The seminar entitled "Wine is More - Message in the Bottle," continues with five more producers who I will discuss in this companion piece to my first blog post. There were so many people and projects to talk about that I thought I would split it into two days. The sixth producer to speak at... Continue Reading →
Women In Wine Fridays: Le Donne Del Vino 26 Years Of Success – Part 2
This is the second part of my post on the Le Donne del Vino seminar held by Civilta del Bere last year at Vinitaly. My post was getting so long yesterday that I feared no one would read it on the web and each one of these women deserves to be recognized and written about... Continue Reading →
Italian Women In Wine Fundraiser For American Cancer Society
As many of you know, I work with Vinitaly on their projects in the United States. I'm very happy to be able to post information about an event we are doing on Oct. 19 honoring, my favorite subject, Italian women in wine. Vinitaly will be honoring six renowned Italian women wine producers during its second... Continue Reading →
Women in Wine: Cristina Mariani May from Banfi and Marilisa Allegrini from Allegrini Wines
Today is International women's day. It is the 100th anniversary and a perfect moment to speak about women in wine, one of the key topics for this blog. Here's some information on the day that I got from the website: "Following the decision agreed at Copenhagen in 1911, International Women's Day (IWD) was honored the... Continue Reading →
Vino 2011 – Italian Wine Week Is Here
Vino 2011 or Italian Wine Week is here and I am truly excited. I'll be taking part in some of the initiatives but couldn't get into some great seminars. Everything filled up so quickly. I guess that's a testament to just how interested people continue to be in Italian wine. That's no surprise to me... Continue Reading →