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Ep. 1157 VIA Taormina Gourmet & Mt. Etna 2022 Pt. 2 | Gita Scolastica 2022 Nov 12, 2022

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Welcome to Episode 1157 in which Cynthia Chaplin narrates her adventures in Sicily during the VIA Taormina Gourmet & Mt. Etna 2022 Gita Scolastica 2022 - this episode is part 2 of 6.

More about today’s show:

This is a special Vinitaly International Academy, 2022, Taormina Gourmet and Mt. Etna Gita Scolastica series. The last week of October took a team of our staff and 15 Vinitaly International Academy Ambassadors to the annual Taormina Gourmet event hosted by Cronache di Gusto, and then on to explore several vineyards and wines of Mt Etna. Of course, the whole experience was documented! Listen in as Cynthia Chaplin narrates her travel adventures - and remember, if you prefer written content, you can find this blog on Italianwinepodcast.com, now onto the show

To learn more visit:

vinitalyinternational.com/

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. 1155 Marco Gandini Question | Everybody Needs A Bit Of Scienza Nov 11, 2022

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Welcome to Episode 1155, where the professore takes questions from the wine community and answers them in his inimitable way! These shows are generally in the Italian language. Today’s question comes from our very own Marco Gandini!

If you want to learn more about the Professore:

The one who checks all the facts and regulates when we mistakenly type "Verdicchio" in place of "Vermentino.” Attilio Scienza is a full professor at the University of Milan in the Department of Agricultural and Food Sciences where he teaches courses on genetic improvements to the vine; he also teaches Viticulture in the Master’s program of the University of Turin in Asti. He has been the lead for many national research projects in the field of physiology, agricultural techniques, and vine genetics. As the author of over 350 publications on vine and viticulture in national and international journals, you can bet he knows his stuff!

To find out more about Attilio Scienza visit:

vinitalyinternational.com/wordpress/via-faqs/

winenews.it/en/an-italian-profe…l-be-one-of_307764/

If you want to learn more about Stevie Kim, the Scienza wrangler:

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

To find out more about Stevie Kim visit:

Facebook: @steviekim222

Instagram: @steviekim222

Website: vinitalyinternational.com/wordpress/

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Ep. 1156 Marco Caprai | On The Road Edition Nov 10, 2022

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Welcome to episode 1156, another installment of 'On The Road Edition', hosted by Stevie Kim. Today Stevie is speaking with Marco Caprai at the Caprai Winery in Umbria.

More about the winery:

Welcome to another episode of On The Road Edition hosted by Stevie Kim. Stevie takes a trip to Montefalco, Umbria visiting the Arnaldo Caprai winery. The Arnaldo Caprai winery was founded in 1971 from the dream of Arnaldo Caprai, a successful man in the textile industry, to produce wine from local varieties and especially Sagrantino. Since 1988, the winery has been managed by his son Marco Caprai, who has continued his father's dream by bringing innovation and producing high-quality wines.

To learn more about Arnaldo Caprai visit: www.arnaldocaprai.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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Until next time, Cin Cin!

Ep. 1153 Joan Harnish Interviews Caterina Sartarelli | Clubhouse Ambassador's Corner Nov 09, 2022

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Welcome to Episode 1153 Stevie Kim moderates Clubhouse’s Ambassadors Corner – In this episode Joan Harnish interviews Caterina Chiacchiarini Sartarelli. 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

Joan is originally from the San Francisco Bay Area in California and now lives in Spain just south of Barcelona near the Priorat área. She is a mother of 3 and her husband is from Barcelona. She has a dual Masters MBA / MIM (Masters in Business Administration and Masters in International Management) and specializes in Marketing and Corporate Event Management. She is a Certified Sommelier, WSET 4 Diploma graduate and Weinakademiker. She is a member of the Via Community and a Climate Change activist

To learn more visit:

Instagram @harnishjoan

Linkedin www.linkedin.com/in/joan-harnish-9223a32b/Website

About today’s guest producer:

Caterina Chiacchiarini Sartarelli Studied BWL-Betriebswirtschaftslehre (economics) completely and exclusively in German language at the Ludwig-Maximilians-Universität in Munich, Germany. Travelling each summer to Ireland and to England since the age of 14 to the age of 19 to learn English and then to German because of the German language. Her spoken languages are English, German and French, while I also speak some Norwegian, besides Italian.

Worked in Munich at the Human Resources at the Italian petrol company Agip-Eni and then worked 4 years in New York City at the Mediterranean Shipping in several departments, but mostly in traffic. She worked as translator and interpreter. Joined the Sartarelli family and team in 2011 and focus has always been on export and marketing. She loves the wine business and the wine world and the people in this environment!

To learn more visit:

Facebook www.facebook.com/sartarelliwine

Instagram www.instagram.com/sartarelliwine/

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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Ep. 1154 Canada Navigating The Monopolies | wine2wine Business Forum 2021 Nov 09, 2022

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Welcome to Episode 1154; Working in Canada With The Monopolies.

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 the Speakers

William Predhomme IWA

Professional sommelier turned entrepreneur, Will Predhomme is the Managing Director/CEO of Predhomme Strategic Marketing, a wine & food marketing & communications company based in Toronto spanning the Canadian market. Will’s professional background is a career based in beverage alcohol, his experience ranging as wine buyer/sommelier with Fairmont Hotels & Resorts, Harrah’s Entertainment, & Oliver & Bonacini Restaurant, & is considered one of the top Canada-based leaders in the wine/beverage alcohol industry.

