Brian Freedman … great title for a panel on social media, yes? The panel was one of many fabulous seminars held at the Waldorf hotel in connection with Vino 2011 in New York, sponsored by the Italian Trade Commission. Moderator Tom Wark and a team of crack social media specialists spoke authenticity, the power of [...]

So Bill Nesto MW lead the very popular seminar "Diversity of Lombardy" today. It was called ‘the ten faces of Italian wine’ and sure enough ten producers showed off their wines, all from the Lombardy region. Some of the grapes were obscure, but delicious. Other grapes, such as the Pinot Nero Oltrepo Pavese DOC "Pernice" [...]

Vino 2010 Italian Wine Week … so I am on my way to the opening of New York, February 3, 2010 I had spent the opening day (February 3) in the Napa Valley at a conference related to the Masters of Wine (though happily we did have an Italian wine seminar with many examples of [...]