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The Italian Wine Podcast is a storytelling project dedicated to the fascinating world of Italian wine. New episodes are published every day – so stay tuned! With more grape varieties and more diverse grape growing regions than any other country in the world, the story of Italian wine is a rich and captivating one. While the popularity of Italian wine continues to grow in every corner of the globe, inspired by a deep affection for the Italian way of life, the Italian Wine Podcast seeks to entertain, educate and inform. Embracing Italian food, travel, lifestyle and culture, IWP has something for every taste!

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    • 4.5 • 38 Ratings

The Italian Wine Podcast is a storytelling project dedicated to the fascinating world of Italian wine. New episodes are published every day – so stay tuned! With more grape varieties and more diverse grape growing regions than any other country in the world, the story of Italian wine is a rich and captivating one. While the popularity of Italian wine continues to grow in every corner of the globe, inspired by a deep affection for the Italian way of life, the Italian Wine Podcast seeks to entertain, educate and inform. Embracing Italian food, travel, lifestyle and culture, IWP has something for every taste!

    Elena Barattini interviews Cristian Specogna | Clubhouse Ambassadors’ Corner

    Elena Barattini interviews Cristian Specogna | Clubhouse Ambassadors’ Corner

    Welcome to Episode 1854  Stevie Kim moderates Clubhouse’s Ambassadors’ Corner – In this episode, Elena Barattini interviews Cristian Specogna. 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?

    Moderator -Elena Barattini
    In search of a life-change experience, Elena moved to London from Italy in 2011 and, driven by an immense passion for wine, she built a fulfilling career in wine from the ground up.
    Along her journey from retail to hospitality, while studying for her WSET Diploma, she found her true calling in wine education.
    After leading the Training department for a National distributor in the UK for a few years, she decided to open her own business and today she is a wine consultant and educator and teaches WSET courses at every level, both face-to-face and online and the Italian Scholar Guild programme.
    Elena became an Italian Wine Ambassador in 2023 winning the Franco Ziliani Award as best student and was also recently appointed Langhe Ambassador by the eponymous Consorzio. She loves to inspire others with her passion for wine, with a particular focus on the rich array of Italian specialties.

    Connect:
    Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/elena.barattini.37
    Instagram:https://www.instagram.com/barattinielena
    LinkedIn:https://www.linkedin.com/in/elena-barattini-dipwset-iwa-langhe-ambassador-iws-6b6b5630?utm_source=share&utm_campaign=share_via&utm_content=profile&utm_medium=ios_app

    Guest Bio : Cristian Specogna  / Specogna Vini
    Cristian was born from a family of wine growers in Friuli Venezia Giulia. In 1963, his grandfather Leonardo Specogna, who had spent some years as an emigrant in Switzerland, returned to Friuli. It was during this time that, fascinated by the beauty of the hills of Rocca Bernarda, in Corno di Rosazzo, he decided to purchase a small plot of land in the area.
    Initially, the family's focus was on dairy, cereal, and self-consumption wine production. However, thanks to the dedication of Cristian's father, Graziano, the estate gradually shifted its primary focus towards wine production.
    Cristian's interest in viticulture and winemaking naturally evolved as he followed in the footsteps of his father and grandfather. After completing studies in Viticulture and Oenology, he embarked on a series of experiences and study trips to prominent Italian and French wine-growing regions, aiming to gain a deeper understanding of the potential of their own territory.
    The winery now stands on the hills of Rocca Bernarda in Corno di Rosazzo, at the heart of the Friulian wine land. Today, the family's winemaking tradition is upheld by the third generation, Cristian and Michele. They have 25 hectares of vineyards, farmed organically situated on the hills between 100 and 300 metres above sea level.
     
