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.

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More about today’s guest:

Tessa Donnadieu is the export manager for ⁠Vinchio Vaglio⁠ in Piedmont, responsible for making the excellence of this territory known in Italy and throughout the world. 

Vinchio Vaglio ⁠ is a Cooperative that straddles the villages of Vinchio and Vaglio Serra in the Monferrato region of Piedmont, Italy. Over 200 families in the area are members of the Cooperative covering around 500 hectares of vines. Vinchio Vaglio started their old vine Barbera project in 1987 and are considered old vine pioneers in the region. 

To learn more visit:

Website: ⁠https://vinchio.com/en/⁠

Linkedin: ⁠linkedin.com/in/tessa-donnadieu-32a48622⁠

Facebook: ⁠https://www.facebook.com/VinchioVaglioSerra/⁠

Instagram: ⁠https://www.instagram.com/vinchiovaglio/⁠

About the host Cynthia Chaplin:

Cynthia Chaplin is a Vinitaly International Academy certified Italian Wine Ambassador, a professional sommelier with Fondazione Italiana Sommelier and the Worldwide Sommelier Association, a member of Le Donne del Vino, and a Professor of Italian Wine and Culture. 

She is the Host of VOICES covering DEI in the wine industry every Wednesday for Italian Wine Podcast and a contributing author and editor for the recently published Wine Democracy (2022) and Italian Wine Unplugged 2.0 (2023). She has her own consulting business, Cynthia Chaplin Wine, and she works with Vinitaly International as Project and Events Manager, WSET Certified Educator, Editorial Manager and Coordinator of Vinitaly International Academy.

Find out more about the host:

⁠https://www.cynthia-chaplin-wine.com/⁠

⁠https://www.instagram.com/kiss_my_glassx/⁠

⁠https://www.facebook.com/people/Italian-Wines-in-English/100036868372598/⁠

⁠linkedin.com/in/cynthia-chaplin-190647179⁠