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Ep. 789 Natalie MacLean | Voices Feb 15, 2022

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Episode 789 Cynthia Chaplin interviews Natalie MacLean, in this new installment of Voices, on the Italian Wine Podcast.

About today’s guest:

Natalie MacLean offers popular online wine and food pairing courses at www.nataliemaclean.com. She's the host of Unreserved Wine Talk, selected as one of the best drinks podcasts by The New York Times.

Both of her books, Red, White and Drunk All Over: A Wine-Soaked Journey from Grape to Glass and Unquenchable: A Tipsy Quest for the World's Best Bargain Wines were selected as an Amazon Best Books of the Year. She's the wine expert on CTV's The Social; CTV News; and Global Television's Morning Show.

Natalie was named the World's Best Drinks Journalist at the World Food Media Awards, and has won four James Beard Foundation Journalism Awards. She is the only person to have won both the M.F.K. Fisher Distinguished Writing Award from the James Beard Foundation and the M.F.K. Fisher Award for Excellence in Culinary Writing from Les Dames d'Escoffier International.

If you want to learn more about today’s guest, you can by visiting:

Website: www.nataliemaclean.com

Instagram @nataliemacleanwine

Facebook @natdecants

Twitter @nataliemaclean

LinkedIn @nataliemaclean

About today’s Host:

Cynthia Chaplin is a Vinitaly International Academy certified Italian Wine Ambassador, a professional sommelier with Fondazione Italiana Sommelier, a member of Le Donne del Vino, and a Professor of Italian wine and culture. Born in the USA, Cynthia moved to Europe in 1990 where she has lived in Spain, Belgium, England and Italy. She chose to center her career in Rome and immerse herself in the Italian wine sector, which is her passion. She has taught university students and expats, works with embassies, corporations and private clients, creating and presenting tastings, events, seminars and in-depth courses. Cynthia is a wine writer, translator, and a judge at international wine and sake competitions. She consults with restaurants and enotecas assisting in the development of comprehensive wine lists and excellent food pairings, as well as advising private clients who want to develop a comprehensive Italian wine collection. She lives with her British photographer husband on the shore of Lake Bracciano, north of Rome, where they share their beautiful garden with one massive grapevine, two border collies and an arrogant diva cat.

If you want to learn more about today’s host, you can by visiting:

Facebook: Italian Wines in English

Instagram: kiss_my_glassx

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

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Until next time, Cin Cin!

Ep. 788 Enrica Fontana | Wine, Food & Travel With Marc Millon Feb 14, 2022

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Episode 788 Marc Millon interviews Enrica Fontana from Spagnol Winery, in this episode of Italian Food & Wine with Marc Millon on the Italian Wine Podcast.

About the winery:

It all began with the cultivation of vines undertaken by great-grandfather Serafino during the early 1900s.

Our history continues with the production and marketing of bulk wine until 1986, the year during which we began bottling wines in our cantina, thereby covering all phases of wine making from the production to the sale of bottles, thereby completely the supply chain.

The vineyards have always been managed and worked by our nuclear family: father Orazio, mother Loreta and their sons, Stefano, Marco, Alberto and Mattia.

More specifically, Orazio and Alberto, together with a team of agronomists, supervise the agricultural activities, all done manually, from the management of the plants to the harvest; while Stefano and Marco, as oenologists, deal with the wine-making process of the company wine cellars.

Over time, the “famiglia” has grown to embrace the arrival of talented collaborators, who work in the vineyards (7 individuals), and in our offices (4 individuals).

Our business is more than just a trade,

it’s our passion and our family tradition.

If you want to learn more by visiting:

spagnolcoldelsas.com/en/

More about the host Marc Millon:

Marc Millon, VIA Italian Wine Ambassador 2021, has been travelling, eating, drinking, learning and writing about wine, food and travel for nearly 40 years. Born in Mexico, with a mother from Hawaii via Korea and an anthropologist father from New York via Paris, he was weaned on exotic and delicious foods. Marc and his photographer wife Kim are the authors of 14 books including a pioneering series of illustrated wine-food-travel books: The Wine Roads of Europe, The Wine Roads of France, The Wine Roads of Italy (Premio Barbi Colombini), and The Wine Roads of Spain. Other titles include The Wine and Food of Europe, The Food Lovers’ Companion Italy, The Food Lovers’ Companion France, Wine, a global history. Marc regularly lectures and hosts gastronomic cultural tours to Italy and France with Martin Randall Travel, the UK’s leading cultural travel specialist. He is soon to begin a regular series on Italian Wine Podcast, ‘Wine, food and travel with Marc Millon’. When not on the road Marc lives on the River Exe in Devon, England

