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Shownotes Un’altra conversazione interessante e sorprendente nata al Merano Wine Festival, questa volta con Michela Scrollini della Lechburg Winery in Romania. Michela e la sua famiglia sono originalmente del Nord Italia e hanno dato vita ad un’avventura culminata nell’impianto di nuovi vigneti nella zona viticola di Lechinta, territorio incantato nel cuore della Transilvania. Durante la […]

Shownotes   Following a lengthy abstinence from wine fair because of the Covid crisis, I was absolutely thrilled to be back in the midst of things, this time at the Merano Wine Festival in the north of Italy. The first interview I did was with Bruno Trapan of Trapan Wines in Croatia, producer and distributor […]

Paolo De Marchi è uno dei produttori più noti e stimati in centro Italia e la sua Isole e Olena è senza dubbio una delle più famose e pregiate cantine della zona del Chianti Classico. L’azienda fu fondata nel 1956 dalla famiglia De Marchi. Si trova a San Donato in Poggio ed è uno dei […]

Andreas Kofler ist Obst- und Weinbauer in Kurtatsch. Er ist Obmann der Kellerei Kurtatsch, einer der ältesten Kellereigenossenschaften Südtirols. Gleichzeitig ist er auch noch Präsident des Südtiroler Weinkonsortiums. Alles eine Frage der Einteilung, wie er mir in unserem Gespräch zu Beginn erzählt, denn er findet nicht nur Zeit für ein Gespräch mit mir, sondern auch […]

No single event has changed my life as the birth of my daughter. No matter how much you want kids, how well prepared you think you are – it’s the end of life as we knew it, though in mostly positive ways 😉 On this episode, I talk to Jeanene Kennedy who used to travel […]

Keith Grainger is one of those wine personalities I simply could talk to for hours given his wealth of knowledge and expertise. He is an esteemed wine educator and founding member of the The Association of Wine Educators, a wine consultant and author of several books. Wine Production and Quality is an amazing guide that […]

Ursprünglich aus dem schönen Eisacktal in meiner Wahlheimat Südtirol ist Carmen Augschöll heute Team Leader Markets International bei der Österreich Wein Marketing GmbH, der Servicegesellschaft für die österreichische Weinwirtschaft. Sie hat außerdem an der Weinakademie Rust den WSET 4 gemacht bzw. ist diplomierte Weinakademikerin und ist der perfekte Gesprächspartner, um nicht nur über das Weinland […]

Blockchain technology has been described as the solution to many problems and a few concern the world of wine, too, in particular with a view to supply chain management. You don’t need to be a tech geek to understand this episode, but just to give you some elementary info: a blockchain is basically a distributed […]

His Facebook profile reads “Jack of all trades – Master of none” Well, not so fast! Addison Rex may be an allrounder since he has been many things in the wine industry, from a cellar rat in a winery all the way up to general manager. He also is the founder at the consultancy Jurassic.Wine […]

Amber LeBeau is a wine geek of many talents: She is the person behind the popular Spitbucket blog, has worked in the industry for a long time at restaurants, grocery stores, wineries and wine shops. Already very knowledgeable, she keeps climbing the wine education ladder, having studied with the Society of Wine Educators and is […]