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Ep. 1215 South Korean Wine Market | wine2wine Business Forum 2021 Dec 29, 2022

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Welcome to episode 1215, South Korean Wine Market - The 5 wine market trends of South Korea, a wine2wine business forum 2021 Seminar.

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 this Session

With the pandemic, Korea’s wine market has actually gotten bigger than ever. The country saw over a 27-percent increase in wine imports last year, compared to the statistics from the year before. In this session, Summer Lee and Hong Dongmyung talk about what new wine trend is seen in the country and what had contributed the most to make the wine market expand further. Learn more about what Koreans are drinking right now and how that’s going to shape up the wine scene in the coming years.

About the Speakers

Summer Sunmin Lee

Summer Lee is a staff journalist specialized in covering news in the food and travel industries for the Korea JoongAng Daily, an English daily in Korea. She tells the global community what’s hot among locals in Korea, and brings new updates from all across the world to readers in Asia. She works closely with restaurant chefs, sommeliers, hotel managers and any culinary or travel experts to make informative yet exciting reading materials, and also provides insights she has gathered from her experiences. She shares her daily food journey on her Instagram @summerlytaste to record what she experiences.

Connect:

Facebook: www.facebook.com/summerlee08

Instagram: summerlytaste

About the Moderator:

Dongmyung Hong IWA

Hong Dongmyung runs Vinovino, a company that imports only Italian wines to South Korea. This company was established in 2002 as a family business. Now, Hong is the CEO and works with over 50 producers from Italy. After graduating from the Korea National University of Arts, he immediately joined the family business. Hong has also owned an Italian restaurant, and so discovered early on that he can communicate with wine people. Hong has garnered certifications such as the WSET advanced and VIA Italian Wine Ambassador.

Connect:

Instagram: hong_dongmyung

Twitter: vinohong

LinkedIn: www.linkedin.com/in/dongmyung-hong-2a409a98/

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Ep. 1214 Tommasella Perniciaro Interviews Domenica/Caterina Malaspina | Clubhouse Ambassador's Corner Dec 29, 2022

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Welcome to Episode 1214 Stevie Kim moderates Clubhouse’s Ambassadors Corner – In this episode Tommasella Perniciaro interviews Domenica and Caterina Malaspina. 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?

More about today’s Co-Moderator:

Tommasella Perniciaro is the CEO of the Good Wine Habit, WSET Approved Program Provider and she has a wine consulting Company in Gothenburg (Sweden). WSET Diploma graduate and Certified Educator, she is also a VIA Ambassador and VIA Certified Educator, as well as a Valpolicella Wine Specialist for the Swedish market.

To learn more visit:

Facebook: www.facebook.com/thegoodwinehabit

Instagram: www.instagram.com/thegoodwinehabit/

LinkedIn: www.linkedin.com/in/tommasellaperniciaro/

Website: thegoodwinehabit.com/

About today’s guest producer:

The Azienda Vinicola Malaspina is a family-owned winery, the Malaspina family, located in Melito di Porto Salvo, in the southernmost tip of Calabria. Vineyards are located on the Ionian coast (eastern side of the region) in the province of Reggio Calabria, between the villages of Pellaro and Palizzi. The focus on autochthonous wines is a passion shared by all the family members, who all cooperate to create wines full of character and personality, strongly linked to the territory.

The winery was born in the 1967 and nowadays Consolato, his founder, together with his wife Francesca and their four daughters take care of the management and development of the company.

Today we have two of the four daughters here with us, Caterina and Domenica Malaspina. Welcome and thanks a lot for being with us today. I am really happy you have accepted to share your story with us and to introduce us to your winery.

To learn more visit:

Facebook www.facebook.com/aziendavinicola.malaspina

Instagram: www.instagram.com/malaspinavini/

Website: www.aziendavinicolamalaspina.com/

More about the moderator Stevie Kim:

Stevie hosts Clubhouse sessions each week (visit Italian Wine Club & Wine Business on Clubhouse), these recorded sessions are then released on the podcast to immortalize them! She often also joins Professor Scienza in his shows to lend a hand keeping our Professor in check! You can also find her taking a hit for the team when she goes “On the Road”, all over the Italian countryside, visiting wineries and interviewing producers, enjoying their best food and wine – all in the name of bringing us great Pods!

To find out more about Stevie Kim visit:

Facebook: @steviekim222

Instagram: @steviekim222

Website: vinitalyinternational.com/wordpress/

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Ep. 1213 Dr. Rebecca Lawrence | Voices With Cynthia Chaplin Dec 28, 2022

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Welcome to Episode 1213, in which Cynthia Chaplin interviews Dr. Rebecca Lawrence, in this installment of Voices, on the Italian Wine Podcast.