If you want to learn more about today’s guest, you can by visiting:

quaypress.uk/

marcmillon.co.uk

vino.co.uk

quaypress.com

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

Twitter: @Marc_Millon

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Ep. 787 Tim Hanni MW | Get US Market Ready With Italian Wine People Feb 13, 2022

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Episode 787 Steve Raye interviews Tim Hanni in this installment of Get US Market Ready With Italian Wine People on the Italian Wine Podcast.

About today’s guest:

A wine industry business consultant and lecturer, Tim Hanni has been involved with food and wine for over 50 years. He is President of Calyber LLC and HanniCo LLC. One facet of Calyber LLC is researching and quantifying the factors that affect personal wine preferences enabling new methods of market segmentation and marketing strategies. The second division of Calyber LLC is Wine Business Education that provides courses for individuals, organizations and universities via www.winebusinesseducation.com. Hanni also conducts various aspects of hospitality training and education, sales, marketing, and wine and food programs around the world. He is the author of the book "Why you Like the Wines You Like."

Current employer: Wine Business Education LLC, eCode.me LLC

Primary area(s) of work: Wine production, Trade, Strategy, Communication

Industry sector(s): Author, Business owner, Consultant, Distribution, Educator, Events, International trade, Marketing, Off trade, On trade, Sales, Viticulture, Wine judge, Wine tourism, Winemaking, Education

You can find out more about Tim Hanni by visiting:

www.linkedin.com/in/timhannimw

More about the host Steve Raye:

Steve Raye of Bevology Inc originally joined our weekly lineup with narrations from his book “How to get US Market Ready” - but everyone just loved him so much, we brought him back with this series of interviews that informs and inspires! Each week he speaks to industry professionals; guests who have gained valuable experience in the Italian wine sector and have insightful tips and stories that can help anyone who wants to learn about getting US Market Ready!

For more information on the host Steve Raye you can check out his website, Bevology Inc. here: www.bevologyinc.com/

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Ep. 786 Diva Giles | Uncorked Feb 12, 2022

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Welcome to episode 786 – in which host Polly Hammond interviews Diva Giles on this week’s installment of “Uncorked”.

Show description:

We hear that "Millennials aren't buying wine" but Diva Giles is here to tell you that's not the full story. As a 26 year old owner of a successful, award-winning wine bar, Diva brings her insights to the question of how to build a better relationship with younger drinkers. From non-wanky language to meaningful storytelling to getting over our own BS, here are the lessons we need to hear to show love to the next generation. A definite must for your wine listening this week!

Speaker Bio:

DIva Giles is the co-owner of Beau Wine Bar, known in Auckland for its robust wine list and more-ish food, but most importantly, for being a hub for wine lovers from 18 to 80. With an approach that breaks the common rules of wine, she and her business partner Logan Birch have definite thoughts on how the wine world markets to and communicates with the younger audience. And if their success is any indicator, they're doing something we all could learn from...

If you want to learn more about today’s guest, you can by visiting: www.beauponsonby.co.nz/

Instagram: www.instagram.com/beauwinebar/

More about the host Polly Hammond:

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

Polly is a graduate of the University of Southern California, where she earned degrees in International Relations and French. Those studies led to a deep and abiding love affair with behavioural Economics, and her wine work is based on insights into all the crazy and irrational reasons consumers engage with brands.

With over 20 years experience in growing successful companies, Polly knows first hand the challenges faced by independent businesses. She approaches each client experience with empathy and understanding for what it takes to adapt and thrive in the real world.

To learn more about Polly Hammond visit:

Twitter: @mme_hammond

Instagram: @5forests

website: 5forests.com/

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Ep. 785 Elena Fucci Pt. 1 | On The Road With Stevie Kim Feb 11, 2022

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Welcome to episode 785, another on the Road Edition With Stevie Kim, Join her as she visits Elena Fucci in Basilicata

Learn more about Elena Fucci:

“Our winery was founded in 2000 at a time when our family was discussing whether to sell the beautiful vineyards surrounding the house where I grew up.

