Ep. 677 Susannah Gold Interviews Alicia Lini | Clubhouse Ambassador's Corner

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!

23 Mai 202131min

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!

21 Mai 202123min

---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 👀 👀 👀

20 Mai 202111min

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!

19 Mai 202114min

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!

18 Mai 202132min

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!

16 Mai 202133min

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!

15 Mai 202117min

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!

15 Mai 202129min