Italian Wine Podcast

Hello again folks! Tune in to this 4th installment of our extra-special episodes dedicated to Scienza and the Marchese. Scienza fans can get a sneak peek into his life growing up as he talks to one of his oldest buddies! The Marchese and Scienza sit down and remember some of their heroic work, going to France and planting vines... trying to uncover a mystery around Carmenere and Cabernet Sauvignon... Until next time, CIN CIN! (How do you say cin cin in your language?) 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/

Episode 587 Giro D'Italia 2021 Between Wine And Food By Marc Millon - Stages 17, 18 & 19. Welcome to this special edition where we talk wines and the Giro D’Italia. We held an exceptional ClubHouse Room dedicated to Giro d’Italia but…it was not recorded. I know, I know, Bummer. But anyway, we thought about sharing some notes about the first stage of the Giro - written and read by Marc Millon - a food, wine, and travel writer, and the author of numerous books as well as magazine articles published on both sides of the Atlantic. Stay tuned! You can find out more about Marc by visiting: www.marcmillon.co.uk/ 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!

Episode 586 Rebecca Lawrence interviews Regine Lee MW in this series entitled "Voices". More About Regine: Previously a management consultant, Regine joined the wine trade in 2010 and has a wide range of industry experience, including trade marketing, education and sales. She worked at WSET for several years to develop their Asia-Pacific markets, and is currently the Head of Operations at Liberty Wines. Liberty is one of the top wine importer/wholesalers in the UK, and sells to a variety of different channels. She also has had winemaking experience at Jordan Wine Estate in Stellenbosch through the Premium Independent Wineries of South Africa’s inaugural Women in Wine vintage program in 2014. Regine is a co-founder of Women in Wine London, a trade networking group that organizes events to develop women professionally and provide a forum for discussing key developments in the industry. In 2018, Regine became a Master of Wine. In 2020, she has been recognized as an IWSC/WSET’s Future 50 Award Winner and a nominee for WSET’s Outstanding Alumni Award. 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!

Episode 585 Monty Waldin interviews Denise Marrone, of Agricola Marrone. In season four of the Italian Wine Podcast Monty focuses on Biodynamic and Organic wines. More about Denise: "I’m Denise Marrone, one of the three Marrone sisters and we have been taking care of the Agricola Marrone since…ever. My two sisters and I make it a lifestyle. We are now the 4th generation of winemaking, focused on quality rather than quantity. Of course we also involve our parents in our activities – their lives have been here among the cellar walls and our beautiful hills for so many years. Valentina, the oenologist, is the mother of the wines, and she carefully follows production and vineyard activities - fundamental for the quality of our wines; Serena is in charge of administration and finance, and she follows the larger, fairer markets; I’m the multitasker, working on social media, dealing with the customer care aspect as well as the "Direct to Customer" sales, the German-speaking markets, winery tours (I’m the guide!), weddings (I’m also a wedding planner). In normal years we would usually have 15.000 visitors per year, something that gives us an immense about of satisfaction and pleasure. " For more information on Monty, check out his website: chateaumonty.com/ 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!

Episode 584 Steve Raye interviews Reka Haros in this installment of Get US Market Ready With Italian Wine People. About Reka: Reka Haros is a Marketer who inherited a small winery in Italy with her husband in 2002. Before that, she was marketing Dannon yogurts in a saturated market and developing communications strategies and advertising at Leo Burnett CEE for P&G washing powders and tampons. From FMCG to the wine industry, her work experience allows her to have a vision and understanding of both small and big business marketing. She knows what it’s like to be the owner of a small winery and work with tiny budgets but also what it takes to direct global brands, plan and execute global and local marketing activities, be responsible for multi-million €/$ budgets, and be market-driven above all. Reka is co-owner of Sfriso Winery, founder of Best of Veneto, and is an all-around marketer and entrepreneur. Find out more about Reka by visiting: Website: www.bestofveneto.com, www.sfrisowinery.com Linkedin: www.linkedin.com/in/rekaharos/ For more information on Steve Raye you can check out Bevology inc here www.bevologyinc.com/ Let's keep in touch! Follow us on our social media channels: Instagram @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!

Episode 583 of #EverybodyNeedsScienza G'Day folks! Welcome to Part 3 of this four-part series where Professor Attilio Scienza sits down with his friend Marchese Carlo Guerrieri Gonzaga. Tune-in Scienza fans! Get a sneak peak into his life growing up as he talks to one of his oldest buddies the Marchese. They sit down and remember some of their heroic work... Until next time, CIN CIN! (How do you say cin cin in your language?) 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/

Episode 581 Rebecca Lawrence interviews Tsatsu Gbedemah of Wine + Peace! About Tsatsu: He is 25 years old, born in Ghana, he lived in Kenya from age 6-12 and eventually moved to Canada where he has lived since 2007. He is currently finishing a hospitality diploma with a concentration in the restaurant industry. Tstatsu is the Director of Customer Experience for Wine and Peace, a direct-to-consumer American wine marketplace. About Wine+Peace: Wine+Peace is run by Katy Decker, the company's CEO and Sam Decker, Founder and a Sommelier. They believe that great wine is for everyone — and that it should reflect people's values, not just their tastes. So they built a mission-driven marketplace (no markups, no middlemen) that lets people shop direct from the country's best small producers while championing the values people care about most. If you want to find out more about Tsatsu and Wine + Peace you can do so by visiting: Website: www.wineandpeace.com Facebook: Wine + Peace Instagram: @drinkwineandpeace, @tsatsu 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!

Episode 580 Monty Waldin Interviews Pierpaolo Guerra Pierpaolo Guerra is the Export Manager at Tenuta di Capezzana. In this interview he shares some of the fantastic history and wines this Winery has to offer. The Family at Tenuta di Capezzana In the twenties, Count Alessandro Contini Bonacossi with his wife Vittoria bought the property of Capezzana, then enlarged with the purchase by the Marquis Aman Niccolini, of two neighboring farms, “Il Poggetto” and “Trefiano”. Thus was born the Tenuta di Capezzana, divided into 3 farms and more than 120 farms, dedicated to the production of high quality wine and oil. Alessandro's passion for collecting led him to preserve bottles, so that today Capezzana can boast a collection of historic vintages starting from 1925. In 1945, Augusto Alessandro, son of Alessandro, was joined by his son Ugo, a veteran of the war and a graduate in agriculture, which gradually took over the management of the estate, transforming it from a sharecropping management to a modern company. Ugo, a man of other times but with broad views, he exploited the enthusiasm and passion of his children, leaving each of them to run a business. A perfect combination between Ugo's experience and the novelty of the fourth generation. The first of the children to work alongside their father was Vittorio, who at the age of eighteen took charge of the all-round management of the company, eventually becoming the manager of the campaign and the winemaker, devoting himself particularly to the transformation towards organic. Today Capezzana is managed by a collaboration between the fourth and fifth generation. Beatrice is the sales manager, flanked by her sister Benedetta, the winemaker, and her brother Filippo, who is responsible for the production of oil and the financial part. The fifth generation has already begun to follow the family tradition, and today they work in the company Serena, responsible for hospitality, The History: In Carmignano the vine was already cultivated in the pre-Roman era, about 3000 years ago, as demonstrated by the wine jars and tasting cups found in the Etruscan tombs. A parchment dated 804 was found in the state archive of Florence: it is a rental contract that documents how olive trees and vines were cultivated in Capezzana 1200 years ago for the production of oil and wine. In the early Renaissance, a woman, Monna Nera Bonaccorsi, built the first “casa da Signori” and nine farm houses with the relative vine-growing systems; it was 1475. Other generations and families took turns on the property of the estate: the Cantucci, related to the Medici, and the Bourbon del Monte Marquises. In the eighteenth century a married Cantucci Bourbon enlarged the farm and bought new farms; he also introduced an exemplary administrative method, the documents of which are still preserved today in the company's historical archive. After the Bourbon del Monte, the company passed to the Adimari Morelli and then to the Franchetti Rothschilds and, by the widow Sara de Rothschild, and then to the Contini Bonacossi, our family, in 1920. Learn more about Tenuta di Capezzana: Website: www.capezzana.it Facebook: www.facebook.com/tenutadicapezzana/ Instagram: @tenutadicapezzana 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!

