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Welcome to Episode 1909 - another installment of "On The Road Edition", hosted by Stevie Kim. Join us today for another exciting installment featuring an Instalive sub-series titled "Livin’ The Dolce Vita," Part 7 where Stevie and Jeff Porter talk about wine pairing options with various Vegan dishes, and also some restaurants to visit!

More about today’s co-moderator
Jeff is an American beverage professional with over 22 years experience in retail and restaurants. He specializes in wine and beverage education, restaurant operations and management. He is part of the Wine Enthusiast team covering Italian wines. In addition to his consulting business Jeff hosts the Italian travel and wine series, SIP TRIP, now streaming on SOMMTV. He has recently relocated to Torino in northern Italy where he will spend the next six months with his family.
Connect:
Instalive: www.instagram.com/jeffporterwine/
Youtube: www.youtube.com/@siptripitalywithjeffporter4938
Website: www.jeffreyeporter.com/

More about the host 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!
Connect:
Facebook: @steviekim222
Instagram: @steviekim222
Website: www.vinitaly.com/eventi/operawine/stevie-kim/


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Welcome Book Club and Episode 1908 of the Italian Wine Podcast with Richard Hough. Today Richard is in conversation with Melissa Muller, discussing her cookbook, Sicily, Recipes Rooted in Traditions.  

On the bookshelf:
 
The books mentioned in today’s show were:
 
Sicily, Recipes Rooted in Traditions by Melissa Muller
Su di te sia pace, Marco Lupo
In the kitchen:
The recipes discussed in today’s show were:

Pasta con le sarde
Mamma Adele’s Braised Goat
Cannoli

Melissa’s recommendations for the best cannoli in Sicily:

Filici di Paolino Scibetta, Cammarata
Pasticceria Cappello, Palermo
Pasticceria Maria Grammatico, Erice
Euro Bar, Dattilo
Extra Bar Piana degli Albanesi
 
More about today’s guest
Melissa Muller spent her early years hearing about the international tax treaties that her father composed from his Wall Street law firm. While an official “desk” in his office was waiting for her, Melissa had another destiny in mind. Although exposed to foreign travel and study abroad from a young age, every year Melissa felt the need to spend her summer months in her maternal grandmother’s small village in Sicily, in the island that would later inspire both her studies as well as her professional realm.
She studied anthropology at Columbia University, where she also obtained a master’s degree in journalism. Her research focused on the gastronomy of the Mediterranean regions. She was intrigued how Sicily is a unique crossroads of civilizations and how its history is visible and tangible in the island’s cuisine. Through food, Melissa had found a way to travel through the past centuries of Sicily.
After her studies, Melissa chose to open a Sicilian restaurant in New York that became a laboratory where she shared her love of Sicilian cuisine, along with her cultural research of the island. After several years of intense research, she wrote a cookbook, Sicily: Recipes Rooted in Tradition, published by Rizzoli.
 
Connect:
Website: https://melissamuller.it/index.php/about 
 
More about the host Richard Hough:
Richard Hough is the editor, translator and project curator behind Wine Democracy and Vine and Prejudice. He has also published several books about life in Verona, chronicling the city’s history, culture and daily life, not forgetting, of course, its wine! With a long-standing passion for whisky and beer, he’s a relative newcomer to the world of wine and is now desperately trying to make up for lost time! He is the host of Book Club on the Italian Wine Podcast.
 
Connect:
Twitter: www.twitter.com/rick_hough
Instagram: www.instagram.com/ricksnotesfromverona 
Linkedin: https://www.linkedin.com/in/rickhough/
Coming soon:
In the next episode of Book Club Richard will be in conversation with David Way, discussing his new book The Wines of Piemonte.

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Welcome to Episode 1907, where Prof. Scienza 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 Stevie Kim!

If you want to learn more about the Professor:
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:
https://www.vinitaly.com/formazione/vinitaly-international-academy/attilio-scienza/

More about the host 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!

