Åsa Johansson

Åsa Johansson Freelance writer Åsa Johansson moved to Italy in 2001. After graduating from the University of Florence with degrees in Political Science and Journalism, and recently obtaining her WSET Diploma, she writes about wine, food, and travel for magazines in...

Roberta Garibaldi

Roberta Garibaldi Roberta Garibaldi, CEO of ENIT – The Italian National Tourist Board, is professor of Tourism Management at the University of Bergamo and holds various positions at national and international levels, including membership on the Board of Advisors...

Maureen Downey

Maureen Downey Dubbed ‘The Sherlock Holmes of Wines’, Maureen Downey, is an independent expert on fine and rare wine and wine collection management, and is the foremost global authority on wine fraud, counterfeit wine and fine wine authentication.  She advises the...

Chiara Giannotti

Chiara Giannotti Born in Rome, she took a degree in literature, and started very young to work for the wineries in Tuscany and in the Marche owned by her family. From there she developed her strong passion and deep knowledge, took the official Diploma of Sommelier in...

Andrea Lonardi

Andrea Lonardi Andrea Lonardi was born in 1974 in Valpolicella.  Lonardi’s education was an international one, with a degree in Agriculture from Bologna, a Master’s degree in management control for agro-industrial agencies from the Grande École of Montpellier (ENSAM),...