Episode 579 Steve Raye interviews Jack Cohen Martin & Gaetano Peragine in this episode of Get US Market Ready with Italian Wine People Jack Cohen Martin: GrapeIn is a high-tech platform on a mission to democratize the wine & spirits industry, by making technology, data, and know-how available to small trade buyers and suppliers. This democratization empowers businesses to better discover each other and connect directly to gain competitive advantage. Jack Cohen Martin CEO and Co-Founder of GrapeIn, is a serial tech entrepreneur with over 20 years of experience in online advertising and Internet platforms. Prior to GrapeIn, Jack worked for Integral Ad Science, a global technology, and data company, servicing large brands, including global alcoholic beverage producers, sold for over $1 billion in 2018. Gaetano Peragine: Gaetano Peragine is the Managing Director of StraItalian Winemakers. He has a BA in International Business Economics/MBA from the London Westminster Business School. His career spans over 20 years, gaining experience in different markets across the world. He has been the Head of StraItalian since its inception in 2013: In a team he helps to create, produce and export Italian Wines all over the world. Straitalian works with brand new technology with automatic quality control, low CO2 impact and maximum flexibility (bottle size and wine types ) and speed (average of 15.000 bottles per hour). High production capacity and scalability-Over 55 Millions Bottles Produced and exported in 53 countries. All production process is guaranteed by HACCP & ISO and fully compliant to Global International for Food Safety certification: B.R.C. and I.F.S. Committed to corporate social responsibility & sustainability, through several yearly projects. Find out more about Grapein and StraItalian by visiting their websites: grapein.net/ www.straitalian.com/ For more information on Steve Raye you can check out Bevology inc here www.bevologyinc.com/ Let's keep in touch! Follow us on our social media channels: Instagram @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!

Good morning folks! Tune-in to this extra special episode where Scienza fans can get a sneak peak into his life growing up as he talks to one of his oldest buddy's! The Marchese and Scienza sit down and remember some of their heroic work, going to France and planting vines... trying to uncover a mystery around Carmenere and Cabernet Sauvignon... Until next time, CIN CIN! (How do you say cin cin in your language?) 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/

Ep. 577 Food & Wine Pairings | Jumbo Shrimp Guide To International Varieties Found In Italy Narrator Joy Livingston dives in another chapter of The Jumbo Shrimp Guide to Italian Wine Book 2. This week's topic is food and wine - you really don't want to miss all this sweet talk! The guide should be a good refresher or reference for longtime podcast listeners. New fans of Italian wine will find a quick crash course on the subject of Italian Wine. The book has been broken up into manageable portions with a short focus on specific international grape varieties at the end. Find out more at: italianwinebook.com/index.php/the-j…o-italian-wine/ 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!

Episode 576 Rebecca Lawrence interviews Tahiirah Habibi founder of the Hue Society "I’m one wine sipping, fashion slinging, business running mama!" Tune in and find out more about this fascinating and fierce role-model, founder of the Hue Society; a curated community that serves as a lifestyle hub for access to all things related to Black wine culture. They take pride in creating CONNECTIONS AND EXPERIENCES through the lense of their UNIQUELY POSITIONED community. Wine is Power. They are committed to directing our social and economic influence to building wealth with love and intention towards what the future should look like: assimilation not required. Find out more about Tahiirah visit: Website: www.thehuesociety.com Facebook: @thehuesociety Instagram: @thehuesociety Twitter:@thehuesociety Linkedin: tahiirahhabibi 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!

Episode 575 - Monty Waldin talks to Matthias Oertel About Matthias: Biodynamic wine farm Tenuta del Fontino is more than just a producer of natural wines. It's a family-owned winery focusing on autochthonous grape varieties with a fundamental goal: producing fresh, honest and consistent wines according to the Demeter principles. "From the vine to the glass" – that´s Matthias' vision. "My name is Matthias Oertel, I am 26 years old and obtained a law degree in 2020. I was able to gain experience in the tourism industry at a young age since my family is running a hotel. This is where I got into the wine sector and I am seeing big potential in the future of wine tourism in the Maremma area. For this reason, I am trying to expand the offer around the wine because there is a lot more to discover besides that good glass of wine: a team, a story, a conviction, and above all, nature. Nature means Maremma – and Maremma is unique." Find out more about Matthias by visiting: Website: www.tentutafontino.it Facebook: www.facebook.com/TenutaDelFontino Instagram: www.instagram.com/tenutadelfontino/ Linkedin: www.linkedin.com/in/matthias-oertel-3539b635/ 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!

Episode 554 Steve Raye interviews Antonino Laspina - Trade Commissioner and Executive Director for the USA Antonino Laspina was born in 1957 in Aidone, Sicily. He graduated with honors in Political Science, earned a master’s degree in foreign trade and export management – Corce in 1980, and then attended SIOI postgraduate school in diplomatic affairs in 1981. In the same year, he joined the Italian Trade Agency and experienced different positions in his career, both in the headquarters in Rome and in major foreign offices. As Director of the Trade Promotion Department, he was deeply committed to promoting Italian Lifestyle in many international markets including the United States, where he implemented a large communication and promotional campaign “Live in I Style”, that was carried on throughout 2000-2003. As Trade Commissioner, he was posted mainly in Asia, including Seoul, Kuala Lumpur, and Taipei. He then went on to become the Director of the Beijing office and Coordinator of the ITA network in China for 12 years. In 2015, Mr. Laspina was appointed as the Director of Marketing in the Rome headquarters. He focused on the innovation of on-demand services for the international business development of ITA customers and supported them on every step of international trade, including market approach, access and consolidation. He also utilized groundbreaking innovations in ITA core activities such as executive and HR training and omnichannel business services. Throughout his career, Mr. Laspina has worked with universities, including those in China, training centers, and both Italian and international magazines on subjects related to international trade and the economy. He became a member of the Young Leaders’ Group (Italy-United States Council) in 1998. He was posted in NYC on November 9th, 2019 as the Executive Director of ITA in the US market. To contact Mr. Laspina, you can find his contact information here: www.ice.it/en/markets/usa/new-york Check out Bevology inc here bevologyinc.com/ Check out Mozzarella e Vino here www.mozzarellaevino.com/ 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 this special edition where we talk wines and the Giro D’Italia. We held an exceptional ClubHouse Room dedicated to Giro d’Italia - stage 13, where the riders go from Ravenna to Verona! We HAD to talk about it! 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!

Giro D'Italia 2021 Between Wine And Food By Marc Millon - Stages 11, 12 & 13 Welcome to this special edition where we talk wines and the Giro D’Italia. We held an exceptional ClubHouse Room dedicated to Giro d’Italia but…it was not recorded. I know, I know, Bummer. But anyway, we thought about sharing some notes about the first stage of the Giro - written and read by Marc Millon - a food, wine, and travel writer, and the author of numerous books as well as magazine articles published on both sides of the Atlantic. Since these bikers will also go through Verona, the city of Vinitaly, there will be more special episodes to come. Stay tuned! 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!