The vineyards were purchased in the 60’s by my grandfather Generoso, who chose to buy the highest part of the vineyard in Contrada Solagna of Titolo at the foot of Mount Vulture (an extinct volcano). Over the years that followed my grandfather and great-grandfather took care of the vineyards, selling the grapes after harvest and keeping just enough to produce some wine for personal consumption.

The winery came to life with the 2000 vintage concurrently with my studies at the Faculty of Viticulture and Enology. Initially, we were assisted by an external consultant, while in 2004 all facets of the winery were taken over in first person. The choice from the beginning, without any regret, was to stake everything on a single label, the "TITOLO" envisioning it as a high quality, first class wine or "cru". A unique wine for objective reasons related to the yields of the vineyards and the quality of the vines, considering their age. A unique wine to best represent the characteristics of the Aglianico grape and the territory of the Vulture, where the particular mix of microclimate and terroir transmits to our wine one of the best and most unique expressions of this fabulous area that is Contrada Solagna del Titolo."...

To learn more about Elena Fucci and her winery visit:

www.elenafuccivini.com/en-IT/history…/?Item=storia

More about the host Stevie Kim:

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

To find out more about Stevie Kim visit:

Facebook: @steviekim222

Instagram: @steviekim222

Website: vinitalyinternational.com/wordpress/

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Ep. 783 Amy Ezrin | #everybodyneedsabitofscienza Feb 10, 2022

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Episode 783 Stevie Kim asks Professore Attilio Scienza another wine question, taken from the pool of questions posed by listeners all over Italy and beyond. In today’s episode he takes a question from Amy Ezrin.

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. 784 SOS Special | #everbodyneedsabitofscienza Feb 10, 2022

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Welcome to episode 784 SOS Special of #everybodyneedsabitofscienza

Stevie Kim chats with Richard Hough about the Professore’s new book, in our special SOS #everybodyneedsabitofscienza installment - this is a shout out to all the wine geeks out there - we need some feedback on the Professore's book, the English version of "Jumbo Shrimp guide to the origins, evolution and future of the grapevine" - The Italian Wine Podcast is part of the Mamma Jumbo Shrimp brand, and Mamma Jumbo Shrimp is all about breaking down difficult concepts into small bite size pieces... the issue here is that Professore Scienza's new book is well... a bit difficult to chew at this point, so we want to invite wine lovers out there to give us their input and advice, to make the final product more reader friendly. So have at it wine lovers, don't be shy! send your comments to @itawinepodcast on insta or info@italianwinepodcast.com

If you want to learn more about the Professore:

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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Until next time, Cin Cin!

Ep. 781 Giuseppe LoCascio Interviews Angela Maculan | Clubhouse Ambassador's Corner Feb 09, 2022

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Episode 781 Stevie Kim moderates Clubhouse’s Ambassadors Corner – In this episode Giuseppe LoCascio interviews Angela Maculan. These sessions are recorded from Clubhouse and replayed here on the Italian Wine Podcast!

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

About today’s guest host -Giuseppe LoCascio

A NYC native Giuseppe, has spent all is adult life traveling between Italy and the USA and working in the wine import/distribution industry. Having recently relocated to California, Giuseppe has founded Lucidity Wine Merchants, a boutique fine wine import/wholesale company, and Vntners, a direct-to-consumer platform where wine lovers can find the best artisanal wines made by true winegrowers.

To find out more about today's guest host Giuseppe LoCascio:

Guest Moderator: Giuseppe LoCascio

Facebook www.facebook.com/giuseppe.l.cascio.10

Instagram www.instagram.com/glocascio/

Twitter @GiusLoCascio

LinkedIn www.linkedin.com/in/giuseppe-l-locascio-1805141/

Website www.glcwines.com/

About todays Guest - Angela Maculan

Born just after the harvest of 1977, Fausto Maculan jokes that his daughter Angela was the best thing to come out of that vintage since it was not a good year for wine. She took her first steps in the winery and proceeded to follow her father’s every move there; indeed she became the mascot of the Maculan winery team!

After receiving her high school diploma from Liceo Scientifico, she started attending the University of Padova’s Agraria and continued to help her father and increase her role in the family business. From her father, Fausto, she inherited a passion for wine and also for food. To improve her knowledge in these areas, she became a Sommelier and a Cheese Taster of ONAF (Organizzazione Nazionale Assaggiatori Formaggio).

