consults with restaurants and enotecas assisting in the development of comprehensive wine lists and excellent food pairings, as well as advising private clients who want to develop a comprehensive Italian wine collection. She lives with her British photographer husband on the shore of Lake Bracciano, north of Rome, where they share their beautiful garden with one massive grapevine, two border collies and an arrogant diva cat. If you want to learn more about today’s host, you can by visiting: Facebook: Italian Wines in English Instagram: kiss_my_glassx Linkedin: www.linkedin.com/in/cynthia-chaplin-190647179/ 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 950 Marc Millon interviews Elisa Centanni of the Azienda Agricola Biologica Centanni in this special 5Star Wines & Wine Without Walls episode of Wine, Food & Travel with Marc Millon on the Italian Wine Podcast. This is part of a special sub series in which Marc interviews the winners of the competition in the coming weeks! More about today’s winery: Their farm is organically certified and they ensure that their vineyards and their wines closely follow the expert winemaking tradition that the family has evolved over the decades. Combined with this tradition, they use sophisticated business strategies. So their wines are distinctive for their quality and simplicity, as well as their harmony and taste. This is the basis for a family adventure which is looking to the future. If you want to learn more you can by visiting: www.vinicentanni.it/site/en/contacts/ More 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, England If you want to learn more about today’s guest, you can by visiting: quaypress.uk/ marcmillon.co.uk vino.co.uk quaypress.com LinkedIn: linkedin.com/in/marc-millon-50868624 Twitter: @Marc_Millon 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 949 Steve Raye interviews Kelly Ford in this installment of Get US Market Ready With Italian Wine People on the Italian Wine Podcast. About today’s guest: Kelly Somm is your average e-commerce wine purveyer. Kely decided to build a micro business that could make a difference in helping keep the Nevada wine scene a diverse and fun as possible. In building a thriving, nimble and flexible online site, it serves not only Nevada but several other states as well. You can find out more about this guest by visiting: www.kellysomm.com Instagram: @kellysomm More 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 @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 948 in which host Polly Hammond interviews Adam Lechmere in this episode of Uncorked. Today we welcome Adam Lechmere, veteran wine writer, consultant editor of Club Oenologique and all around lovely bloke. Adam is bringing the skinny on this week’s London Wine Fair, and letting me ask him all sorts of questions about regenerative agriculture, the world’s most expensive wine, and how the hell we are supposed to communicate a complex topic to different audiences across fractured markets. More about today’s guest: Adam Lechmere has been writing about wine for more than 20 years. Consultant editor of Club Oenologique, formerly launch editor of decanter.com, he has contributed to many journals and newspapers including Decanter, World of Fine Wine, Meininger’s, the Guardian and the Observer. Before joining the wine world he worked for the BBC, and as a music and film journalist. To learn more visit: twitter@AdamLechmere Insta: @adam_lechmere Articles: cluboenologique.com/author/adamlechmere/ More about the host Polly Hammond: 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 behavioural 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 about Polly Hammond visit: Twitter: @mme_hammond Instagram: @5forests website: 5forests.com/ 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 947 - another installment of 'On The Road Edition', hosted by Stevie Kim. Today's episode is a continuation of Stevie's visit to the Chianti Classico region of Tuscany, in Italy's wine heartland. Listen in as Stevie continues her conversation with Giovanna Stianti Mascheroni and her daughter Federica Mascheroni Stianti. They talk about the winery, the vineyards and taste some wines! This is a 2 part interview. Today's interview is Part 2 of 2 More about Fattoria Castello di Volpaia Winery: The first documents that mention Volpaia date back to 1172, where today wines are produced using organic farming. Already included among the three best wines in the world by Wine Spectator Volpaia is known all over the world for the uniqueness of its cellars hidden in the walls of the ancient fortified village. Volpaia has villas, apartments and rooms for rent, organizes cooking schools and tastings. "The Volpaia area is a unique terroir in the Chianti Classico area. The vineyards around 45 hectares are over 400 m. above sea level. on predominantly sandstone soils rich in skeleton suitable for the production of elegant and long-lived reds, harmonious and aristocratic wines that manage to maintain the fruity aromas of the best Sangiovese for a long time. Typical wines of the so-called "Alto Chianti" and easily recognizable for the composite elegance of their bouquet referable not only to the microclimate of the area, but also to the very particular clonal selection carried