    Connect:
    Instagram : Cristian Specogna (@cristian_specogna)  / Specogna (@specognavini) 
    LinkedIn : Cristian Specogna - Az. Agr. Specogna | LinkedIn
    Website : www.specogna.it

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    • 59 min
    Kiara Scott | Voices With Cynthia Chaplin

    Kiara Scott | Voices With Cynthia Chaplin

    Welcome to Episode 1853, in which Cynthia Chaplin interviews Kiara Scott in this installment of Voices, on the Italian Wine Podcast.

    More about today’s guest
    Kiara was born in 1993 and is originally from the Cape Flats area of Cape Town. She graduated from Elsenburg Agricultural Training Institute in Viticulture and Oenology in Stellenbosch before being selected for the prestigious CWG Protégé Programme. Here, she caught the attention of renowned winemaker and cellar master, Duncan Savage or Savage Wines. Duncan recognised her ability and passion and so appointed her as his assistant winemaker at Brookdale Estate, where he was our consulting winemaker at the time.
    Together, Duncan and Kiara brought to fruition the maiden vintage of the Brookdale Chenin Blanc 2017. This wine established Brookdale’s reputation as a producer of elegant wines with distinct character. Kiara was appointed as sole winemaker at Brookdale Estate in 2019 at the age of only 26, officially the youngest head female winemaker in South Africa.

    Connect:
    Website: https://brookdale-estate.com/ 
    Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/kiarascottfarmer/ 

    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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    Let's keep in touch! Follow us on our social media channels:
    Instagram www.instagram.com/italianwinepodcast/ 
    Facebook www.facebook.com/ItalianWinePodcast 
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    LinkedIn www.linkedin.com/company/italianwinepodcast 
    If you feel like helping us, donate here www.italianwinepodcast.com/donate-to-show/

    Until next time, Cin Cin!

    Share this pod! Remember Voices is all about diversity, equity, and heart-warming personal stories about real people!

    • 26 min
    Silvano Brescianini and Mauro Zacchetti | Wine, Food & Travel With Marc Millon

    Silvano Brescianini and Mauro Zacchetti | Wine, Food & Travel With Marc Millon

    Welcome to Episode 1852 on Italian Wine Podcast, Wine, Food & Travel With Marc Millon. Today, he will be interviewing Silvano Brescianini (Consorzio Franciacorta) & Chef Mauro Zacchetti (Al Maló Cucina e Miscelazione) 

    More about today’s guests
    The Franciacorta Consortium is the body which guarantees and monitors Franciacorta production standards, as the first Italian wine produced exclusively with the bottle refermentation process to have obtained the Protected and Guaranteed Designation of Origin (DOCG) denomination in 1995. The Consortium’s work takes various forms ranging from safeguarding its brand and region, promoting its products via ongoing work on its production regulations and denominations, consumer information campaigns and promoting Franciacorta as an expression of an area, a wine and a production method. Founded on 5 March 1990 its head offices are in Erbusco, in the heart of Franciacorta. The Consortium has 123 wineries. 

    SILVANO BRESCIANINI
    Born in 1967 in Erbusco, at the heart of Franciacorta, Silvano Brescianini, President of the Franciacorta Consortium, developed his passion for fine wines at Antica Osteria del Ponte before joining the renowned San Domenico restaurant in Imola. In 1991, he became part of Barone Pizzini winery, holding various roles and currently serving as the general manager. Since 2019, Silvano has been the President of the Franciacorta Consortium.
    Connect:
    Website: https://franciacorta.wine/en/ 
    Facebook & Instagram: @franciacorta 
    LinkedIn: Consorzio Franciacorta 

    MAURO ZACCHETTI
    Born in 1986, want to be a cook since the age of 5 thanks to the inspiration given by his grandmother Lina. Thanks to some of the greatest chef around the world (such ad Gualtiero Marchesi, Andrea Berton, Alfio Ghezzi and Norbert Niederkofler) he could improve his skills and learn the art of food and hospitality industry. In 2019 together with Alberto and Lodovico, he opened "Al Malò Cucina e Miscelazione" in Rovato, in the heart of Franciacorta. Thw mission was to serve food, wines and drinks in the way they would love to find them served around the world.
    Connect:
    Instagram: maurozacchetti 
    LinkedIn: Mauro Zacchetti 

    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

    Connect:
    quaypress.uk/
    marcmillon.co.uk
    vino.co.uk
    quaypress.com
    LinkedIn: linkedin.com/in/marc-millon-50868624
    Twitter: @Marc_Millon
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    Let's keep in touch! Follow us on our social media channels:
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    Until next time, Cin Cin!

    Thanks for listening! -  This show is all about food and wine pairings, and traveling through Italy with Marc. Join his food, wine and cultural journe

    • 28 min
    Rebecca Hopkins | Masterclass US Wine Market With Juliana Colangelo

    Rebecca Hopkins | Masterclass US Wine Market With Juliana Colangelo

    Welcome to Episode 1851 on Italian Wine Podcast, Masterclass US Wine Market With Juliana Colangelo. In today's episode, she interviews Rebecca Hopkins

    More about today’s guest
    Rebecca Hopkins is one of the wine industry’s best-known and most experienced wine communications strategists, who has worked with some of the world’s most notable fine wine brands. 
    In 2018, Rebecca founded A Balanced Glass, a global community and website with tools and resources that focus on staying safe and well when working with alcohol. Her ground-breaking work has been recognized by Wine Business Monthly, Wine Enthusiast, and Seven Fifty Daily.
    Australian by birth (and temperament), she arrived in the U.S. in 2007, to take the role of Vice President of Public Relations and National Events for Constellation Brands. There she worked to promote wines of all levels. Five years later, she joined national fine wine importer, Folio Fine Wine Partners, to take charge of the U.S. market communications strategy and programming for their agency’s 20+ family-owned producers before forming her own communications agency in 2022.

    Connect
    Website: https://rebeccahopkinswine.com/  | https://abalancedglass.com/
    Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/beckhopkinswine/ | https://www.instagram.com/abalancedglass/
    LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/beckhopkinswine/ 
    Facebook:  https://www.facebook.com/beckhopkinswine 

    More about Juliana Colangelo:
    Juliana Colangelo is a leading communications and marketing professional for the beverage alcohol industry. Currently, Juliana is a Senior Brand Manager at Frederick Wildman, where she is focused on building their Italian wine portfolio. Prior to that, she led the California Division as a Vice President at Colangelo & Partners, the leading wine and spirits communications agency in the U.S. for over 10 years. During her tenure at C&P, Juliana led the development of the California office, growing the agency’s domestic presence to a dedicated office of 15 people with representation of leading wine companies such as Jackson Family Wines, Far Niente, Charles Krug Winery, Foley Family Wines and more. Juliana has completed her WSET Level 3 and her eMBA in Wine Business with Sonoma State University. In 2021, Juliana was named one of PR News’ Top Women in PR in the “Rising Stars” category. In 2022 Juliana became a Vinitaly International Academy Italian Wine Ambassador.

    Connect:
    Instagram: www.instagram.com/julezcolang/
    Facebook: www.facebook.com/jules.colangelo/
    Twitter: twitter.com/JulezColang  
    LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/juliana-colangelo-mba-04345539/ 


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

    Until next time, Cin Cin!

    Tune-in and hit the like! - Business, US Market advice, importing, exporting, business, personal stories and advice, plus she is very fun to listen to!

    • 30 min
    Schioppettino, Tocai Friulano by Emilia Marinig | Italian Grape Geek

    Schioppettino, Tocai Friulano by Emilia Marinig | Italian Grape Geek

    Welcome to Episode 1850 of the Italian Wine Podcast. In this Italian Grape Geek series we explore personal stories of travel and tasting with Italy’s must know grape varieties. 

    In this episode, Emilia Marinig geeks out on Schioppettino, Tocai Friulano, exploring the origins, history and characteristics of the grape, sharing personal connections with wines made from this variety. 