To find out more about Angela Maculan

Facebook www.facebook.com/angela.maculan and www.facebook.com/maculanwine

Instagram www.instagram.com/maculanwine/ and @angela_maculan

LinkedIn www.linkedin.com/in/angela-maculan-b91050159/

Website www.maculan.net/le-persone/

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. 782 Multisensory Expanding The Wine Communication Toolkit | Wine2Wine 2021 Recorded Sessions Feb 09, 2022

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Episode 782 – Multisensory: expanding the wine communication toolkit - Sarah Heller MW and Margareth Henriquez. These sessions were recorded through Swapcard at the Wine2Wine 2021 Business Forum and are being replayed here on the Italian Wine Podcast!

Wine2Wine is an international wine business forum, and has been held annually in Verona, Italy since 2014. The event is a key reference point for wine producers and a diverse variety of wine professionals eager to develop and grow their wine business worldwide.

About today’s session:

Verbal communication about wine, broadly treated like the default, has its limits, potentially hindering our ability to reach new customers and capture their imaginations, particularly as the market for wine expands into new regions and cultural contexts. Non-verbal communication about wine, while not yet mainstream, is being employed by different players within the wine industry to intriguing effect. The session will feature two major examples of non-verbal sensory content related to wine, exploring lessons learned and impacts on the relevant wines/brands.

More about Sarah Heller MW:

Sarah Heller MW is a wine expert, visual artist and television host based in Hong Kong. At 31, she is Asia-Pacific’s youngest Master of Wine. Sarah created Radix, a branded platform that endeavours to engage a new generation of wine lovers in Asia and beyond through projects. Aside from all this, she is a partner and buyer for the Almásy Collection of wines; brand ambassador and design collaborator for Lucaris Crystal; she is a Vinitaly International Academy faculty member; the wine editor for Asia Tatler; chairman of WINE100, China’s largest wine competition; and a host of the television series Wine Masters. Independently, she is the creator of an art series called Visual Tasting Notes, as well as a series of educational videos that has reached nearly 5 million students. She is frequently invited to speak on topics such as the Asian wine market as well as wine marketing and E-commerce. In 2019, she was made a member of the judging committee of the IWSC

If you want to learn more you can by visiting:

Facebook: www.facebook.com/profile.php?id=316342

Instagram: @sarahhellermw

Twitter: @SarahHellerMW

LinkedIn: www.linkedin.com/in/sarah-heller-mw-96a9713/

Website: sarahheller.com/

More about Margareth Henriquez:

Margareth Henriquez, better known as Maggie, is a seasoned professional with over 42 years of experience, 31 of which she has spent as President and/or CEO of multinational or global companies in Venezuela, Mexico, Argentina and now France. Since 2009 she has been President and CEO of the House of Krug in Reims, France. Krug is the first and still unique Champagne House to create only Prestige Champagnes every year since it was founded in 1843.

If you want to learn more you can by visiting:

Facebook: www.facebook.com/KRUGChampagne

Instagram: @krugchampagne

Twitter: @Krug

LinkedIn: www.linkedin.com/in/margareth-mag…ez-phd-6824a7aa/

To find out more about the forum visit:

wine2wine.net/?lang=en

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Ep. 780 Jamie Evans | Voices Feb 08, 2022

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Episode 780 Cynthia Chaplin interviews Jamie Evans, in this new installment of Voices, on the Italian Wine Podcast.

About today’s guest:

Jamie Evans is the founder of The Herb Somm, a culinary-meets-cannabis blog and lifestyle brand that’s focused on the gourmet side of the industry. She is an author, entrepreneur, and writer specializing in cannabis, CBD, food, recipes, and the canna-culinary world.

Alongside her work in the cannabis space, she’s a Certified Specialist of Wine and French Wine Scholar with over a decade of wine industry experience. She’s also the co-founder and CEO of Herbacée, a French-inspired cannabis-infused wine brand.

If you want to learn more about today’s guest, you can by visiting:

Website: www.TheHerbSomm.com // www.Herbacee.com

Instagram: @TheHerbSomm www.instagram.com/theherbsomm

Facebook: @TheHerbSomm www.facebook.com/theherbsomm

Twitter: @TheHerbSomm twitter.com/theherbsomm

Linkedin: www.linkedin.com/in/jamie-evans-csw-fws-95a4952b/

About today’s Host:

If you want to learn more about today’s host, you can by visiting:

Facebook: Italian Wines in English

Instagram: kiss_my_glassx

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

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