Connect:

Facebook: Will Predhomme

About the Moderator:

Marianna Velenosi

Marianna Velenosi was born in 1993 in family of winegrowers in the Marche region, more precisely in Ascoli Piceno. Since childhood she has been accustomed to life in the vineyard and raised in the cellar by her parents Angela and Ercole Velenosi, founders of the cellar in 1984.

Connect:

Instagram: mariannavele

Twitter: marianna_vele

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Ep. 1152 Brian Lilla | Voices With Cynthia Chaplin Nov 08, 2022

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Welcome to Episode 1152 Cynthia Chaplin interviews Brian Lilla, Filmmaker, in this installment of Voices, on the Italian Wine Podcast.

More about today’s guest:

Brian Lilla is an award-winning storyteller who uses video to convey, convince, and cajole. Brian got his start shooting short films, moved into documentaries, and grew into brand videos and commercials. While the executions may appear divergent, his keen eye for the heart of the matter is ever apparent.

To learn more visit:

Website: brianlilla.com

About today’s Host:

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. 1151 Alberto De Rosa & Salvatore Esposito | Wine, Food & Travel With Marc Millon Nov 07, 2022

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Welcome to Episode 1151 in which Marc Millon interviews Alberto de Rosa and Salvatore Esposito, in this installment of Wine, Food & Travel with Marc Millon on the Italian Wine Podcast.

More about today’s guests:

Alberto De Rosa:

Every day cyclist, traveller, film maker and since some years host and touristic intermediary for special people who loves to get an insight into the history and the stories of his birthtown

To learn more visit:

Linkedin: htpps://www.linkedin.com/in/alberto-v-de-rosa-71029826

Facebook: www.facebook.com/alberto.v.derosa

More about Salvatore Esposito:

He started in 1997 from a little shop selling unbottled wine and, thanks to his passion for wine and dedication, transformed it in a wineshop offering one of the finest and widest choice in the town of Naples, reference point for local producers, winelovers, musicians, artists, sportsmen.

To learn more:

Instagram: Vineapolis1997

Facebook: www.facebook.com/Vineapolis1997

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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Until next time, Cin Cin!

Ep. 1150 Kayla Winter | Get Us Market Ready With Italian Wine People Nov 06, 2022

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Welcome to Episode 1150 in which Steve Raye interviews Kayla Winter, in this installment of Get US Market Ready With Italian Wine People, on the Italian Wine Podcast.

About today’s guest:

A Sonoma County native, Kayla Winter has a Bachelor of Science Degree in Enology and Viticulture from Cornell University. After 10 years in traditional wine at reputable wineries such as Chalk Hill, Raymond, and Paul Hobbs, she was hired by BevZero to apply traditional winemaking skills to the, at the time, struggling no and low alcohol segment in the US. Since then she has helped over 20 brands bring products into market through dealcoholization and product development services. In her spare time Kayla loves gardening, tending to her chickens, and playing Dungeons and Dragons.

To learn more visit:

Website: www.bevzero.com

Instagram: @thenonalcwinemaker

Linkedin: www.linkedin.com/in/kayla-marie-winter/

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. 1149 Felicity Carter | Uncorked Nov 05, 2022

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Welcome to episode 1149, in which host Polly Hammond interviews Felicity Carter, this week on Uncorked.

Just arrived home from MediaFest22 in Washington DC, Felicity Carter and I sit down to discuss the state of journalism, insights from the conference, what it takes to make it in content these days…oh, and what we learned from five days of eating and drinking in the US capitol. This is a no-holds barred chat between friends, and we invite you to come along! Let’s get into it.

More about today’s guest:

Felicity Carter is a wine journalist, editor, and researcher. She is Editor of ARENI Global, International Editor of Star Wine List. Previously she worked for Meininger Verlag, Europe’s biggest wine and spirits publisher, where she built Meininger’s Wine Business International into the world’s premier wine business magazine, with subscribers in more than 38 countries.

Her work has also appeared in The Age and Sydney Morning Herald newspapers in Australia, and in The Guardian USA, among others. Felicity is an acclaimed international wine judge, speaker, and mentor.

To learn more visit:

Twitter: twitter.com/FelicityCarter

LinkedIn: www.linkedin.com/in/felicity-carter-a5754380/

Website: felicitycarter.com.au/

More about the host:

Polly is Founder and CEO of 5forests. She splits her time between Barcelona, Auckland, and Napa, consulting, writing, and speaking about the trends that impact today’s wine businesses. She’s an advisor to New Zealand Trade & Enterprise, host of Uncorked with the Italian Wine Podcast, cohost of the Real Business of Wine with Robert Joseph, and, occasionally, a knitter.

Polly is a graduate of the University of Southern California, where she earned degrees in International Relations and French. Those studies led to a deep and abiding love affair with behavioral Economics, and her wine work is based on insights into all the crazy and irrational reasons consumers engage with brands. With over 20 years’ experience in growing successful companies, Polly knows first-hand the challenges faced by independent businesses. She approaches each client experience with empathy and understanding for what it takes to adapt and thrive in the real world.

To learn more visit:

Twitter: @mme_hammond

Instagram: @pollyhammond_

website: 5forests.com/

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Ep. 1148 VIA Taormina Gourmet & Mt. Etna 2022 Pt. 1 | Gita Scolastica 2022 Nov 04, 2022

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Welcome to Episode 1148 in which Cynthia Chaplin narrates her adventures in Sicily during the VIA Taormina Gourmet & Mt. Etna 2022 Gita Scolastica 2022 - this episode is part 1 of 6.

More about today’s show:

To learn more visit:

vinitalyinternational.com/

About today’s Host:

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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