    Chart your own course with My Italian Grape Geek Journal, your personal tasting companion to accompany the series. Support the show by donating at www.italianwinepodcast.com. 

    Donate five euros or more and we’ll send you a copy of our latest book, My Italian Grape Geek Journal. Absolutely free! To get your free copy of My Italian Grape Geek Journal, click support us at www.italianwinepodcast.com or wherever you get your pods. 

    More about today’s host:
    Born in Friuli, Emilia is a dynamic marketing professional with over 20 years of international experience with Italian Fine Wine Brands. Since 2019, she has been the driving force behind Marketing and Communications at Querciabella in Chianti Classico, blending her passion for Italy's viticultural heritage with a focus on sustainable and unique wines.


    Connect:
    Instagram: emilia_marinig
    LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/emilia-marinig/

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    Instagram www.instagram.com/italianwinepodcast/
    Facebook www.facebook.com/ItalianWinePodcast
    Twitter www.twitter.com/itawinepodcast
    Tiktok www.tiktok.com/@mammajumboshrimp
    LinkedIn www.linkedin.com/company/italianwinepodcast
    If you feel like helping us, donate here www.italianwinepodcast.com/donate-to-show/ 
    Until next time, Cin Cin! 
    Remember to follow us so that you won't miss an episode of the Italian Grape Geek Podcast! 

    • 14 min
    Giulia Stocchetti interviews Simone-Pasquale Pelissero | The Next Generation

    Giulia Stocchetti interviews Simone-Pasquale Pelissero | The Next Generation

    Welcome to Episode 1849 in which host Giulia Stocchetti interviews Simone-Pasquale Pelissero
     this week on The Next Generation

    More about today’s winery
    “We have been farmers and winemakers in Neive for more than a century, where one of the best examples of Nebbiolo grows: Barbaresco. Today it is up to me and my son Simone, an enologist, to look after the vineyard and the wine cellar.
    From my courtyard you can hear the bells strike the hours in the bell tower of Neive. A few steps away there are the rows of our San Giuliano cru vines, a historic vineyard that brings together four generations of the Pelissero family. In the center of the rows there is a ‘ciabot’, a brick house, with the statue of Saint Giuliano that gives its name to the cru or, as we call it in Italy, ‘Menzioni Geografiche Aggiuntive‘ (MGA – the Additional Geographical Mentions). Here, in summer, I organize tastings to allow my guests to breathe the magic of these vines.” - Ornella Pelissero

    Connect
    Website: https://pasqualepelissero.com/ 

    More about the host: 
    Giulia is an AIS Sommelier and holds the WSET Diploma. She has 360° experience in the cellar, harvesting, tasting and teaching. Enthusiastic communicator of wine, she believes every bottle is a small universe to discover and her slogan is “sharing wine means love.”
    She’s passionate about terroir wines made with autochthonous grape varieties and constantly looking for them and their small producers.

    Connect:
    Facebook: Giulia Stocchetti Caravaggi
    Instagram: theWineSoulGirl
    LinkedIn: Giulia Stocchetti Caravaggi


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    • 23 min

Customer Reviews

4.5 out of 5
38 Ratings

38 Ratings

Diana Irigaray ,

Podcast

Great interviews!!
You should talk about other opportunities in the wine industry besides winemakers.
I handle the TTB international side and it can be a challenge and never dull

Laytony10 ,

Love Monty’s personality and of course Italian Wine

Monty’s personality is fantastic. Funny, very knowledgeable. He’s very witty with the all winemakers or owners of the vineyard that makes the interview so engaging. This is fantastic listen! If you love wine and like a little humor on a dry topic ;) you will absolutely love this, especially if you love Italian wine!

Palm Springs Sommelier ,

Insightful and entertaining

Informative and nuanced, Monty approaches each interview with a keen interest in showcasing the best producers that articulate the special qualities of each regional wine found throughout Italy. Truly unique and a must listen for anyone interested in furthering their Italian wine knowledge.

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