More about today’s guest:

Rebecca has been in the industry since 2017 when she begged her local retailer to take her on whilst tackling the WSET exams. Previously she had worked in a number of seemingly random positions after a career in academia was scuppered by a recession and people being somewhat skeptical of her doctorate in Psychotopography (an incredible niche part of architectural theory!).

The thing that drew her to wine was that it was geeky like academia, but also fun and completely varied. When she discovered she could combine her academic background with wine through teaching the WSET qualifications, helping other people develop educational programmes and writing, it all suddenly clicked for her. Rebecca now happily lives in Verona, with her husband and 2 cats. She became the Head of Editorial for Cru Luv Selections in 2021, working alongside Jermaine Stone. Rebecca continues to teach and generally dominate the wine world with her amazing style!

To learn more visit:

linkedin.com/in/rebecca-lawrence-6a58a382

Website: www.cruluvwine.com/

Website (Personal): www.rosmarinoevino.com/

Twitter: @rosmarinoevino

Instagram: @rosmarinoevino

About today’s Host:

Cynthia Chaplin is a VIA certified Italian Wine Ambassador, a professional sommelier with FIS and the WSA, a member of Le Donne del Vino, and a Professor of Italian wine and culture. Born in the USA, she’s lived in Europe since 1990. Italian wine, in particular rosé, is her passion. She works with embassies, corporations and private clients, creating and presenting tastings, events, seminars and in-depth courses. Cynthia is a wine writer, a judge at international wine and sake competitions, she consults with restaurants and enotecas developing comprehensive wine lists and food pairings, and she advises clients who want to curate an Italian wine collection. She currently works for Vinitaly International in Verona as a Project Manager, Educator, and the host of VOICES Series on The Italian Wine Podcast, focusing on diversity and inclusion in the global wine industry.

To learn more visit:

Facebook: Italian Wines in English

Instagram: kiss_my_glassx

Linkedin: www.linkedin.com/in/cynthia-chaplin-190647179/

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Until next time, Cin Cin!

Ep. 1212 Anissa Helou | Wine, Food & Travel With Marc Millon Dec 27, 2022

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Welcome to Episode 1212 in which Marc Millon interviews Anissa Helou in this installment of Wine, Food & Travel with Marc Millon on the Italian Wine Podcast.

More about today’s guest:

Anissa Helou is a chef, food writer and consultant specialising in the cuisines of the Middle East, North Africa, and Mediterranean. She has recently expanded her expertise to include the food of the Islamic world in her latest book, Feast which won the James Beard award in the international category. She divides her time when she is not travelling between London and Trapani in Sicily.

To learn more:

Website: anissas.com

Instagram: www.instagram.com/anissahelou/

Linkedin: www.linkedin.com/feed/

Twitter: twitter.com/anissahelou

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

To learn more visit:

quaypress.uk/

marcmillon.co.uk

vino.co.uk

quaypress.com

LinkedIn: linkedin.com/in/marc-millon-50868624

Twitter: @Marc_Millon

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Ep. 1211 Clinton Lee | Get US Market Ready With Italian Wine People Dec 26, 2022

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Welcome to Episode 1211 in which Steve Raye interviews Dr. Clinton Lee, in this installment of Get US Market Ready With Italian Wine People, on the Italian Wine Podcast.

About today’s guest:

Dr. Clinton Lee is an internationally recognised intercultural etiquette expert, wine and spirit educator and judge. He is the founder of the Asia Pacific Wine and Spirit Institute and uses his expertise in the management of his vineyard in British Columbia (URL for the vineyard). His work and travels have taken him to five continents and over 100 countries. He has lectured at the University of Simon Fraser, Canada. Dr. Lee has over 20 years experience providing consultancy and training globally in Canada, China, Singapore, Hong Kong, Argentina, France, Hungary, Portugal, Italy, and the United States. He has been featured internationally in the media and is recognised as a social media influencer with over 2 million followers on several platforms. He consults across Europe, Asia and North America. Dr. Lee is a popular and sought-after influencer and interviewer.

To learn more visit:

Instagram: @drclintonlee

Linkedin: linkedin.com/in/dr-clinton-lee-…fessional-bb0ba718

Website: apwasi.com

Twitter: @vinoscenti

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!

To learn more visit:

Website: www.bevologyinc.com/

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Ep. 1210 Luca Inama | The Next Generation Dec 25, 2022

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Welcome to episode 1202, in which Victoria Cece sits down with Luca Inama! On this installment of “The Next Generation”.

