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Ep. 687 Slawomir Kominski Interviews Michele Scienza | Clubhouse Ambassador's Corner Oct 27, 2021

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Episode 687 Stevie Kim moderates Clubhouse’s Ambassadors Corner. In this episode Slawek Kominski interviews Michele Scienza - 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?

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About today’s guest host:

He is the Founder, Owner & General Manager of MineWine.pl

Slawomir Komiński is a wine lover, especially one of Italian wine, and has a strong determination to turn the combination of his passion for wine and business into a success. A formidable communicator, he has excellent interpersonal skills and an entrepreneurial spirit. He is a wine expert with a deep knowledge of the wine business, including warehousing, logistics, customer service and marketing. He has gained numerous work experience with cross-functional teams, acquiring a dynamic and result-oriented management style, with a problem solving attitude. He is always looking to optimise processes and identify opportunities for growth. Sławek has an in-depth knowledge of digital media and online marketing tools, as well as advanced business negotiation skills and a natural aptitude that helps him establish and maintain long-term relationships with business partners. For 12 years, Sławek Komiński has been the founder, owner and general manager of MineWine.pl, which operates in the Polish wine retail market.

To find out more by visiting:

Website: www.minewine.pl

Instagram: www.instagram.com/s.kominski/ www.instagram.com/minewine.pl/

Facebook: www.facebook.com/s.kominski www.facebook.com/Minewinepl

Linkedin: www.linkedin.com/in/slawomir-kominski-bb00713/

About today’s guest producer:

Michele Scienza is a co owner and personally takes care of the vineyard and the winery in Guado al Melo. He has lived in the world of wine since childhood, becoming passionate about the production aspects. His dream was to be a winemaker, like his grandparents. During and after the technical and scientific studies, he built a knowledge, experience and sensibility on enology, working in the family business and also outside. His roots are in Trentino Alto-Adige but he moved to Bolgheri in the 1990s and there, in coastal Tuscany, he started to realize his dream and passion to wine production thanks to the support of his family especially his father professor Atillio Scienza and his wife Analisa.

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

www.guadoalmelo.it/en/

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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Until next time, Cin Cin!

Ep. 686 Tugba Cimenci | Voices Oct 26, 2021

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Episode 686 Rebecca Lawrence interviews Tugba Cimenci in this episode of Voices on the Italian Wine Podcast.

About today’s guest:

Wine is her passion; but Italian wine is her biggest passion!

She am a Turkish wine afficionado who took introducing/presenting Italian wines to the world as a mission. It has shaped and molded her life in many ways!

She got her MBA degree in wine in Italy as well as the WSET Level 2 certification; also, she is a VIA Italian Wine Ambassador candidate for 2022 and getting prepared for WSET Level 3 and AIS Sommelier certifications. In the meantime, she professionally markets Italian wines to the world and specifically within her country, Turkey.

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

Instagram: @wanderlustvino

More about the host Rebecca Lawrence:

Future voice of the BBC and English Language voice of Professor Attilio Scienza, Rebecca Lawrence has stepped in to host special this series on the Italian Wine Podcast. An esteemed wine educator, writer, and all-around polymath Rebecca is adding a fresh voice to the Italian Wine Podcast lineup. Her show Voices focuses on diversity and allyship in the wine sector, often interviewing guests that are doing their part to enact positive changes within the wine industry all over the world.

To find out more about Rebecca visit:

www.rosmarinoevino.com/

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We also want to give a shout out to our sponsor Ferrowine. The largest alcoholic beverage shop in Italy since 1920! They have generously provided us with our brand new Italian Wine Podcast T-shirts, and we love them! Check out Ferrowine’s site, they have great wines, food pairings and so much more!

www.ferrowine.it/

Until next time, Cin Cin!

Ep. 685 Vincenzo Ippolito | Wine, Food & Travel With Marc Millon Oct 25, 2021

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Episode 685 Marc Millon interviews Vincenzo Ippolito in this episode of Italian Food & Wine with Marc Millon on the Italian Wine Podcast.

About today’s guest:

Vincenzo Ippolito is the owner of Cantina Ippolito. With over 170 years of history, the Ippolito winery represents the oldest winery in existence in Calabria. Located in the historic center of Cirò Marina, the heart of Calabrian viticulture, the company includes an agricultural estate of over 100 hectares, distributed between rolling hills and sunny plains close to the Ionian Sea, located in the classic area of Cirò.

The company mission has always been the recovery and enhancement of native vines such as Gaglioppo, Greco Bianco, Calabrese, Pecorello and finally Greco Nero. Through constant research, the use of innovative techniques, the direct control of all production processes, they seek elegance, exclusivity and identity with their territory in their wines.

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

www.ippolito1845.it/storia/

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 find out more about Marc 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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www.ferrowine.it/

Until next time, Cin Cin!

Ep. 684 Liza Zimmerman | Get US Market Ready With Italian Wine People Oct 24, 2021

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Episode 684 Steve Raye interviews Liza Zimmerman in this episode of Get US Market Ready With Italian Wine People on the Italian Wine Podcast.