out by the farm which led to the rediscovery and re-grafting of ancient autochthonous Sangiovese strains. This long process has led to the creation of 3 Crus: Coltassala, Il Puro and Balifico, each with its own distinctive features." Find out more about the winery by visiting: volpaia.com/#il_borgo More about the host 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/ 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 944 The Jumbo Shrimp Maps Series. Today we are going to continue covering France; Map 5 Burgundy No. 1 About the Series: We have specially created this free content for all our listeners who are studying for wine exams. Since Stevie Kim discovered Rosie Baker’s hand drawn maps on Instagram, our in house editorial and graphics team has been working on this project, and now the maps are available to purchase in Beta form, while they undergo the final proofing and editing by our Expert Advisory Board. It’s a 3 layered project, because we know everyone learns differently. We now offer the complete box set of 39 maps, this series of podcasts with the maps narrated by our crack team of wine educators, and finally the Study Guide Book which will be publish later this year. Our map project is in no way a substitute for the material set out by other educational organisations, but we hope all the Wine Students out there will find our map project a new, exciting and useful tool for learning. To purchase the Beta version box set of maps, please visit mammajumboshrimp.com To find out more about Mamma Jumbo Shrimp and how to buy the Maps visit: www.mammajumboshrimp.com More about the host Rebecca Lawrence: Dr Rebecca Lawrence is the lead faculty member of Italian Wine Academy and has been teaching with WSET in both Italy and the UK for just under a decade. In addition to her work as an educator she has co-authored several booked about wine, and is the Head of Editorial for Cru Luv, a media agency that specialises in blending wine and hip hop culture. To find out more about Rebecca visit: www.rosmarinoevino.com/ 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 946 The Jumbo Shrimp Maps Series. Today we are going to continue covering France; Map 7 Beaujolais About the Series: We have specially created this free content for all our listeners who are studying for wine exams. Since Stevie Kim discovered Rosie Baker’s hand drawn maps on Instagram, our in house editorial and graphics team has been working on this project, and now the maps are available to purchase in Beta form, while they undergo the final proofing and editing by our Expert Advisory Board. It’s a 3 layered project, because we know everyone learns differently. We now offer the complete box set of 39 maps, this series of podcasts with the maps narrated by our crack team of wine educators, and finally the Study Guide Book which will be publish later this year. Our map project is in no way a substitute for the material set out by other educational organisations, but we hope all the Wine Students out there will find our map project a new, exciting and useful tool for learning. To purchase the Beta version box set of maps, please visit mammajumboshrimp.com To find out more about Mamma Jumbo Shrimp and how to buy the Maps visit: www.mammajumboshrimp.com More about the host Rebecca Lawrence: Dr Rebecca Lawrence is the lead faculty member of Italian Wine Academy and has been teaching with WSET in both Italy and the UK for just under a decade. In addition to her work as an educator she has co-authored several booked about wine, and is the Head of Editorial for Cru Luv, a media agency that specialises in blending wine and hip hop culture. To find out more about Rebecca visit: www.rosmarinoevino.com/ 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 943 in which Professore Attilio Scienza leads another Seminar during Vinitaly 2022 entitled: The Denominations Of Origin Of Italian Wine, To Protect The Producer And The Consumer. **WARNING AUDIO IS LESS THAN PERFECT!** This Seminar has been cut into 4. Today’s episode is Part 4! 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: @steviekim222 Instagram: @steviekim222 Website: vinitalyinternational.com/wordpress/ 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 945 The Jumbo Shrimp Maps Series. Today we are going to continue covering France; Map 6 Burgundy No. 2 About the Series: We have specially created this free content for all our listeners who are studying for wine exams. Since Stevie Kim discovered Rosie Baker’s hand drawn maps on Instagram, our in house editorial and graphics team has been working on this project, and now the maps are available to purchase in Beta form, while they undergo the final proofing and editing by our Expert Advisory Board. It’s a 3 layered project, because we know everyone learns differently. We now offer the complete box set of 39 maps, this series of podcasts with the maps narrated by our crack team of wine educators, and finally the Study Guide Book which will be publish later this year. Our map project is in no way a substitute for the material set out by other educational organisations, but we hope all the Wine Students out there will find our map project a new, exciting and useful tool for learning. To purchase the Beta version box set of maps, please