---Video Episode with english subtitles available on Youtube! Check out Mamma Jumbo Shrimp Channel!--- youtu.be/1w9MNkA4Bf4 Ciao ragazz*! I can't even start to explain how EXXXXTRA special this episode is! Scienza sits down with his childhood friend Marchese Carlo Guerrieri Gonzaga for a nice chat and we all get to take a seat as well. I mean how awesome is that? They share stories about their good ole days and tell us all about how their passion for wine kept them united. Oh, and what about Stevie - you may ask. Well, she is still playing her role and trying to keep them in line. Oh, Stevie! Until next time! Cin cin - or better - un brindisi all'amicizia! P.S. I'd have a glass of Cabernet close - If I were you 👀 👀 👀

Ep. 572 Sparkling Wines | Jumbo Shrimp Guide to International Grape Varieties in Italy Narrator Joy Livingston dives in another chapter of The Jumbo Shrimp Guide to Italian Wine Book 2. This week's topic is The International Dominance of Sparkling Wines, you really don't want to miss all this sweet talk! The guide should be a good refresher or reference for longtime podcast listeners. New fans of Italian wine will find a quick crash course on the subject of Italian Wine. The book has been broken up into manageable portions with a short focus on specific international grape varieties at the end. Find out more at: italianwinebook.com/index.php/the-j…o-italian-wine/ 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!

Episode 571 Rebecca Lawrence interviews Jahde Marley About Jahde: Jahde Marley is a Sommelier, Bartender, and self-proclaimed Flavor Junkie. Through education and community events, she celebrates the cultures that contribute joy and complexity to this lived experience through Wine, Spirits, and Spice. Jahde is actively working to disrupt the beverage industry from a space of love. She collaborates with Industry Sessions, is a co-founder of 'The Ideal Bartender Collective' and serves as co-chair of The Hue Society NY JJL Chapter. She is currently a Relationship Manager with KNiT Wine, a collaborative distribution platform of regionally focused importers, including the Italian books of Hootannany and The Maritime Republic. If you want to know more about Jahde visit her at: Website: jahdemarley.com Instagram: @jahdemarley.drinks Linkedin: linkedin.com/jahdemarley 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!

Episode 569 Steve Raye interviews Alder Yarrow About Alder: Alder has spent the last 25 years creating customer experiences for some of the world’s top brands. He is trusted by visionary executives to help rethink or create entirely new brand experiences and products that disrupt existing industries or create entirely new markets. When celebrity businessman George Zimmer wanted to create his new online company Generation Tux, he asked Alder and his team to design the entire brand experience. Alder began his career as an information architect, interaction designer, and UX designer even as those terms were being defined in the industry. As the Web progressed from simple home pages to e-commerce transactions, so did Alder rapidly progress from designer to executive leader in TUX design. Along the way, he designed Williams-Sonoma's first online wedding registry and the first end-to-end online car purchase experience for Autonation. At Sapient he helped define the company’s global user experience design process and opened the company’s Tokyo office with a team of fellow executives. In 2005 Alder founded HYDRANT, a customer experience and product design firm. Alder has led mission-critical brand and experience design engagements for brands including Google, Twitter, Home Depot, Wal-Mart, Gymboree, Cisco, HP, Motorola, Fidelity, Anki, Blurb, Starwood, Subaru, and Tesla Motors, often serving as an outsourced product design leader. Most recently Alder served as the Chief Experience Officer at Cibo, a brand and customer experience agency (acquired by Projekt202) dedicated to creating winning brands and products by applying design thinking to business. As CXO, Alder managed the company's UX and Strategy offerings. In that capacity, he developed the company’s unique Brand Experience Strategy approach and provided thought leadership on brand, customer experience, and UX by writing and speaking. San Francisco Magazine has called Alder “The Wine World’s Brightest Cyberstar” and he is widely accepted as a pioneer of wine blogging. His Vinography.Com blog has been published daily since 2004 and was nominated for a James Beard award in 2013. Since November of 2011 Alder has been a columnist for Jancis Robinson. He is also the author of “The Essence of Wine,” a unique coffee table book about wine’s flavors and aromas named one of the best wine books of 2014 by The New York Times. In 2013, Alder was inducted to the Wine Media Guild of New York’s Wine Writers Hall of Fame, an honor he shares with only 24 other living wine writers. To find out more about Alder you can always visit his website : www.vinography.com/ Instagram @vinography www.pix.wine/ For more information on Steve Raye you can check out Bevology inc here www.bevologyinc.com/ Let's keep in touch! Follow us on our social media channels: Instagram @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!

Giro D'Italia 2021 Between Wine And Food By Marc Millon - Stages 4, 5, 6 & 7 Welcome to this special edition where we talk wines and the Giro D’Italia. We held an exceptional ClubHouse Room dedicated to Giro d’Italia but…it was not recorded. I know, I know, Bummer. But anyway, we thought about sharing some notes about the first stage of the Giro - written and read by Marc Millon - a food, wine, and travel writer, and the author of numerous books as well as magazine articles published on both sides of the Atlantic. Since these bikers will also go through Verona, the city of Vinitaly, there will be more special episodes to come. Stay tuned! 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!

Giro D'Italia 2021 Between Wine And Food By Marc Millon - Stages 8, 9 & 10 Welcome to this special edition where we talk wines and the Giro D’Italia. We held an exceptional ClubHouse Room dedicated to Giro d’Italia but…it was not recorded. I know, I know, Bummer. But anyway, we thought about sharing some notes about the first stage of the Giro - written and read by Marc Millon - a food, wine, and travel writer, and the author of numerous books as well as magazine articles published on both sides of the Atlantic. Since these bikers will also go through Verona, the city of Vinitaly, there will be more special episodes to come. Stay tuned! 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!

This is a special Saturday Clubhouse edition entitled: Natural Wines: The Good, The Bad And The Ugly Stevie Kim talks to Andrea Lonardi, Gabriele Gorelli MW and Pietro Russo about Natural Wines. Natural Wines are a category of wines often classified as wines made with minimal intervention - but there is so much more to say about these wines! Join us! Remember "Wine business" and "Italian wine Clubhouse" happens every Wednesday and Thursday at 8pm UCT+ feel free to join in! 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!

Italian Wine Podcast Episode 567 | Will Blackmon, the “NFL Wine Guy” Juliana Colangelo of Colangelo & Partners sits down in conversation with Will Blackmon, the “NFL Wine Guy” Will Blackmon played 12 seasons in the NFL. He played for the Green Bay Packers, New York Giants, (with whom he won Super Bowl 46), he also played for the Jacksonville Jaguars and finished his career with the Washington Redskins. Will’s passion is wine. Due to his strong desire to learn more about wine, he went on to complete his level 2 and level 3 certifications, through the Wine & Spirit Education Trust, also known as the WSET. He also passed his Intro exam through the Court of Master’s Sommelier. Will is now coined as the “NFL Wine Guy”. He launched a VIP Wine Concierge business called, The WINE MVP as a way to educate, make wine more approachable as well as empower those looking to learn more about wine. All of this presented with the idea in mind that when it comes to fine wine, everyone can be an “MVP’. In 2020 Will was named one of Wine Enthusiasts “Top 40 Under 40 Tastemakers” in the United States. He has also been featured in USA Today, Wine Spectator, & Vine Pair to name a few. You can find out more about Will Blackmon by visiting: Website: Thewinemvp.com Instagram: @Thewinemvp Instagram: @willblackmon Linkedin: linkedin.com/in/will-blackmon-a032291a9 Check out our sponsor for this series Colangelo & Partners colangelopr.com/ Thank you Juliana for hosting this series! Follow Juliana Colangelo through any of these channels: Instagram: www.instagram.com/julezcolang/ Facebook: www.facebook.com/jules.colangelo/ Twitter: twitter.com/JulezColang LinkedIn: www.linkedin.com/in/juliana-colan…lo-mba-04345539/ Instagram: www.instagram.com/colangelopr/ Facebook: www.facebook.com/ColangeloPR Twitter: twitter.com/ColangeloPR LinkedIn: www.linkedin.com/company/colangel…public-relations Let's keep in touch! Follow us on our social media channels: Instagram @italianwinepodcast Facebook @ItalianWinePodcast Twitter @itawinepodast Tiktok @MammaJumboShrimp LinkedIn @ItalianWinePodcast If you feel like helping us, donate here www.italianwinepodcast.com/donate-to-show/ Until next time, Cin Cin!