The Next Generation where Victoria Cece interviews young Italian wine people shaking up the wine scene.

More about today’s guest:

Luca is the youngest brother of the third-generation Inama winery. Always between vineyards and cellar, he is an ambitious winemaker aspiring to make the most exhilarating wines in Soave Classico, and the Colli Berici. At just 25, he joined the family company in 2017, always fascinated by the complexity of the production side of the business.

To learn more visit:

Website: inama.wine

Instagram: @luca_inama

More about the host:

Victoria Cece is a food and beverage storyteller whose curiosity is somewhere deep in a bowl of pasta or a bottle of wine. A fool for history, you can find her reading up about ancient grape varietals or wandering around a little Italian town eating everything in sight, under her alias Slutti Spaghetti.

To learn more visit:

Instagram: @sluttispaghetti

Twitter: @sluttispaghetti

LinkedIn: www.linkedin.com/in/victoria-cece/

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Ep. 1209 Ilaria Petitto | On The Road Edition With Stevie Kim Dec 24, 2022

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Welcome to episode 1209, another episode of “On The Road Edition”, hosted by Stevie Kim. Today Stevie is in Irpinia, and she sits down with Ilaria Petitto to talk about the Consorzio, producers and wine!

This episode was recorded in Campania, specifically in the Irpinia area of the province of Avellino. In this beautiful place, called Green Irpinia because it is surrounded by hills, mountains and forests, Stevie meets Ilaria Petitto, vice-president of the Consorzio Tutela Vini. Ilaria Petitto tells Stevie about the beauty of this area where quality wines are produced between 400 and 800 metres above sea level. Then Stevie discovers the characteristics of the three Iripiania wines, which are produced from the three grape varieties Fiano, Greco di Tufo and Aglianico from which Taurasi is made. Finally, Ilaria Petitto explains the next objectives of the Consortium that counts more then 500 associated. One of the objectives is to make known the beautiful Irpinia area, to promote a different side of Campania to tourists that is more than a beautiful coastline. The Consortium “Tutela dei Vini dell’Irpinia” was established as a voluntary, non-profit association, on 2003. Less than 50 kilometres from Naples, thanks to the conformation of its territory, Irpinia is a land devoted to the production of fine wines. The peculiar orography of the territory results in particular microclimates, varying from area to area, which allow different types of wines to be produced. In fact, Irpinia, today, is the province in Campania with the highest concentration of vineyards and can boast the presence of three DOCG wines: Taurasi, Greco di Tufo and Fiano di Avellino. The mission of the Consortium is to protect and enhance these wines, vine products, vineyards of Irpinia as a a national cultural heritage. To learn more about Consorzio “Tutela dei Vini dell’Irpinia”

To learn more about visit: consorziovinidirpinia.it/

More about the host:

Stevie Kim hosts Clubhouse sessions each week (visit Italian Wine Club & Wine Business on Clubhouse), these recorded sessions are then released on the podcast to immortalize them! She often also joins Professor Scienza in his shows to lend a hand keeping our Professor in check! You can also find her taking a hit for the team when she goes “On the Road”, all over the Italian countryside, visiting wineries and interviewing producers, enjoying their best food and wine – all in the name of bringing us great Pods!

To learn more visit:

Facebook: @steviekim222

Instagram: @steviekim222

Website: vinitalyinternational.com/wordpress/

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Ep. 1208 Scienza In The Mensa: Pasta Pt. 1 | Everybody Needs A Bit Of Scienza Dec 23, 2022

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Welcome to Episode 1208, Scienza in the Mensa; Pasta edition! Join in for some great food and wine pairing; Stevie and Mattia (aka Burgerboy/Pizzaboy) have travelled to Torbole, home of the Professore, here they cook up some great pasta and taste each one with some great wines!

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:

To find out more about Stevie Kim visit:

Facebook: @steviekim222

Instagram: @steviekim222

Website: vinitalyinternational.com/wordpress/

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Ep. 1207 Importers Writers & Sommeliers In Japan | wine2wine Business Forum 2021 Dec 22, 2022

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Welcome to Episode 1207; Sophisticated importers, rigid wine writers and star sommeliers, how they set the wine market trends in Japan.