visit mammajumboshrimp.com To find out more about Mamma Jumbo Shrimp and how to buy the Maps visit: www.mammajumboshrimp.com More about the host Rebecca Lawrence: Dr Rebecca Lawrence is the lead faculty member of Italian Wine Academy and has been teaching with WSET in both Italy and the UK for just under a decade. In addition to her work as an educator she has co-authored several booked about wine, and is the Head of Editorial for Cru Luv, a media agency that specialises in blending wine and hip hop culture. To find out more about Rebecca visit: www.rosmarinoevino.com/ 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 942 The Jumbo Shrimp Maps Series. Today we are going to cover France, Bordeaux the right bank. About the Series: We have specially created this free content for all our listeners who are studying for wine exams. Since Stevie Kim discovered Rosie Baker’s hand drawn maps on Instagram, our in house editorial and graphics team has been working on this project, and now the maps are available to purchase in Beta form, while they undergo the final proofing and editing by our Expert Advisory Board. It’s a 3 layered project, because we know everyone learns differently. We now offer the complete box set of 39 maps, this series of podcasts with the maps narrated by our crack team of wine educators, and finally the Study Guide Book which will be publish later this year. Our map project is in no way a substitute for the material set out by other educational organisations, but we hope all the Wine Students out there will find our map project a new, exciting and useful tool for learning. To purchase the Beta version box set of maps, please visit mammajumboshrimp.com To find out more about Mamma Jumbo Shrimp and how to buy the Maps visit: www.mammajumboshrimp.com More about the host Rebecca Lawrence: Dr Rebecca Lawrence is the lead faculty member of Italian Wine Academy and has been teaching with WSET in both Italy and the UK for just under a decade. In addition to her work as an educator she has co-authored several booked about wine, and is the Head of Editorial for Cru Luv, a media agency that specialises in blending wine and hip hop culture. To find out more about Rebecca visit: www.rosmarinoevino.com/ 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 937 Stevie Kim moderates Clubhouse’s Ambassadors Corner – In this episode Scott Thomas interviews Enrico Rivetto. 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: Scott Thomas, VIA Verona 2022 Italian Wine Ambassador has spent nearly two decades exploring the wide world of wine as a sommelier; in wine distribution, as a winery sales director, and he spent two plus years in Piemonte and Chianti Classico. He has extensive professional qualifications, including certifications as a VIA Italian Wine Ambassador, Certified Wine Educator, and recently he earned his Master’s Degree in Wine Culture and Communication at Slow Food’s University of Gastronomic Sciences in Pollenzo, Italy. As a freelance educator and consultant based in Colorado, Scott is passionately committed to promoting Italy’s diverse food and wine culture. If you want to learn more about today’s guest host, you can by visiting: Instagram: @_scott_thomas_wino LinkedIn: www.linkedin.com/in/scott-thomas-…e-iwa-215069177/ About today’s guest producer: Enrico Rivetto was born in 1978 (a very good vintage for Barolo!), he is the 4th generation of a family that always grown vineyards and made typical wines from the Langhe area. He graduated in wine making at the Enological school in Alba and soon joined the family business. In the last decade something happened: Some call it an awakening, when people become the men and women they were meant to be. For his, this sense of awareness made him feel part of a whole; it made him see what he originally thought were single and independent bodies, become a harmonious system made up of complementary elements that interact with each other. If you want to learn more about today’s guest producer, you can by visiting: Facebook @rivettowines Instagram @rivetto_wines Twitter @rivetto Website www.rivetto.it/en/ 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/ 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/

Welcome to Episode 941 The Jumbo Shrimp Maps Series. Today we are going to cover France, Bordeaux the left bank. About the Series: We have specially created this free content for all our listeners who are studying for wine exams. Since Stevie Kim discovered Rosie Baker’s hand drawn maps on Instagram, our in house editorial and graphics team has been working on this project, and now the maps are available to purchase in Beta form, while they undergo the final proofing and editing by our Expert Advisory Board. It’s a 3 layered project, because we know everyone learns differently. We now offer the complete box set of 39 maps, this series of podcasts with the maps narrated by our crack team of wine educators, and finally the Study Guide Book which will be publish later this year. Our map project is in no way a substitute for the material set out by other educational organisations, but we hope all the Wine Students out there will find our map project a new, exciting and useful tool for learning. To purchase the Beta version box set of maps, please