About today’s guest:

Wine Marketing Consultant, Educator & Journalist

Liza B. Zimmerman has been writing, educating and consulting about wine and food for more than 25 years. She has also worked almost every angle of the wine and food business: from server and consultant to positions in distribution, education and sales. Her approach to wine education, coverage and training is savvy, down to earth and unpretentious.

She is a master of content and has decades of experience creating everything from tasting notes and food pairings to dynamic social media campaigns and marketing and pr materials for wineries in the U.S. and abroad. She has visited all the world’s major wine growing and spirits producing regions—50 plus countries and counting—is one of several hundred people in the U.S. to hold the Diploma of Wine & Spirits (D.W.S.), the rigorous academic three-year program that is the precursor to the Master of Wine.

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

Email:liza@lizathewinechick.com

Website: www.lizathewinechick.com

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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www.ferrowine.it/

Until next time, Cin Cin!

Ep. 683 VIA Day 3 Part 4 | Everybody Needs A Bit Of Scienza Oct 21, 2021

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Episode 683 Day 3- Part 4 of Professore Attilio Scienza's Seminars at the Vinitaly International Academy (Translated into English by Francesco Marchio).

About The Seminar:

Welcome to another installment of #everybodyneedsabitofscienza. Class is in session! Follow the Professore in his advanced Wine Seminars during the Vinitaly International Ambassador Certification Course, Flagship Edition in Verona! Seminars were on the Ten must-know Italian soils - “I Vini del Fuoco”, “I Vini del Mare” & I Vini del Ghiaccio”..just think Fire, Water, and Ice... very Game of Thrones...but way nerdier and of course starring our very own Super Hero Professore Scienza. oh and for all those English speakers-only in the house, Scienza's sidekick Francesco Marchio was there to back him up all the way, translating all the material on the spot!

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/

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We also want to give a shout out to our sponsor Ferrowine. The largest alcoholic beverage shop in Italy since 1920! They have generously provided us with our brand-new Italian Wine Podcast T-shirts, and we love them! Check out Ferrowine’s site, they have great wines, food pairings and so much more!

www.ferrowine.it/

Until next time, Cin Cin!

Ep. 682 Tanya Morningstar Darling & Donatella Cinelli Colombini | Clubhouse Ambassador's Corner Oct 20, 2021

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Episode 682 Stevie Kim moderates Clubhouse’s Ambassadors Corner. In this episode Tanya Morningstar Darling interviews Donatella Cinelli Colombini-

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:

Tanya Morning Star Darling is a full time wine educator, and writer with nearly 3 decades of industry experience. Her school, Cellar Muse is the approved program provider for Wine Scholar Certifications (French, Italian, and Spanish) in the Seattle area. She is also a Certified Wine Educator, an approved WSET instructor for L1-L4 curriculums, an official Ambassador of Bourgogne Wines, the Official Educational Ambassador of Orvieto Wines, the Educational Chair on the board of the Alliance of Women in Washington Wine, and she is very proud to have recently become a VIA Italian Wine Ambassador!

www.cellarmuse.com/tanya-morning-star-darling

About today’s guest producer:

Born in 1953 to a family of producers of Brunello di Montalcino, Donatella graduated in History of Medieval Art. In 1993 she founded the “Movimento del turismo del vino” and invented “Cantine aperte”, the day that in a few years brought success to wine tourism in Italy. Currently she teaches wine tourism in the Master graduate programmes of three universities. After 14 years of professional experience in the family business in 1998 she founded her own estate that comprises Fattoria del Colle in Trequanda and Casato Prime Donne in Montalcino. In 2003 she won the Oscar for the best Italian producer awarded by AIS BIbenda and published the “Manuale del turismo del vino” followed in 2007 by “Marketing del turismo del vino”. From 2001 to 2011 she was the Tourism Councillor at the Siena Town Hall. Among her achievements is “Trekking urbano” a new kind of tourism sport, which was exported from Siena to the rest of Italy. IN 2012 she received the International Vinitaly Prize and the following year she was elected National Vice President of “Donne del Vino” and President of the Consortium of Orcia wines. In 2014 she was nominated ‘Cavaliere della Repubbica Italiana”. In 2016 she was elected National president of the Donne del Vino Association.

www.cinellicolombini.it/en/

More about the moderator Stevie Kim:

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

To find out more about Stevie Kim visit:

Facebook: @steviekim222

Instagram: @steviekim222

Website: vinitalyinternational.com/wordpress/

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If you feel like helping us, donate here www.italianwinepodcast.com/donate-to-show/

Until next time, Cin Cin!

Ep. 681 Russ Lorber | Voices Oct 19, 2021

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Episode 681 Rebecca Lawrence interviews Russ Lorber in this episode of Voices on the Italian Wine Podcast.