Episode 566: Rebecca Lawrence has a chat with the amazing Dame Tonya Pitts An industry changemaker and compassionate role model, Tonya Pitts is known globally as a multi-talented wine professional who catapults wineries, winemakers and brands into the mainstream. Equally important, she is a leader who champions diversity and inclusion in the hospitality, food and beverage industries. Tonya has been a judge for the San Francisco International Wine Competition for five years in a row, a speaker at Culinary Institute of America Summit for Beverage Professionals, a tasting panelist for Wine & Spirits Magazine and an advisor for the Fine Minds4Fine Wines think tank in Europe. In 2017, she was named to the Top 40 African American Tastemakers (Under/Over) 40 list. Of special note, Tonya has been instrumental in the annual Wine Spectator list for more than a decade, including receiving awards for her expansive and inclusive wine program. Tonya has been featured in numerous news and industry publications, including CBS This Morning , ABC 7 News “Sips with Spencer,” Cherry Bombe, Daily Beast, Grape Collective, Janis Robinson, Wine & Spirits Magazine, Somm Journal, Tasting Panel, Where Traveler, Wine Searcher, Wine Stream and Wonder Women of Wine. Get in touch with Tonya! www.tonyapitts.com/about www.instagram.com/noirsommelier/?hl=en 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/

Episode 565 Monty Waldin interviews Carlo Cignozzi of Il Paradiso di Frassina Cignozzi created the Paradiso di Frassina, in the heart of the Brunello wine area in Montalcino, and wanted to experiment (for the first time in the world) using the beneficial effects of music on vines. “Honestly, I would say that success was not lacking and a committee of the United Nations considered this research as one of the most sustainable projects in the world, calling it "phono organic" and including it in the "Bright Green Book" presented in Rio de Janeiro in June 2011.” He was a Lawyer for almost 40 years in Milan, in 2011, he wrote a book published by Rizzoli "The Vine Whisperer”- L’uomo che sussurra alle Vigne, where Cignozzi tells the story of how he began this magnificent vine music therapy project, imitating the research done centuries ago in the Far East. You can find out more about this fantastic winery by visiting: www.alparadisodifrassina.it/ 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 this special edition where we talk wines and the Giro D’Italia. We held an exceptional ClubHouse Room dedicated to Giro d’Italia but…it was not recorded. I know, I know, Bummer. But anyway, we thought about sharing some notes about the first stage of the Giro - written and read by Marc Millon - a food, wine, and travel writer, and the author of numerous books as well as magazine articles published on both sides of the Atlantic. Since these bikers will also go through Verona, the city of Vinitaly, there will be more special episodes to come. Stay tuned!

Episode 564 Steve Raye interviews Paul Mabray CEO of Pix Paul Mabray has been a powerful change agent in the wine industry for over twenty years. He began his career working in traditional three-tier sales and marketing with Napa Ale Works and later innovated direct-to-consumer sales and marketing models with Niebaum Coppola. Since then, he has been at the forefront of all major digital trends for the wine industry, including working with WineShopper.com and Wine.com when they entered the wine-digital space. He founded two companies that have significantly changed the US wine landscape for digital, first by introducing winery e-commerce with Inertia Beverage Group that transformed into WineDirect.com pioneering winery e-commerce, and then again by introducing social media and social customer relationship management with VinTank.com. He is considered the wine industry’s foremost futurist and thought leader, able to harness the power and potential of digital tools and methodologies to move the industry into the future. If you want to find out more about Paul Mabray you can check out his social media and website! Twitter: @pmabray – twitter.com/pmabray Facebook: @pmabray – www.facebook.com/pmabray LinkedIn: @pmabray – www.linkedin.com/in/pmabray/ Website: pix.wine Email: [email protected] For more information on Steve Raye you can check out Bevology inc here www.bevologyinc.com/ Let's keep in touch! Follow us on our social media channels: Instagram @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!

🎶So there you gone, on, can't make a wife out of a clone on🎶 Hey what's up everybody thanks for tuning in once again during this rainy Friday... If it's not raining, please forgive me, I'm scheduling this episode 7 days in advance so I ain't no future teller and I'm just trying to take a guess on the future. I see it rainy. Rainy rainy rainy. Not rain on me like Lady Gaga and Ariana Grande's hit or Purple Rain like the One and Only. Just rain. Meh. Today Scienza will explore the world of biotipo, clone, varietà and Prosciutto. Listen up wine Keengz and Qveenzies.

Italian Wine Podcast Episode 562 | Mike Provance of 3X3 | Reaching consumers (new and existing) Juliana Colangelo of Colangelo & Partners sits down in conversation with Mike Provance CEO of 3X3 Welcome to this brand-new limited series "Wine Business Talk with Colangelo & Partners" hosted by Juliana Colangelo. This series deals with the wine business and the evolution of technologies in the wine industry; how it's helping consumers and how wineries can effectively use these technologies. Each guest gives listeners valuable guidance on how consumers choose wine, purchase and drink wine. Mike Provance, PhD is a serial entrepreneur, author, and speaker on technology business model innovation and new venture management. As CEO, Mike leads 3x3, a marketing technology company focused on modernizing the ways brands and liquor retailers engage and sell uniquely to the independent channel consumer. A digital and technology strategy expert, Mike has built groundbreaking technology businesses and launched award-winning digital properties over 30 years in financial services, information services, manufacturing and healthcare industries, and with the science and technology offices of the U.S. Navy and U.S. Special Operations Command. Prior to that, he ran early-stage investments in computing and medical technology for the Ben Franklin Partnership. Mike holds a Ph.D. from George Washington University, an M.B.A. from Penn State, and a B.S. in Management Science from M.I.T. About 3x3: 3x3 is a growth marketing company for beer, wine, and spirits brands. The company focuses on democratizing data to help alcohol brands grow according to their goals. How? 3x3 uses proprietary sales data to find ideal local shoppers for brands, then delivers alcohol advertising to them across digital channels. Alcohol brands count on 3x3 to identify, activate, and retain valuable customers who shop through the independent retail channel. You can find out more about Mike Provance of 3X3 by visiting: Website: info.3x3insights.com/brands Check out our sponsor for this series Colangelo & Partners colangelopr.com/ Thank you Juliana for hosting this series! Follow Juliana Colangelo through any of these channels: Instagram: www.instagram.com/julezcolang/ Facebook: www.facebook.com/jules.colangelo/ Twitter: twitter.com/JulezColang LinkedIn: www.linkedin.com/in/juliana-colan…lo-mba-04345539/ Instagram: www.instagram.com/colangelopr/ Facebook: www.facebook.com/ColangeloPR Twitter: twitter.com/ColangeloPR LinkedIn: www.linkedin.com/company/colangel…public-relations Let's keep in touch! Follow us on our social media channels: Instagram @italianwinepodcast Facebook @ItalianWinePodcast Twitter @itawinepodast Tiktok @MammaJumboShrimp LinkedIn @ItalianWinePodcast If you feel like helping us, donate here www.italianwinepodcast.com/donate-to-show/ Until next time, Cin Cin!