visit mammajumboshrimp.com To find out more about Mamma Jumbo Shrimp and how to buy the Maps visit: www.mammajumboshrimp.com More about the host Rebecca Lawrence: Dr Rebecca Lawrence is the lead faculty member of Italian Wine Academy and has been teaching with WSET in both Italy and the UK for just under a decade. In addition to her work as an educator she has co-authored several booked about wine, and is the Head of Editorial for Cru Luv, a media agency that specialises in blending wine and hip hop culture. To find out more about Rebecca visit: www.rosmarinoevino.com/ 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 938; Refreshing your brand story for the US Market with Juliana Colangelo and Michelle Erwin Welcome 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 today’s session: With a changing consumer demographic and preferences, distributor consolidation, and brand explosion, we can all agree the wine business is more competitive today than ever before. The key to success in this day and age is brand pull, recall, strength, notoriety, recognition → brand awareness. A brand refresh strategy requires less risk than a total rebranding, and it can still get you the results you need to remain competitive. By making subtle changes to your positioning, messaging, and how you communicate, you can: Protect the integrity of your brand Expand your reach to new customers Ensure your company image keeps up with the changing marketplace. Michelle Erland, Senior Account Executive and Juliana Colangelo, Vice President of Colangelo & Partners, will talk about strategies and tools to refresh and differentiate your brand story to stand-out in the U.S. market for both press and trade audiences. Using case studies and data, they will share some of the most current and successful tactics for communicating your brand story to reach your target audience. About the Speakers Juliana Colangelo IWA Juliana Colangelo has been a part of the Colangelo & Partners team since 2013 and has worked extensively throughout the company on media relations, client and team management and new business development. Juliana has developed a personal and creative approach to the business, providing excellent client service and building strong press relationships. She is dedicated to delivering results, and working closely with clients to realize their communications goals. She has secured feature stories and placements on behalf of clients in top media outlets such as Bloomberg, WSJ Live, Market Watch, Chicago Tribune, Beverage Media, Wine & Spirits and more. Juliana has worked with a diverse range of wine clients such as: Wines of South Africa, Frescobaldi Toscana, Mulderbosch Vineyards, Charles Krug, Larkmead Vineyards, Kosta Browne and Kendall-Jackson Connect Instagram: @julezcolang Twitter: @julezcolang LinkedIn: www.linkedin.com/in/juliana-colan…lo-mba-04345539/ Michelle Erland IWA Michelle Erland is a New York-based Sommelier and a Senior Account Executive with Colangelo & Partners Public Relations, an integrated communications agency that specializes in fine wine, spirits, and food. At C&P she works on an array of campaigns including Charles Krug, Marques de Murrieta, Benchmark Wine Group, Prosecco DOC, Frescobaldi, Barolo & Barbaresco, and Livio Felluga. Michelle is a graduate of the Intensive Sommelier Program at the International Culinary Center (French Culinary Institute) and a Certified Sommelier through the Court of Master Sommeliers, Americas. In 2017, she became a Vinitaly Italian Wine Ambassador. She holds an MBA with a concentration in the hospitality sector through Johnson & Wales University. In 2020, Michelle earned her Crisis Communication Certificate through Cornell University’s Johnson Graduate School of Management. Connect: Facebook: www.facebook.com/michellejane.13 Instagram: @vino_with_me Twitter: @vino_with_me LinkedIn: www.linkedin.com/in/michelle-erland-mba-952bb444/ Let's keep in touch! Follow us on our social media channels: Instagram @italianwinepodcast Facebook @ItalianWinePodcast Twitter @itawinepodast 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 940 The Jumbo Shrimp Maps Series. Today we are going to cover France, Bordeaux. About the Series: We have specially created this free content for all our listeners who are studying for wine exams. Since Stevie Kim discovered Rosie Baker’s hand drawn maps on Instagram, our in house editorial and graphics team has been working on this project, and now the maps are available to purchase in Beta form, while they undergo the final proofing and editing by our Expert Advisory Board. It’s a 3 layered project, because we know everyone learns differently. We now offer the complete box set of 39 maps, this series of podcasts with the maps narrated by our crack team of wine educators, and finally the Study Guide Book which will be publish later this year. Our map project is in no way a substitute for the material set out by other educational organisations, but we hope all the Wine Students out there will find our map project a new, exciting and useful tool for learning. To purchase the Beta version box set of maps, please visit mammajumboshrimp.com To find out more about Mamma Jumbo Shrimp and how to buy the Maps visit: www.mammajumboshrimp.com More about the