About today’s guest:

"In 2013, a wine guru walked into my life, and I set off on a path of demystifying the wines of Europe–a section of stores and wine lists that I previously avoided. This path rewarded me with an understanding of what wine really is…a centerpiece of gatherings with families and friends; something to facilitate celebration. When visiting family wineries in Europe, I found the experience to be like an invitation to a family gathering, and I admired the passion of the winemakers for their craft. I launched Wide Roots to bring the essence of this experience to more wine drinkers, hoping to help them in unlocking this world much the same way that I did for myself.

I am certified by Vinitaly International Academy as an Italian Wine Ambassador. I have traveled extensively in Europe, having visited wine estates in Italy, Spain, France, Greece, and Austria.

My prior experience includes operations management, finance, product management, supply and demand management, and engineering. I have managed organizations as large as 90 people."

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

Website: www.widerootsllc.com

Instagram: @wide_rootsllc

Facebook: @wideroots

Twitter: @widerootsllc

Linkedin: @wide-roots-llc

More about the host Rebecca Lawrence:

To find out more about Rebecca visit:

www.rosmarinoevino.com/

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If you feel like helping us, donate here www.italianwinepodcast.com/donate-to-show/

www.ferrowine.it/

Until next time, Cin Cin!

Ep. 680 Gottfried Pollinger | Wine, Food & Travel With Marc Millon Oct 18, 2021

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Episode 680 Marc Millon interviews Gottfried Pollinger in this episode of Italian Food & Wine with Marc Millon on the Italian Wine Podcast.

About today’s guest:

"It's wonderful to be able to continuously take on new challenges, so we can make an even better use of individual areas. The Alpine climate, Mediterranean influences, and the fragmentation of the Alps with their complex geological origin, create an extraordinary environment, which has given me personally a considerable task and responsibility. My family has been growing wine for generations; this love of wine-making is in my blood. I feel attached to the winery and I'm encouraging its international positioning. It's always great to see wine professionals from all over the world turning to my knowledge and expertise, and to see that our wines still enjoy an ever-increasing international presence”.

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

Website: www.nalsmargreid.com

Instagram: nals.margreid

Facebook: nals.margreid

Linkedin: nalsmargreid

More about the host Marc Millon:

To find out more about Marc 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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www.ferrowine.it/

Until next time, Cin Cin!

Ep. 679 Nunzio Castaldo | Get US Market Ready With Italian Wine People Oct 17, 2021

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Episode 679 Steve Raye interviews Nunzio Castaldo in this episode of Get US Market Ready With Italian Wine People on the Italian Wine Podcast.

About today’s guest:

Nunzio Castaldo has been a driving force for the growth of Italian wines in the United States market for over 32 years. Nunzio began his career at Winebow where he joined in 1986 as a sales representative covering Italian restaurants in Manhattan. In 1994, he created Winebow’s first Italian Sales Division, maximizing the sales of the Leonardo LoCascio Selections portfolio in the New York metropolitan market. Mr. Castaldo was promoted to Regional Manager of New Jersey and New York in 1997. In 2002, Mr. Castaldo was promoted to Senior Vice President of Imports at Winebow, in which he oversaw supplier relationships and contract negotiations for import portfolios. In 2014, with the merger of Winebow and The Vintner Group, Mr. Castaldo became Senior Vice President, Portfolio Management of Leonardo LoCascio Selections, one of the three national import business units of the newly formed The Winebow Group. In 2015, Mr. Castaldo was inducted into the Italian Trade Commission’s Wines of Italy Hall of Fame, which honors professionals in the wine industry who have “demonstrated a commitment to advancing the understanding, appreciation and sales of Italian wines in the United States.” In November 2017, Nunzio resigned from The Winebow Group after 31 years with the organization to launch his own project which was finalized with his acquisition of Panebianco Wines Import, a longstanding importer and distributer of fine Italian Wines in the U.S. Market for over 23 years. Mr. Castaldo received his B.S. in Economics and Commerce from the University of Naples, Italy, and lives in New York with his wife and two children

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

www.linkedin.com/in/nunziocastaldo

panebiancowines.com/index.html

More about the host Steve Raye:

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

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www.ferrowine.it/

Until next time, Cin Cin!

Ep. 674 Adam Levy | Get US Market Ready With Italian Wine People Oct 16, 2021

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Episode 674 Steve Raye interviews Adam Levy in this episode of Get US Market Ready With Italian Wine People on the Italian Wine Podcast.

About today’s guest:

Adam Levy is the Alcohol Professor and Cheese Professor and founder of the International Beverage Competitions Group. The group runs the New York International Wine Competition, New York International Spirits Competition and New York International Beer Competition. The group also holds beer, wine and spirits competitions annually in Berlin, Melbourne and Asia/Hong Kong. All of the competitions have the same philosophy of trade buyers only judging in a blind taste test by category and price.

When Adam is not traveling visiting numerous breweries, wineries and distilleries he lives in the New York Metropolitan area and cheers for his beloved Rutgers Scarlet Knights.

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

www.alcoholprofessor.com/

www.linkedin.com/in/alcoholprofessor/

More about the host Steve Raye:

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

Let's keep in touch! Follow us on our social media channels:

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