Episode 559 Steve Raye interviews Lindsey Andrews of Minibar Delivery After graduating from Stanford, Lindsey began her career as a Financial Analyst for Antares Investment Partners. She then pursued her MBA at Wharton, and although she didn't know it at the time, this is where she met her future Minibar Delivery co-founder, Lara Crystal. Lindsey and Lara went off to pursue more traditional careers after leaving Wharton - Lindsey spent the years after Wharton in consumables e-commerce, first at FreshDirect and then at the Quidsi portfolio of brands (owned by Amazon) as the Head of Marketing at Wag.com. Lindsey and Lara remained good friends, often brainstorming business ideas together, and ultimately decided to start Minibar Delivery in 2013. Since then, Lindsey has played an active role as CEO & Co- Founder of Minibar Delivery, growing the company into the on-demand alcohol delivery powerhouse it is today, operating in 200+ American cities. For more info on Lindsey check out: Website: minibardelivery.com Facebook: Minibar Delivery Instagram: @minibardelivery Twitter: @minibardelivery Linkedin: www.linkedin.com/company/minibar-…ivery/mycompany/ Check out Bevology inc here bevologyinc.com/ Check out Mozzarella e Vino here www.mozzarellaevino.com/ 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!

Episode 561 Rebecca Lawrence interviews Nadine "Wine" Brown on the series Voices. Sommelier Nadine Brown was born and raised along the shores of Jamaica and Puerto Rico. She came to the states to pursue a degree in social work. After working with children for a number of years she later moved to D.C. She ended up taking a job as a hostess at a new French restaurant opening on Capitol Hill. She had no previous restaurant experience and had every intention to return to social work. However, she fell in love with the hospitality industry. She moved up from hostess to manager in a few short years. Nadine found the history of wine fascinating and took her first wine captain course to help her be a better manager. Today, Nadine is a twenty-year veteran of the Washington, D.C. restaurant industry. She spent over 14 years at Charlie Palmer Steak as Wine Director and Sommelier. She is a two-time winner of the D.C. RAMMY’s Wine Program of the year for the region. Her palate won her the title of rising star from Star Chef in the summer of 2006. Nadine is a proud board member of the Restaurant Association of Metropolitan D.C. and the nonprofit the Verasion Project. Nadine holds certifications from both the Court of Master Sommelier and WSET. If you want to learn more about Nadine, you can find her on Instagram and Twitter: @Nadinewinebrown (Twitter) @nadinewinebrown (Instagram) 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!

Episode 560: Monty Waldin catches up with Fabian Schwarz who speaks about Fattoria La Magia, Montalcino! In 2011, Harald Schwarz handed the baton to his son Fabian, who had attended the Istituto Agrario San Michele all’Adige. This professional training equipped Fabian to become the driving force at La Màgia, responsible for the agronomy and wine-making policy of the estate, as well as handling the entire commercial and marketing side of the business. From their connections at the Istituto Agrario San Michele all’Adige, a professional network of teachers and former students, now producers, has developed, providing a mutual support system from which everyone benefits. This is especially helpful on production issues. In this spirit of co-operation, a warm welcome and hospitality are always offered to student winemakers from all over the world, with the involvement of a number of universities and participation in a number of pan-European projects. The wine harvest is the culmination and celebration of every new vintage, a time for sharing and enjoyment. This exchange of experiences is a wonderful opportunity to explore new pathways that lead to continuous improvement for all concerned. If you want to learn more about Fattoria La Magia Winery, check out their website: www.fattorialamagia.it/en/vini/wines 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!

Italian Wine Podcast Episode 557 | Aaron Sherman of SevenFifty | Buying, Distributing and Importing Solutions Juliana Colangelo of Colangelo & Partners sits down in conversation with Aaron Sherman of SevenFifty Welcome to this brand-new limited series "Wine Business Talk with Colangelo & Partners" hosted by Juliana Colangelo. This series deals with the wine business and the evolution of technologies in the wine industry; how it's helping consumers and how wineries can effectively use these technologies. Each guest gives listeners valuable guidance on how consumers choose wine, purchase and drink wine. Aaron Sherman CEO of SevenFifty is a sommelier-turned-tech executive as well as the founder and Chief Executive Officer of the leading online marketplace and data platform for the beverage industry. Sherman grew up in the restaurant world watching his family work long hours, and applied that same dedication as a sommelier in New York City. Sherman has worked in renowned restaurants like WD~50 and L’Artusi and promotes SevenFifty’s vision of engaging and supporting the beverage community with a cutting edge database and consumer insights You can find out more about Aaron Sherman of SevenFifty by visiting: Website: go.sevenfifty.com/ Facebook: @SevenFiftyHQ Instagram: @sevenfiftyhq Twitter: @SevenFiftyHQ Linkedin: www.linkedin.com/company/sevenfifty Personal social: @vineball on IG/Twitter Check out our sponsor for this series Colangelo & Partners colangelopr.com/ Thank you Juliana for hosting this series! Follow Juliana Colangelo through any of these channels: Instagram: www.instagram.com/julezcolang/ Facebook: www.facebook.com/jules.colangelo/ Twitter: twitter.com/JulezColang LinkedIn: www.linkedin.com/in/juliana-colan…lo-mba-04345539/ Instagram: www.instagram.com/colangelopr/ Facebook: www.facebook.com/ColangeloPR Twitter: twitter.com/ColangeloPR LinkedIn: www.linkedin.com/company/colangel…public-relations Let's keep in touch! Follow us on our social media channels: Instagram @italianwinepodcast Facebook @ItalianWinePodcast Twitter @itawinepodast Tiktok @MammaJumboShrimp LinkedIn @ItalianWinePodcast If you feel like helping us, donate here www.italianwinepodcast.com/donate-to-show/ Until next time, Cin Cin!

Saturday Clubhouse Edition: Meet and Greet Italian Wine Ambassadors - Special Vinitaly Internation Academy (VIA)Clubhouse edition Stevie Kim in conversation with the VIA Ambassadors about their experiences and the valuable learning opportunities the VIA community has brought to their personal wine journeys. Remember "Wine business" and "Italian wine Clubhouse" happens every Wednesday and Thursday at 8pm UCT+ feel free to join in! 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!

Good morning folks! It is yet another Friday and Scienza himself said it is tradition in Italy to kinda pour grappa into your coffee so I now feel legitimized to do so even if it's 9 am and I am currently sitting at my desk at work writing copies for this and other episodes of the Italian Wine Podcast. (Stevie, if you're reading, I'm sorry, you know I'm joking and I'd never drink anything while at work unless if it's provided by you like this morning's so called "juice" witch was actually Moscato d'Asti). Aanyways do you know about grappa? Neither does Stevie, so don't worry, Scienza is here to help us waking up tomorrow with a little more knowledge. Until next time, CIN CIN! (How do you say cin cin in your language?) 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/

Ep. 556 Rebecca Lawrence sits down with Aidy Smith of The Three Drinkers. Aidy Smith, is an award winning TV presenter, speaker and journalist with a particular focus on drinks, lifestyle, travel and diversity topics. As a presenter and producer of the widely successful TV series on Amazon Prime, The Three Drinkers, Aidy proudly flies the flag for LGBTQ+ communities and those with disabilities. He is one of the only TV presenters in the world with Tourette syndrome, actively pushing to raise awareness on this topic. (Please get in touch if you can help with this!). Deemed by critics as “the Top Gear of drinks” it is the highest rated drinks travel show across streaming platforms and currently airs in 172 territories in 39 languages. Series 1 culminated in December 2019, with Series 2 currently in development for early 2021. The Three Drinkers have also launched their rapidly-growing website, digital content, podcast and social community programs, working with select brands on campaigns. Since 2017 Aidy has written a wine and spirits column for The Independent (UK & USA) alongside being the Global Brand Ambassador for Vivino, the worlds largest wine marketplace and community (43 million users as of June 2020). His work can also be seen across a number of publications including The Independent, The Guardian, i Newspaper, Daily Mail, Daily Mirror and more. He has spent his career developing a fun and curiosity-piquing mind-set to drinks and has one of the largest Instagram followings (@sypped) in Europe for a drinks personality. He is known for his interactive guides, ABC education, masterclasses and witty approach to drinks as he also frequently advises and consults brands on their various digital and consumer strategies. Aside from Instagram (@sypped) you can also check out Aidy at: www.aidysmith.com/ www.thethreedrinkers.com/ Feel free to check us out as well! Instagram @italianwinepodcast Facebook @ItalianWinePodcast Twitter @itawinepodast Tiktok @MammaJumboShrimp LinkedIn @ItalianWinePodcast If you feel like helping us, donate here www.italianwinepodcast.com/donate-to-show/ Cin Cin!

