Wine People

Xiaowen Du

Marketing Manager @ Avignonesi
Montepulciano

Xiaowen Du is marketing manager and an assistant winemaker at the Tuscan estate of Avignonesi.

Mihaela Cojocaru

Mihaela is a freelance marketing consultant based in the South of Italy. A wine enthusiast, an educator and DipWSET and AIS Sommelier qualified, she works on a number of wine marketing projects.

Paul Caputo

CEO @ Vinorandum
Chester

Paul Caputo is a UK based wine writer, judge and critic. Co-founder of Vinorandum. He is a VinItaly International Academy Ambassador and writes regularly for various publications.

Richard Siddle

Journalist
London

Owner of The Buyer magazine. Richard Siddle is a well known and respected journalist and editor. Former editor at Harpers Wines & Spirit.

Maddalena Laluce

Azienda Vitivinicola Michele Laluce
Barile

Maddalena is a winemaker in the Aglianico del Vulture DOC in Basilicata. She works with her father in the family winery in Ginestra.

Marco de Sá

Brand owner
Manchester, Porto

Marco founded the Martins de Sá Port brand and is known for trying to innovate the category, introducing the first port and tonic canned spritzer in the UK.

Elisabetta Tosi

Journalist
Verona

Elisabetta is a freelance journalist and copywriter. Ghostwriter on demand. Skilled in wine, wine tourism, and digital communication.

Tara Jabbour

Exporter
Verona

Born in Lebanon and based in Italy, Tara is an export manager with Agriment and spends her time trying to open up international markets fro Italian producers.

Jane Josifovski

Skopje

Founder / Managing Partner / Travel Designer at Macedonia Experience, spending time between Skopje and Prespa where I help building a success story in upscale rural tourism with Villa Prespa.

Monika Zakrzewska

Sommelier
Rome

Monika Zakrzewska is a certified sommelier (FISAR and WSET3), with an in-depth knowledge of the wine industry and experience in client acquisition, wine events, wine education and distribution.

Christopher Barnes

CEO @ Grape Collective
New York

Owner of Grape Collective, a wine magazine and wine store concept in New York. Documentary maker and story teller.

Andrea Eby

Educator
Winnipeg

Joan Harnish

Consultant
Barcelona, San Francisco

Joan has an international management and corporate events background and consults in the wine industry.

Paul Demeulenaere

Dijon

Ran Wine Mosaic, a promotional company for small, boutique wineries. Dabbled in politics. Now working as a wine merchant in Provence.

Stefania Tacconi

Public relations
Siena

An expert in communication and marketing for wine business, she has built solid relationships with journalists from one end of the globe to another. She also writes for I Grandi Vini and Siena News.

Natasha Bresliska

Skopje

Natasha worked in sales and marketing for one of North Macedonia's largest producers. She now works as a consultant. She also judges in various wine competitions.

Emanuela Mastrodomenico

Vigne Mastrodomenico
Barile

Emanuela runs her family winery in Barile where she produces Aglianico del Vulture.

Hayley Black

Seattle

Hayley’s wine adventures started in restaurants 15 years ago and she now works for an American based importer. She holds the WSET Diploma in Wine and the VinItaly International Italian Wine Expert.

Susana Gonzalez

Public relations
Santiago

Founder of www.chilefoodandwine.com - enotourism and tastings in South America. Susana consults on PR for different companies, including Brandaboutwine.com and recently www.catador.cl.

Joe-Assaad Touma

CEO @ Château St Thomas
Beirut

Running Chateau St. Thomas in the Bekaa Valley.

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