host Rebecca Lawrence: Dr Rebecca Lawrence is the lead faculty member of Italian Wine Academy and has been teaching with WSET in both Italy and the UK for just under a decade. In addition to her work as an educator she has co-authored several booked about wine, and is the Head of Editorial for Cru Luv, a media agency that specialises in blending wine and hip hop culture. To find out more about Rebecca visit: www.rosmarinoevino.com/ 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 939 The Jumbo Shrimp Maps Series. Today we are going to cover France in general About the Series: We have specially created this free content for all our listeners who are studying for wine exams. Since Stevie Kim discovered Rosie Baker’s hand drawn maps on Instagram, our in house editorial and graphics team has been working on this project, and now the maps are available to purchase in Beta form, while they undergo the final proofing and editing by our Expert Advisory Board. It’s a 3 layered project, because we know everyone learns differently. We now offer the complete box set of 39 maps, this series of podcasts with the maps narrated by our crack team of wine educators, and finally the Study Guide Book which will be publish later this year. Our map project is in no way a substitute for the material set out by other educational organisations, but we hope all the Wine Students out there will find our map project a new, exciting and useful tool for learning. To purchase the Beta version box set of maps, please visit mammajumboshrimp.com To find out more about Mamma Jumbo Shrimp and how to buy the Maps visit: www.mammajumboshrimp.com More about the host Rebecca Lawrence: Dr Rebecca Lawrence is the lead faculty member of Italian Wine Academy and has been teaching with WSET in both Italy and the UK for just under a decade. In addition to her work as an educator she has co-authored several booked about wine, and is the Head of Editorial for Cru Luv, a media agency that specialises in blending wine and hip hop culture. To find out more about Rebecca visit: www.rosmarinoevino.com/ 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 918 Cynthia Chaplin interviews Jason Mikami, in this installment of Voices, on the Italian Wine Podcast. More about today’s guest: In 1896, Jason’s grandfather journeyed to California, settling in Lodi where he developed a passion for grape growing. Now in their second century and 3rd generation of farming, Mikami Vineyards produces single vineyard, handcrafted wines from the premier blocks of their family vineyard estate. Their wines are a tribute to their father who for over 40 years managed their 15-acre vineyard by hand, but never saw the release of these wines. They are committed to sustainable farming practices and producing a refined, balanced style of wine. If you want to learn more about today’s guests, you can by visiting: Website: mikamivineyards.com Instagram: instagram.com/mikamivineyards Facebook: facebook.com/mikamivineyards About today’s Host: Cynthia Chaplin is a Vinitaly International Academy certified Italian Wine Ambassador, a professional sommelier with Fondazione Italiana Sommelier, a member of Le Donne del Vino, and a Professor of Italian wine and culture. Born in the USA, Cynthia moved to Europe in 1990 where she has lived in Spain, Belgium, England and Italy. She chose to center her career in Rome and immerse herself in the Italian wine sector, which is her passion. She has taught university students and expats, works with embassies, corporations and private clients, creating and presenting tastings, events, seminars and in-depth courses. Cynthia is a wine writer, translator, and a judge at international wine and sake competitions. She consults with restaurants and enotecas assisting in the development of comprehensive wine lists and excellent food pairings, as well as advising private clients who want to develop a comprehensive Italian wine collection. She lives with her British photographer husband on the shore of Lake Bracciano, north of Rome, where they share their beautiful garden with one massive grapevine, two border collies and an arrogant diva cat. If you want to learn more about today’s host, you can by visiting: Facebook: Italian Wines in English Instagram: kiss_my_glassx Linkedin: www.linkedin.com/in/cynthia-chaplin-190647179/ 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 935 Marc Millon interviews Alberto Pezzuoli of the Azienda Agricola Pezzuoli, in this special 5Star Wines & Wine Without Walls episode of Wine, Food & Travel with Marc Millon on the Italian Wine Podcast. This is part of a special sub series in which Marc interviews the winners of the competition in the coming weeks! More about today’s winery: Their cellar has existed since 1932, and they have been winemakers for four generations. The winery is family run. The first office was in Carpi. After the Second World War Alberto’s grandfather moved the production to Maranello. Since then they have continued to develop, following innovation, always with a view to optimizing product quality. Farmers for three generations, always rooted in the fertile soils of the hills and plains of Modena, at Cantina Pezzuoli they take care of the DOC vines of the famous Lambrusco Salamino di Santa Croce, of which