Episode 555 Monty Waldin catches up with Hayo Loacker who speaks about his family, the Loacker wineries and their love of all things Biodynamic and Homeopathic! The Loacker family has been running its own wineries since 1978, strictly following the principles of biodynamics and homeopathy. This means that in the vineyards of Loacker estates the use of chemistry was completely eliminated by using biodynamic and homeopathic products in the treatment of the vines. Arnica, for example, serves to remedy the damage caused by hail to vines and grapes; the Aconitum is used against sudden infections, while Silicea helps to strengthen the structure of the leaves and shoots. The purpose is to obtain the maximum possible balance of the vine. Now the wines made according to natural criteria, unlike in the past, are a guarantee of high quality. The Loacker family still owns three wineries in three different Italian wine regions (Alto Adige, Montalcino, Maremma) with a total area of 45 hectares of vineyards. The wines produced embrace a wide range so as to be able to conquer all the palates of wine lovers. If you want to know more about the Loacker wineries and projects check out: www.loacker.bio/en/ Facebook: @LoackerWineEstates Instagram: @ loackerwineestates 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!

Italian Wine Podcast 553 Welcome back to another Friday gals and boys! I know that you have been waiting for this for the whole week, so finally, we can release part 2 of Scienza's storytelling! Y'all will get to know him so much better after this! Call for questions! Soon we will go over to Scienza go ask him a few more thangs. Curious about his favourite vine fact? Or about what does he usually have for breakfast? Or maybe you want to ask him to sing a little wine song for ya? Well dear friend, just DM us on our social media and we'll make sure that your doubts will be solved! Until next time, TCHIN TCHIN 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/

Italian Wine Podcast Episode 552 | Kristen Reitzell of Jackson Family Wines | Evolution E-Commerce and Launch of Yourwinestore.com Juliana Colangelo of Colangelo & Partners sits down in conversation with Kristen Reitzell, Vice President Public Relations & Communications at Jackson Family Wines. Welcome to this brand-new limited series "Wine Business Talk with Colangelo & Partners" hosted by Juliana Colangelo. This series deals with the wine business and the evolution of technologies in the wine industry; how it's helping consumers and how wineries can effectively use these technologies. Each guest gives listeners valuable guidance on how consumers choose wine, purchase and drink wine. A wine country native with nearly 15 years of experience in public relations and communications, Kristen Reitzell believes PR is the driving force behind establishing brand credibility, creating lasting awareness, and building consumer loyalty. Kristen joined Jackson Family Wines in 2013 as the Public Relations Manager for the Spire Collection — the company’s luxury brand division. Over the next few years Kristen oversaw media and trade relations, partnerships and strategic events, while also executing national consumer awareness campaigns, new product launches, and estate openings. Today, Kristen manages all aspects of Jackson Family Wines’ communications strategy, overseeing corporate and family communications, global PR across the company’s collection of 40 wineries in California, Oregon, France, Italy, Australia, Chile and South Africa as well as digital marketing strategies across various brand portfolios. Kristen began her career in PR in San Francisco, working with companies in the emerging mobile and green technology space as well as consumer electronics. With a desire to pursue her passion for wine, Kristen began consulting with various restaurants and wineries in the Bay Area while also attending the Culinary Institute of America at Greystone where she furthered her technical studies in wine. In 2008, she also became a Certified Sommelier through the Court of Master Sommeliers. Kristen then joined Calhoun & Company Communications, a boutique public relations agency that specializes in luxury wine and spirits. There, she managed PR and social media strategy for multiple domestic and international wineries. About Jackson Family Wines: Jackson Family Wines is a family-owned, vineyard-based company with a penchant for exploration. Founder Jess Jackson placed his faith in farming and a meticulous expression of wine with his first landscape-changing vintage in 1982, an ethos that chairman Barbara Banke, the Jackson family, and our employees continue to uphold to this day. Facebook: @JacksonFamilyWines Instagram: @JacksonFamilyWines Twitter: @JFW Facebook: @tenutadiarceno Instagram: @tenutadiareceno Twitter: @tenutadiarceno Or you can also check their Webpage: www.yourwinestore.com/ Check out our sponsor for this series Colangelo & Partners colangelopr.com/ Thank you Juliana for hosting this series! Follow Juliana Colangelo through any of these channels: Instagram: www.instagram.com/julezcolang/ Facebook: www.facebook.com/jules.colangelo/ Twitter: twitter.com/JulezColang LinkedIn: www.linkedin.com/in/juliana-colan …lo-mba-04345539/ Instagram: www.instagram.com/colangelopr/ Facebook: www.facebook.com/ColangeloPR Twitter: twitter.com/ColangeloPR LinkedIn: www.linkedin.com/company/colangel …public-relations Instagram @italianwinepodcast Facebook @ItalianWinePodcast Twitter @itawinepodast Tiktok @MammaJumboShrimp LinkedIn @ItalianWinePodcast If you feel like helping us, donate here www.italianwinepodcast.com/donate-to-show/ Cin Cin!

Ep. 550 Monty Waldin sits down with Marina Marcarino of Punset Winery & CEO of Vintesa ( A wine consorzium that began in 2004). "Punset" is from the Piedmontese dialect meaning “beautiful hill.” The estate is located in Neive, in the heart of the Langhe area of Piedmont on top of a hill overlooking the historic capital. It was given the nickname by the Count of Neive to describe the view of their lands emerging by the autumn fog viewed from his castle. During the 1980s Marina Marcarino took over the estate and began formally converting the property to organic farming, rejecting the use of all kinds of pesticide and chemical products. Her agronomic practices include minimal use of treatments based on copper and sulfur, preferring biodynamic preparations and embracing the philosophy of Manasobu Fukuoka, also called “agriculture of not doing.” Vineyards are kept green and there is a limited working of the soil with the ideal that the farm is perfectly integrated into nature. History: Their estate has been owned by her family for four generations. However, before Marina formally became a winemaker, the family were making wine as a hobby. Originally, she was actually supposed to become an engineer because her parents wanted her to run the family construction company. However, as a child her grandmother would care for her at vineyards and a their farm, so, she ended up falling in love with farming in general at a young age. She wanted to be like her grandmother who was making wine in her spare time. www.regalwine.com/producer/punset/ or en.punset.com/ Facebook: @regalwineimports Or @punsetbiowines Instagram: @regal_wine Or @punsetbiowines Twitter: @Regal Wine Imports 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!