Connect:
Social Links: https://zaap.bio/steviekim 
Website: https://www.vinitaly.com/eventi/operawine/stevie-kim/ 

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Welcome to Episode 1909, where we present the session recordings from the wine2wine Business Forum 2023. In today's episode, we delve into -Wine Enthusiast: Blind Tasting Wines for Decades with Jeff Porter IWA, Danielle Callegari

Italian Wine Podcast is proud to be a media partner of wine2wine Business Forum and we are pleased to present this series of market focus sessions, recorded during the Forum held in Verona in November 2023.

wine2wine Business Forum is an international wine business event, held annually in Verona, Italy since 2014. The event is a key annual reference point for wine producers and wine professionals from around the world, providing an opportunity to network, develop and expand their wine business worldwide.


Abstract: 
In this tasting session Porter and Danielle Callegari, writer at large for Wine Enthusiast and professor of Italian studies and food studies at Dartmouth College, will share their thoughts on the Wine Enthusiast philosophy of evaluating wines from many unusual angles. Their combined knowledge of Italian wines, how to score them and how to communicate them in ways that are meaningful to professionals and consumers alike will light the way for this informative look at wine tasting.

Find more about wine2wine Business Forum: https://wine2wine.net/ 

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Welcome to Episode 1905 Stevie Kim moderates Clubhouse’s Ambassadors’ Corner – In this episode, Scott Thomas interviews Lia Tolaini Banville. 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?

Co-Moderator - Scott Thomas
Scott Thomas is a wine culturalist, educator, and sommelier with a twenty-year career in the wine industry. He is the founder of Grappolo Wine School, a Denver-based academy offering immersive wine travel, wine events, and structured courses, including the VIA's Italian Wine Maestro certification. He is also the wine director at Restaurant Olivia, a pasta-focused concept with an Italian-heavy wine list.

His passion for Italian wines grew during his two years in Piedmont and Tuscany, where he earned a Master's in Wine Culture from Slow Food's University of Gastronomic Sciences and gained practical experience in the vineyards of Chianti Classico. Scott's professional credentials include Italian Wine Ambassador and educator, Certified Wine Educator, WSET III, and an official Orvieto Ambassador and Langhe Wine Ambassador.

More about today’s guest - Lia Tolaini Banville
Lia is an inspiring leader who since 2004 has grown Banville Wine Merchants to a team of over 70 people with a portfolio that includes top producers from Italy, France, Germany, Slovenia, Argentina, New Zealand, and the USA. Banville Wine Merchants is a national importer, and as well, they have wholesale businesses in five states: New York, New Jersey, Washington, DC, Virginia, and Oregon. In 2020 Lia created Banville Wine Merchants wine agency in Canada in Ontario and Manitoba.
Lia also owns the highly acclaimed Tolaini winery in Castelnuovo Berardenga, Tuscany Italy that was started by her father Pier Luigi Tolaini in 1998. In 2006 as well Lia developed Donna Laura, a winery producing 4 Sangiovese based wines from the Chianti Classico region.
Lia’s children -Alicia, Alex, and Matteo – are also now working with Lia in the family businesses.
Guest Moderator: Scott Thomas
Instagram @_scott_thomas_wino
LinkedIn www.linkedin.com/in/scott-thomas-cwe-iwa-215069177/
Website: grappolowineschool.com

Guest Speaker: Lia Tolaini Banville
Facebook Lia Tolaini Banville
Instagram liabanville, tolainiwine, banvillewine
LinkedIn Lia Tolaini Banville
Website www.banvillewine.com www.tolaini.it 
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Welcome to Episode 1904, in which Cynthia Chaplin interviews Na Serena Zhao
 in this installment of Voices, on the Italian Wine Podcast.

More about today’s guest
Na Serena Zhao is a wine specialist based in Poland. Her journey in the wine industry began with a position at an e-commerce wine importation company in China, and she also served as a WSET educator in Shanghai. In 2013, she earned her Bachelor's degree in Viticulture and Enology in University of Bologna, followed by the completion of her WSET Diploma in 2016. She recently took part in the VIA 2024 event held in Verona.

Connect:
LinkedIn: linkedin.com/in/serena-zhao-81019587 

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.

Connect:
Facebook: Italian Wines in English
Instagram: kiss_my_glassx
Linkedin: www.linkedin.com/in/cynthia-chaplin-190647179/

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