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 this Session

Japan is Asia’s second largest wine market and the sixth largest importer of wine worldwide. For wineries wanting to export it represents a sophisticated market that is politically stable and one where long-term relationships are valued. It is a mature market with well-trained, knowledgeable and dedicated staff in the on and off-trade. Japan also boasts one of the most cultivated restaurant and bar scenes anywhere in the world. Japan’s top restaurants are destinations for gourmets from around the globe but especially from other Asian countries (in pre-pandemic times). As such they influence taste around the region. While Japanese wine consumers have traditionally been ‘Francophile’ the market is very broadminded and open to new or less well-known regions. Many of the more successful regions are supported by regional bodies / agencies who undertake local promotional activities. Key trends include sparkling wine, ‘low-intervention wines’, promotion of wine sets, changes in wine packaging. Experienced importers, many with decades of experience; dedicated wine writers, rather than ‘social media influencers’; and an army of trained sommeliers are among those who influence the market. All these positives need to be tempered by the knowledge that the aging population and deflation continue to constrain the market.

About the Speakers

Roddy Ropner IWA is a wine writer and researcher based in Japan, focusing on the Japanese wine market. He is also a Vinitaly International Academy Ambassador. His first career was with Christie’s auction house. The initial ten years as a specialist of Chinese porcelain were followed by ten years in management roles including Managing Director of Christie’s Japan.

Connect:

Instagram: roddyropner

About the Moderator:

Dario Bergamini DipWSET was born in Trieste and after completing studies in Oriental Languages in Venice, he went to the Tokyo University of Foreign Studies for a one year exchange program. Upon returning to Italy he had his first job in the wine industry working for a winery in the Chianti Classico area in Tuscany.

Connect:

Instagram: dario_tokyo

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Ep. 1206 Arlene Oliveros Interviews Francesca Vajra | Clubhouse Ambassador's Corner. Dec 22, 2022

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Welcome to Episode 1206 Stevie Kim moderates Clubhouse’s Ambassadors Corner – In this episode Arlene Oliveros interviews Francesca Vaira. These sessions are recorded from Clubhouse and replayed here on the Italian Wine Podcast!

Listen in on this series as Italian Wine Ambassadors all over the world chat with Stevie and their chosen wine producer. Which producer would you interview if you had your pick?

Guest-Moderator

Co-Moderator - Arlene Oliveros is a Filipino-Canadian Chef , Certified Sommelier and serial entrepreneur behind World of Wines Canada and skincare company Fraiche Vinotherapy and Enocosmetics. This year, she started her own vineyard project in the Philippines and launched Olive Rose Farmhouse, a terroir-focused restaurant, wine bar and bottle shop. Always driven by a “Higher purpose” in life, her business ecosystem transforms Philippine communities by creating more jobs and opportunities for underprivileged farmers, fishermen and artisans. She influenced Philippines’ first investments on vineyards and now impacts the viticultural landscape by encouraging a shift from table grapes to wine grape cultivars. In 2019, she received the 100 Most Influential Filipina Women in the World Award for her trailblazing career in wines and as a Thought Leader and Innovator of sustainable Vitis Vinifera skincare Fraiche. She is the curator of The Food and Wine Guru, a digital platform for food and wine connections that are kind, more “human”, meaningful and purpose-driven.

To learn more visit:

Facebook : Arlene Oliveros ; The Food and Wine Guru

Instagram: @thefoodandwineguru ; @pinaysomm

Twitter: Arlene Oliveros @pinaysomm

LinkedIn: Arlene Oliveros

Website : www.oliverose.ph

About today’s guest producer:

Francesca Vaira and G.D. Vajra Wines represents one of the most important winemaking families of Barolo and refers to herself as the “front woman” of G.D. Vajra Barolo. The Vaira family— Francesca with siblings Giuseppe & Isidoro and parents Milena and Aldo refer to themselves as instruments of nature and have been cultivating native grapes from a farm owned by their family since the 1920s. The family patriarch Aldo Vaira is lovingly referred to as the “artisan of the land” and pioneered organic viticulture in the 1970s. He is a revered Barolo traditionalist and an exemplary viticulturalist who witnessed the early years of discovering some of Piedmont’s indigenous grapes including Arneis, Favorita and Nascetta. The Vaira Family is passionately dedicated to sustainable organic vineyard practices and champions the preservation of Italian native grapes. They are known to produce some of the most memorable classic Barolo wines. The prized ones are produced from their Bricco delle Viole crus, known to sit on pure Tortonian soil and situated at the highest elevation among historic vineyards that looks out the Alpine range.

To learn more visit:

Facebook: Francesca Vaira ; Vajra Barolo

Instagram: @gdvajra_barolo ; @fvajra

Website www.gdvajra.it/it/homepage

More about the moderator Stevie Kim:

To find out more about Stevie Kim visit:

Facebook: @steviekim222

Instagram: @steviekim222

Website: vinitalyinternational.com/wordpress/

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