Ep. 551 Rebecca Lawrence interviews Amber LeBeau of Spitbucket Amber LeBeau is the founder of Spitbucket as well as a self-proclaimed geek who writes about what she’s drinking and geeking over. Spitbucket is an extremely popular wine blog and resources for those immersed in the wine world. History: Her love of wine led her to the Society of Wine Educators where she recieved the Certified Specialist of Wine (CSW) in 2008, and to the Northwest Wine Academy (where she earned degrees in Wine Marketing & Sales and Wine Production from 2010-2012). This included a year as an intern in the wine production program under instructor Peter Bos (now retired) and at Robert Ramsay Cellars under winemaker Kristin Scheelar (now at Columbia Winery). In 2014, she passed the Wine & Spirits Education Trust Level 3 exam with distinction and is currently working on the WSET Diploma. Amber worked on Wikipedia under the username of Agne27 for several years where she created over 800 different wine articles (such as History of French wine and Yeast in Winemaking) and substantially rewrote several others like Malolactic Fermentation and Barolo. Her personal blog would become a crowning glory, with all the opinions presented being solely her own. You can also find out more about Amber on social media: Facebook: @spitbucketblog Twitter: @SpitbucketBlog Instagram: spitbucketblog Or through her site: [email protected] 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!

Ep. 549 Steve Raye interviews Dan Kratzer of DMK Incorporated. DANIEL M KRATZER...the wine path started at an early age while Sunday sipping on fresh wines with his Italian grandfather…very young. Through a diverse restaurant career wine has always given focus. His first wine travel was to Barolo, Piedmont In Northern Italy. This immediately secured the Italian passion for wine and its culture, many thanks to the hospitality of Italians. Through Sommelier positions with all Italian wine lists, an immersion opportunity arose to work and live in Venice, Italy of course he took it right away. This Sommelier post was for the historic Venice Simplon-Orient Express train. Pouring iconic bottles at rhythm to a track gage, it was an experience allowing direct study of European wines, European culture, zipping through the heart of Europe. On time off there were multiple days for vineyard and cellar visits. The return to the USA, Kratzer cut his teeth in the cycles of distribution landing in New York City. On the East Coast and working for a boutique Italian Wine Importer, there was always tastings with direct market work primarily in the NY and Boston wine scenes. The USA market was just seeing the post mid -century growth of Imported wines. This was especially the start to introductions of what Italy has a bounty to offer now, the ancient and historical revival of Vitas Vinifera. Also in this post era of introductions emerging are the modern wine techniques and self proclaimed modernists, he was alongside with producers now joining the wine scene. The more recent years brought him back to his hometown of Golden Colorado. Here settled and contributing to a thriving and important USA hub of growth for the import wine and spirits scene. At the foot of the Rocky Mountains, DMK Incorporated headquarters the selection of growers delivering their dedication, talent, hard work and quality to glass. For more info on Dan check out his website at: dmkincorporated.wine/ Check out Bevology inc here bevologyinc.com/ Check out Mozzarella e Vino here www.mozzarellaevino.com/ 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!

Italian Wine Podcast 548 Ciao wine brains! Have you ever wanted to ask Scienza about his process of ageing? About where was he planted, what added spice to his life, where did he ferment? Well, you're in luck my friend, because we got you covered.. Now this is the story all about how Scienza's life got flipped, turned upside down And I'd like to take a minute, just sit right in dis bish I'll tell you how he became the prince of a town called Flysch In Trentino-Alto Adige born and raised On the vine yard is where he spent most of his days Chilling out, maxing, relaxing all cool And all looking at insects out of the school When a couple of wines, who we're up to no good Started tasting weird in his neighbourhood He got in one little study and his mom got scared And said, "Attilio you're moving with your insects in Flysch-air" He begged and pleaded with her day after day But she packed his suitcase and sent him on his way She gave him a kiss and then she gave him his ticket He put his geology audiobook on and said, I might as well kick it First class, yo this is bad Drinking marzemino out of a champagne glass Is this what the people of Flysch-Air are livin' like? Hmm, this might be alright he whistled for a cab and when it came near The license plate said fresh, and had a grape in the mirror If anything he could say that this cab was rare But he thought, nah, forget it, yo holmes to Flysch-Air He pulled up to a house about seven or eight And he yelled to the cabby yo, holmes smell you later Looked at his kingdom, he was finally there To sit on his terroirs as the Prince of Flysch-Air 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!

Italian Wine Podcast Episode 547 | Alexi Cashen of Elenteny | How to Navigate the 3-Tier System in the States Juliana Colangelo of Colangelo & Partners sits down in conversation with Alexi Cashen, CEO of Elenteny Imports Welcome to this brand-new limited series "Wine Business Talk with Colangelo & Partners" hosted by Juliana Colangelo. This series deals with the wine business and the evolution of technologies in the wine industry; how it's helping consumers and how wineries can effectively use these technologies. Each guest gives listeners valuable guidance on how consumers choose wine, purchase and drink wine. Alexi Curlee Cashen is kindly referred to as the ‘Chief Executive Optimist’ –spreading the gospel of empathetic customer service, sales panache and meticulous operations. She scours ideas and drives solutions, strategy and above all else – positivity! Celebrating 19 years of experience in the food and wine industry, Alexi’s career is marked by a wealth of roles in hospitality, retail, wholesale and supplier positions. Starting out in the restaurant industry in her home state of Colorado, Alexi moved to New York City to season her career with positions at Craft Restaurant, Morrell & Company, Oriel Wines & Polaner Selections. Competitive and quick to see people and scenarios through different lenses, Alexi makes sales and marketing her expressed talent. Alexi’s logistics prowess came with co-founding Elenteny Imports with colleague and friend, Tim Elenteny. Their goal is to provide logistics solutions, guaranteeing all of the details between initial order and final sale. Their services connect the dots between compliance complexities and distribution strategy allowing their clients sales to grow. Building a logistics business required an expressed understanding of ‘how it works.’ Eyes wide open, Alexi took on the operations and started building a team that continues to grow in New York, Colorado & California. Alexi has a keen eye for fundamentally analyzing new and growing businesses in the wine industry. She quickly boils down best practices and guides her teams and customers through the myriad of details that make up the US alcohol three-tier distribution system. Alexi thrives on B2B technologies that improve operations and information. A spirited Westerner and now ex-New Yorker, Alexi and her family live in the San Francisco Bay Area, where she eats lots of oysters on the beach with Champagne! You can find out more about Alexi Cashen and Elenteny through social media: Website: elentenyimports.com/ Facebook: @teimports Instagram: @ elentenyimports Linkedin: www.linkedin.com/company/t-elenteny-imports Check out our sponsor for this series Colangelo & Partners colangelopr.com/ Thank you Juliana for hosting this series! Follow Juliana Colangelo through any of these channels: Instagram: www.instagram.com/julezcolang/ Facebook: www.facebook.com/jules.colangelo/ Twitter: twitter.com/JulezColang LinkedIn: www.linkedin.com/in/juliana-colan…lo-mba-04345539/ Instagram: www.instagram.com/colangelopr/ Facebook: www.facebook.com/ColangeloPR Twitter: twitter.com/ColangeloPR LinkedIn: www.linkedin.com/company/colangel…public-relations Let's keep in touch! Follow us on our social media channels: Instagram @italianwinepodcast Facebook @ItalianWinePodcast Twitter @itawinepodast Tiktok @MammaJumboShrimp LinkedIn @ItalianWinePodcast If you feel like helping us, donate here www.italianwinepodcast.com/donate-to-show/ Until next time, Cin Cin!

