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Welcome to Episode 1204 in which Marc Millon interviews Oz Clarke in this special subseries under the banner of Wine, Food & Travel with Marc Millon. Marc is delighted to introduce this new series in collaboration with Academie du Vin Library, one of the world’s leading wine book publishers, to introduce listeners to some of the finest wine writers working today. More about today’s guest: Oz Clarke is one of the world’s leading wine experts, whose formidable reputation is based on his extensive wine knowledge and accessible, no-nonsense approach. His passion for the subject dates from his student days at Oxford University, where he won tasting competitions at a precociously early age. To learn more about Oz Clarke: ozclarke.com/about-oz/ More about Academie Du Vin Library: Twitter: @academie_du Instagram: @academieduvinlibrary Facebook: @AcademieduVinLibrary Website: academieduvinlibrary.com/ More about the host Marc Millon: Marc Millon, VIA Italian Wine Ambassador 2021, has been traveling, 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 Let's keep in touch! Follow us on our social media channels: Instagram @italianwinepodcast Facebook @ItalianWinePodcast Twitter @itawinepodcast Tiktok @MammaJumboShrimp LinkedIn @ItalianWinePodcast If you feel like helping us, donate here www.italianwinepodcast.com/donate-to-show/ Until next time, Cin Cin!

20 Dec 202233min

Welcome to Episode 1203 in which Steve Raye interviews Vanessa Conlin MW, in this installment of Get US Market Ready With Italian Wine People, on the Italian Wine Podcast. About today’s guest: Master of Wine Vanessa Conlin is the Chief Wine Officer for Wine Access, a national online wine provider. She is also co-creator of the new Napa wine called Pas de Cheval, a collaboration with winemaker Maayan Kochitzky. She has served as the Director of Sales and Marketing for several of Napa’s most prestigious luxury estates including Arietta Wines and Dana Estates. Previously she was the wine buyer for two prominent Manhattan wine retailers and the Wine Director for a Manhattan-based wine bar. As an avid supporter of charitable causes, Vanessa is on the Board for Jameson Humane, a Napa Valley-based animal rescue and sanctuary, and has chaired the organization’s annual charity wine auction four times, raising over 7 million dollars. Prior to falling in love with wine, Vanessa worked as a professional musician, performing internationally and on Broadway, and holds a Master’s Degree in Music. She is an instructor for the Wine and Spirits Education Trust and was the recipient of the Niki Singer Memorial Scholarship from the International Wine Center. Vanessa became a Master of Wine in 2020. Learn more: Website: www.vanessaconlinmw.com, www.wineaccess.com Instagram: @vanessaconlin Linkedin: Vanessa Conlin MW 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/ Let's keep in touch! Follow us on our social media channels: Instagram @italianwinepodcast Facebook @ItalianWinePodcast Twitter @itawinepodcast Tiktok @MammaJumboShrimp LinkedIn @ItalianWinePodcast If you feel like helping us, donate here www.italianwinepodcast.com/donate-to-show/ Until next time, Cin Cin!

19 Dec 202237min

Welcome to episode 1202, the first episode in her new series “The Next Generation” with host Victoria Cece. In this inaugural “get to know the new host” episode Stevie Kim (Founder of Italian Wine Podcast) and Joy Livingston (Producer of Italian Wine Podcast) interview Victoria, asking about her life, the show concept and of course some of the people she has already had a chance to speak with! More about Victoria Cece: 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 find out more about Victoria Cece by visiting: Instagram: @sluttispaghetti TikTok: @sluttispaghetti sluttispaghetti.com/ More about Stevie Kim: 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/ Let's keep in touch! Follow us on our social media channels: Instagram @italianwinepodcast Facebook @ItalianWinePodcast Twitter @itawinepodcast Tiktok @MammaJumboShrimp LinkedIn @ItalianWinePodcast If you feel like helping us, donate here www.italianwinepodcast.com/donate-to-show/ Until next time, Cin Cin!

18 Dec 202213min

Welcome to episode 1201, another installment of 'On The Road Edition', hosted by Stevie Kim. Today Stevie sits down with Vittorio Moretti. More about today’s show: Welcome to another episode of “On The Road Edition”, hosted by Stevie Kim. Today Stevie meets Vittorio Moretti, one of the great lords of Italian wine, at the magnificent Convento dell’Annunciata, in Rovato, on Orfano Mount, Brescia. Vittorio Moretti talks about his challenge to enhance the ancient vineyard of the Convento, about his commitment with the Foundation Vittorio and Mariella Moretti to promote the sustainability and about his legacy. Convento dell’Annunciata was founded in 1499 by the Order of the Friars Servants of Mary encloses the spirit and history of Franciacorta. The small 5.45-hectare plot, thanks to its geographical position, soil composition and microclimate has been producing quality wine since 1500. Since 1990, Bellavista has been committed to protecting and enhancing an ancient Chardonnay vineyard. To learn more about the Convento dell’Annunciata visit: www.conventoannunciata.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/ Let's keep in touch! Follow us on our social media channels: Instagram @italianwinepodcast Facebook @ItalianWinePodcast Twitter @itawinepodcast Tiktok @MammaJumboShrimp LinkedIn @ItalianWinePodcast If you feel like helping us, donate here www.italianwinepodcast.com/donate-to-show/ Until next time, Cin Cin!