they own the first vine registered in the DOC register, and also the vines of Lambrusco di Sorbara, Lambrusco Grasparossa di Castelvetro and other great wines. Only in this way can one of the most extraordinary examples of alcoholic fermentation be obtained, through skillful vinification in the cellar at strictly controlled temperature and humidity, as tradition dictates, creating excellent Lambrusco. If you want to learn more you can by visiting: www.pezzuoli.it/azienda-agricola-pezzuoli/ More 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, England If you want to learn more about today’s guest, you can by visiting: quaypress.uk/ marcmillon.co.uk vino.co.uk quaypress.com LinkedIn: linkedin.com/in/marc-millon-50868624 Twitter: @Marc_Millon 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 934 Steve Raye interviews Bourcard Nesin in this installment of Get US Market Ready With Italian Wine People on the Italian Wine Podcast. About today’s guest: Bourcard Nesin is a research analyst at Rabobank, where he helps some of the world’s largest food and beverage companies navigate e-commerce and digital transformation. His research has been featured in The Economist, Bloomberg, Wall Street Journal, Forbes, USA Today, Progressive Grocer and other leading publications. He also co-hosts and produces Liquid Assets, the world’s highest beverage industry podcast. You can find out more about this guest by visiting: Website: Liquid Assets: A Beverage Industry Podcast on Apple Podcasts Twitter: @beveragepodcast Linkedin: Bourcard Nesin | LinkedIn More 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 @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 933 in which host Polly Hammond interviews Lis Clément in this episode of Uncorked. More about todays guest: Prior to taking over as Director of her family's winery, Bodega y Viñedos Clément, Lis spent years honing her wine marketing and communication expertise. She worked at Wines of Argentina as Marketing & Communications Manager, where she created Malbec World Day, an event celebrated in more than 60 countries. She served as Senior Brand Manager at Peñaflor Group (Argentina’s largest wine company) and founded Foster Newton, a wine marketing agency. Lis is the creative mind behind the successful implementation of a variety of communication and marketing plans for brands such as Susana Balbo Wines, Bodega del Fin del Mundo, Trivento, Rutini Wines, Cadus Wines, Finca Sophenia, Finca El Origen, among others. If you want to learn more visit: bodegaclement.com/ www.linkedin.com/in/lisclement/ referenced in pod: www.instagram.com/hllwdvino/?hl=en More about the host Polly Hammond: 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 behavioural 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 about Polly Hammond visit: Twitter: @mme_hammond Instagram: @5forests website: 5forests.com/ 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 932 - another installment of 'On The Road Edition', hosted by Stevie Kim. Today's episode is set in the Chianti Classico region of Tuscany, in Italy's wine heartland. Stevie Kim visits the town and spends some time interviewing Giovanna Stianti Mascheroni and her daughter Federica Mascheroni Stianti. They talk about the winery, the vineyards and taste some wines! This is a 2 part interview. Today's interview is Part 1 of 2 More about Fattoria Castello di Volpaia Winery: The first documents that mention Volpaia date back to 1172, where today wines are produced using organic farming. Already included among the three best wines in the world by Wine Spectator Volpaia is known all over the world for the uniqueness of its cellars hidden in the walls of the ancient fortified village. Volpaia has villas, apartments and rooms for rent, organizes cooking schools and tastings. "The Volpaia area is a unique terroir in the Chianti Classico area. The vineyards around 45 hectares are over 400 m. above sea level. on predominantly sandstone soils rich in skeleton suitable for the production of elegant and long-lived reds, harmonious and aristocratic wines that manage to maintain the fruity aromas of the best Sangiovese for a long time. Typical wines of the so-called "Alto Chianti" and easily recognizable for the composite elegance of their bouquet referable not only to the microclimate of the area, but also to the very particular clonal selection carried out by the farm which led to the rediscovery and re-grafting of ancient autochthonous Sangiovese strains. This long process has led to the creation of 3 Crus: Coltassala, Il Puro and Balifico, each with its own distinctive features." Find out more about the winery by visiting: volpaia.com/#il_borgo More about the host 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/ 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 930 in which Professore Attilio Scienza leads another Seminar during Vinitaly 2022 entitled: The Denominations Of Origin Of Italian Wine, To Protect The Producer And The Consumer. **WARNING AUDIO IS LESS THAN PERFECT!** This Seminar has been cut into 4. Today’s episode is Part 3! 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: @steviekim222 Instagram: @steviekim222 Website: vinitalyinternational.com/wordpress/ 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!