Italian Wine Podcast episode 546 Rebecca Lawrence sits down with Tru Miller of Winery Adobe Guadalupe, in Mexico. This new episode of "Voices", part of a segment where we shed light on some of the less-discussed issues in the wine world. Tru Miller, a Dutch native, and her California-based husband Donald, were looking to buy a wine estate and the untimely death of Tru's son Arlo pointed her in the direction of Mexico and the Valle de Guadalupe. Adobe Guadalupe has 60 acres of vineyards where they grow Sangiovese, Cabernet Sauvignon, Merlot, Nebbiolo, Tempranillo, Malbec, Grenache, Cinsault, Mourvedre, Syrah and Viognier grapes. They started their vineyards in 98' and had their first harvest in 2000. In addition to being a winery, Adobe Guadalupe is a luxury hotel with a unique breed of horses. You can find Tru either by web or social media: www.adobeguadalupe.com/en/home/ Facebook: @adobeguadalupe Instagram: @adobeguadalupewinery 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!

Italian Wine Podcast Episode 545 Monty Waldin chats with Pierre Jean Monnoyer of Casa Raia Winery in Montalcino, Italy Casa Raia sits on a promontory beneath the famed medieval town of Montalcino in Tuscany. This estate saw the first roots of the Sangiovese vine labouring through inhospitable rock centuries ago. Destiny seemed to play a role in Ludmilla Temertey’s adventures while searching for a home in Tuscany. She enlisted the help of a Hermit who had walked every path that ever was created in the region to find her haven and destiny brought her back to Montalcino where she had first come in 1978. In 1997 the abandoned farm house was lovingly restored and named Casa Raia after the matriarch of the family, Raissa Temertey. n 2006, Ludmilla’s daughter Kalyna Temertey Canta and her husband Pierre Jean Monnoyer took over the care of the vineyards and created the winery that is now Azienda Agricola Casa Raia. They restored the old vineyards with unyielding respect for the land that so generously nurtures us all. Espousing a philosophy that is best described as “the vine determines the wine”, Pierre Jean is producing natural wines that are an expression of a deep commitment to the production of authentic, quality wines. Website: www.casaraia.com Instagram: @casa_raia Facebook: @Casa Raia Twitter: @CasaRaia 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!

Italian Wine Podcast ep. 544: Get US Market Ready with Italian Wine People. Steve Raye sits down with Attorney, Ryan Malkin. Ryan Malkin, Principal Attorney Ryan Malkin is an attorney focusing on alcohol beverage and cannabis law. He has extensive experience providing guidance to suppliers, wholesalers, retailers, agencies, and third parties within these regulated industries. As an attorney for a major global wine and spirits supplier, Ryan concentrated on supporting the sales and marketing teams to ensure compliance with rules and regulations in all 50 states. Ryan utilized his experience and knowledge of the industry to help craft compliant programs to help global brands outperform others in their categories. Prior to his work at Pernod, Ryan was an Assistant District Attorney in Manhattan. Ryan investigated and prosecuted all manner of crimes, with an emphasis on long-term white collar crime investigations. Ryan gained unprecedented skills and an understanding of state governmental agencies. Ryan’s passion for the alcohol industry began as a staff writer for SmartMoney. Ryan specialized in travel and hospitality writing, with an emphasis on the beverage alcohol industry, covering both brands and category trends. Ryan regularly interviewed executives, brand owners, producers, and industry experts to provide guidance to readers. Ryan also regularly interviewed nightclub and bar owners, designers, managers, and doormen to bring new ventures and cocktail trends to life, and giving Ryan insight into the bar and nightclub business. His articles have appeared in such publications as Beverage Media, Liquor.com, The Wall Street Journal, New York Post, DJTimes, and Esquire to name a few. Ryan is a regular contributor to Artisan Spirit, VinePair and SevenFiftyDaily and was on the editorial board of the Florida Bar Journal. Ryan is also counsel to the American Craft Spirits Association. Ryan was named as the Top Alcohol Beverage lawyer in South Florida in the 2020 South Florida Legal Guide. Ryan was named a SuperLawyer and Rising Star in the legal community. Ryan was named one of the top 250 cannabis law experts. You can find Ryan by visiting his website at: www.malkinlawfirm.com/about/ or on Twitter: @MalkinLaw or Linkedin:linkedin.com/in/malkinlaw For more on Steve Raye, check out: Bevology inc here bevologyinc.com/ 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!

Italian Wine Podcast episode 543 #everybodyneedsabitofScienza Hi Keengz & Qveenz of the Italian Wine Podcast! We all know here that you wait all week long for this lil gem to broadcast into the world and change the wine game one glass at a time. So today we have decided to dedicate this episode to some sweet sweet wine. It's the time of vino santo or vinsanto or vin santo. Do you actually know how it is called? I don't. Stevie doesn't either. But you're in luck because Scienza does. So give this a listen and then I, Producer M, give you the permission to go out and brag with your friends about the roots of all this. Go and impress them all little wine expert, go and impress the world with your second-hand knowledge. 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!

Italian Wine Podcast Episode 542 | Dave Parker CEO & founder of Benchmark Wine Group | Getting your wines to market with the direct import model Juliana Colangelo of Colangelo & Partners sits down in conversation with Dave Parker of Benchmark Wine Group Welcome to this brand-new limited series "Wine Business Talk with Colangelo & Partners" hosted by Juliana Colangelo. This series deals with the wine business and the evolution of technologies in the wine industry; how it's helping consumers and how wineries can effectively use these technologies. Each guest gives listeners valuable guidance on how consumers choose wine, purchase and drink wine. David Parker founded Benchmark Wine Group with a history of successful high-tech ventures. With a unique idea, plus wine and tech industry contacts, he succeeded in bridging the gap between high-quality wine producers and well-informed fine wine collectors and connoisseurs. An avid wine collector, David has been involved in the wine industry since 1987 owning commercial vineyards in Geyserville, California and in the Eola Hills of Oregon and is a partner in Parker Family Vineyards, Inc. He is also President of The National Association of Wine Retailers (NAWR). Benchmark continually acquires the most sought-after wines from private individuals and professional contacts, focusing on wines from the best regions, producers, and vintages. Partnerships with companies like CellarTracker and relationships with a broad range of top collectors, brokers, and other sources throughout the world give Benchmark premium access to top wines. Benchmark has wines at every price point, ranging from well-aged $50 bottles to celebrated and treasured wines well into the five figures. They can source almost any other wine in the world from ultra-high quality sources. Notables include the Bremer Ratskeller Rudesheimer Apostelwein 1727, generally regarded as the oldest drinkable wine in the world, a case of Domaine Romanee Conti Romanee Conti Vineyard, generally considered the highest value wine in the world at release, around $200,000. You can find out more about Dave Parker through his social media and website: www.benchmarkwine.com/pages/about Facebook: @BenchmarkWineGroup Instagram: @benchmarkwine Twitter: @BenchmarkWine Linkedin: www.linkedin.com/company/benchmark-wine-group Check out our sponsor for this series Colangelo & Partners colangelopr.com/ Thank you Juliana for hosting this series! Follow Juliana Colangelo through any of these channels: Instagram: www.instagram.com/julezcolang/ Facebook: www.facebook.com/jules.colangelo/ Twitter: twitter.com/JulezColang LinkedIn: www.linkedin.com/in/juliana-colan…lo-mba-04345539/ Instagram: www.instagram.com/colangelopr/ Facebook: www.facebook.com/ColangeloPR Twitter: twitter.com/ColangeloPR LinkedIn: www.linkedin.com/company/colangel…public-relations Let's keep in touch! Follow us on our social media channels: Instagram @italianwinepodcast Facebook @ItalianWinePodcast Twitter @itawinepodast Tiktok @MammaJumboShrimp LinkedIn @ItalianWinePodcast If you feel like helping us, donate here www.italianwinepodcast.com/donate-to-show/ Until next time, Cin Cin!