17 Dec 202218min

Welcome to Episode 1200, Scienza in the Mensa; a special sub series where we take the Professore out to eat, and then have him pair the food with some excellent wines! Today’s show is set in a Sushi restaurant, Mattia (aka Pizzaboy/Burgerboy) will eat sushi until he drops and the professore will help with the wine! 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/ Let's keep in touch! Follow us on our social media channels: Instagram @italianwinepodcast Facebook @ItalianWinePodcast Twitter @itawinepodcast Tiktok @MammaJumboShrimp LinkedIn @ItalianWinePodcast If you feel like helping us, donate here www.italianwinepodcast.com/donate-to-show/ Until next time, Cin Cin!

16 Dec 202218min

Welcome to Episode 1199; Science and prejudice- implications on viticulture, with Attilio Scienza + Alessio Planeta as moderator 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 We like to imagine science free from discrimination, impartial, neutral. In fact, like any other human activity, it never operates in a political vacuum: even science has its prejudices. The eugenics born in the nineteenth century, which postulates the existence of “superior races” and “inferior races” and which even inspires the policy of euthanasia of the “less fit” promoted by Nazism, is an eloquent example of this. Similarly, the hostility towards American vines is not the result of scientific findings based on objective evidence, but of deductions from a time when the wine of these vines was a witness of poverty and hunger. The session will explore the common origin of American species and European vine, which is currently very divisive in the scientific community. Reflecting on the elements supporting the main positions in this regard, Prof. Scienza will show how, from a scientific point of view, the ostracism towards the vines created by the crossbreeding of American and European varieties is not only not justified, but also prevents the resolution of important problems linked to wine production About the Speaker Attilio Scienza is a full professor at the University of Milan where he teaches courses on genetic improvements to the vine in the Department of Agricultural and Food Sciences; 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. About the Moderator: Alessio Planeta: after completing his Masters in agriculture Alessio Planeta spent the best years of his youth studying the history of Sicily and its viticulture. He became a sort of wine-nerd, in fact he spent his so-called holidays working in France, Piemonte, California, and Australia, instead of in Ibiza or Saint-Tropez. Connect: Facebook: www.facebook.com/planetawinery Instagram: alessioplaneta Twitter: PlanetaWinery 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 Dec 202252min

Welcome to Episode 1198 Stevie Kim moderates Clubhouse’s Ambassadors Corner – In this episode Xiaowen Du interviews Matteo Giustiniani. 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 Xiaowen Du is the Marketing Manager & Assistant Winemaker – Avignonesi Xiao is a Chinese expat living in Europe since 2015. She is currently working for Avignonesi. Previously, she was a proud team member at Vinitaly International for almost four years. Wine Qualifications: WSET Diploma holder; VIA certified Italian Wine Ambassador; Vinifera Euromaster M.Sc. Viticulture, Enology & Wine Marketing; B.Sc. Viticulture & Enology. To learn more visit: Linkedin: linkedin.com/in/xiao-vino Website: xiaovino.com About today’s guest producer: Matteo Giustiniani is the CEO and Chef Winemaker of Avignonesi. He studied oenology and viticulture at the University of Florence, and later gained a Master's degree in Oenology from the University of Bordeaux. He started his career by working at Denis Dubourdieu Domaines for two years. Virginie, her husband Max and her son Basile were studying in Bordeaux at that time. Max shared with me that Dean Denis had strongly recommended them to hire Matteo. Matteo joined Avignonesi in 2011. His wife Mina is running their family winery Fattoria Sardi, in Lucca, Tuscany. Besides, he is currently an INSEAD Global Executive MBA candidate. To learn more visit: www.avignonesi.it/ 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/ Let's keep in touch! Follow us on our social media channels: Instagram @italianwinepodcast Facebook @ItalianWinePodcast Twitter @itawinepodcast Tiktok @MammaJumboShrimp LinkedIn @ItalianWinePodcast If you feel like helping us, donate here www.italianwinepodcast.com/donate-to-show/

15 Dec 202255min

Welcome to Episode 1197 Cynthia Chaplin interviews Ariana Tsuchiya, in this installment of Voices, on the Italian Wine Podcast. More about today’s guest: Ariana Tsuchiya completed her BBA at the University of Miami with an emphasis on Marketing and a minor in Visual Journalism. After studying abroad in Rome, she realized her passion for food and beverage and was inspired to become a sommelier. Moving back home to Hawaii she worked at Alan Wong’s Honolulu and studied and trained into the position of sommelier. She is currently the first local woman to attend the CMS-A advanced course, a Certified Specialist in Spirits and Wines with the SWE, and holds a Level 3 award in Sake from the WSET. Her current role as a Beverage Director for G.Lion Hawaii allows her to keep her curiosity and spread the love of wine with others every day. To learn more visit: Website: www.alohawinefoundation.org/ Instagram: @arianatsuchiya Linkedin: www.linkedin.com/in/ariana-tsuchiya-50504644/ Twitter: arianatsuchiya 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/ Let's keep in touch! Follow us on our social media channels: Instagram @italianwinepodcast Facebook @ItalianWinePodcast Twitter @itawinepodcast Tiktok @MammaJumboShrimp LinkedIn @ItalianWinePodcast If you feel like helping us, donate here www.italianwinepodcast.com/donate-to-show/ Until next time, Cin Cin!

14 Dec 202238min