Podcasts

VOICES airs every Wednesday, focused on DEI in the wine industry.  Cynthia has been the host of the show since December 2021, interviewing a wide range of wine industry insiders from around the world on topics such as equity, discrimination, wine language, empowerment and leadership. The Italian Wine Podcast began as a storytelling project dedicated to the Italian wine world and currently hosts a different show every day of the week to inform, educate and entertain through engaging conversations with producers, experts, and personalities of the international wine sector.

Today I chatted with the fabulous sommelier, Cynthia Chaplin, about the Valtènesi in the Lake Garda wine region, the Conti Thun Winery and two unusual local grapes: groppello and marzemino...

Welcome to Ep. 1 "Old Vine Barbera in Piedmont" on ⁠The Old Vine Conference Podcast⁠. Today we speak with Tessa Donnadieu, Export Manager at Vinchio Vaglio.

Host Cynthia Chaplin attended The ⁠Old Vine Conference⁠, Piedmont edition, on November 7th 2023. It was here that Cynthia sat down with Tessa to discuss Vinchio Vaglio's old Barbera vines and the history and challenges the Cooperative has faced to bring their old vine project to life.

Today Cynthia Chaplin (Vinitaly International Italian Wine Ambassador, sommelier, educator, writer, presenter, translator, judge) and I chatted about the Leonardo da Vinci Vineyard & Malvasia di Candia Aromatica Wines: the "wine" side of the genius you may not be aware of.

In this episode we discuss the topic of equality and diversity in the wine trade.

At the Dante Alighieri wine estate, Possessione Casal dei Ronchi, the Alighieri's have been making excellent Valpolicello and Amarone wine for the past 700 years. Today Cynthia Chaplin, sommelier and wine connoisseur, and I chatted about Dante and the Alighieri wine estate, and the fabulous wines produced in this region. Find out more about Cynthia on Instagram and read her recent article, Sipping History: The Wine of Dante’s Descendants.

The chat today about holiday wines for 2021 with my go to sommelier Cynthia Chaplin delves into lots of wonderful wines, many new to me. In this blog post I've taken note of some of them but honestly they just scrape the surface. Well worth it to tune into this podcast episodes because Cynthia shares details and insight into each and every wine she suggests and you almost feel like you can taste the wine as she talks about it!.

Cynthia Chaplin works for Vinitaly International Academy (VIA) and is a host of the Italian Wine Podcast, a daily podcast, on Wednesdays, with topics such as diversity in the wine sector, market trends, sustainability, packaging trends.

Cynthia talks us through the qualifications offered by VIA starting with the one day foundation course and Maestro course.

Lazio is starting to rock as a wine producing region with some wonderful Lazio wine producers doing great things to raise the profile of Lazio wines. Producers are taking Lazio native grapes and playing with them to elevate wines and the region to a whole new level.
Lazio has it all: volcanic soil, areas with a maritime influence, mountains, lakes, sandy coastline soil and islands.
Tune in for a deep dive into Lazio wine - the best producers, native grape varietals, where to buy online and the top 4 Rome enoteche (wine bars) for expert sommeliers, guided tastings and Lazio wine purchase.

If you are a wine lover staying in Venice these are the best local wines you have to try, plus 4 incredible wineries you can reach in a delightful day trip my car or train.
Cynthia Chaplin, my go-to wine expert on all things Italian wine, and I talked about the very best local wines to drink in Venice plus 4 wineries you can visit in an enchanting day trip. And one of them is right in the Venice Lagoon.

My go-to Italian wine expert, Cynthia Chaplin, and I chatted all about the amazing women who are leaders in the Italian wine world.
Find Cynthia on her website and on Instagram.

I've become a fan of native Italian grapes, and I'm somewhat of a purist when I choose my wines, mostly drinking single varietal native grape Italian wines. I just recently attended a wonderful Hotel della Ville rooftop dinner to celebrate the 60th birthday of a good friend and following the Franciacorta, we were served two Italian blends, both of which were wonderful.
One of these was Curtefranca Corte del Lupo 2020 - Cà del Bosco, a blend of chardonnay 80%, pinot bianco 20%.
So, although my first instinct was to discount the wines, I was pleasantly surprised and intrigued by the deliciousness of a good Italian blend. And then the following week my go-to wine gal Cynthia Chaplin from Vinitaly International posted about an Italian wine blend she's in love with on her Kiss My Glass Instagram profile, Ca del Magro. Thus intrigued once again by Italian blends I realized Cynthia and I needed a good long chat about Italy's best Italian blends: