Convivio del vino

March 27, 2025

by Daniel Johnnes

Some of you may be scratching your head about us introducing a new wine festival, Convivio del Vino. 

We celebrate Burgundy, Champagne and the Rhone. What are we doing going outside the French borders to Italy? Is that who we are? In fact, yes. The reality is, it is in our collective DNA to collaborate with friends and colleagues in honoring the great wine regions of France but there is no reason we have to be limited to France. Our motivation is the same.

We respect the traditions, culture, heritage and passion of Italy the same as we do for France. We see the excitement in Italy just as we see it in France and other wine regions. The passing of the torch to the next generation of family estates. The respect for their terroir and traditions. Their desire to honor the grape varieties they grew up with and their passion to extract the most from their special sites and give their grape varieties their greatest expressions.

There is no false advertising here, we admit we are not Italian wine experts. We don't pretend to be. But, we have friends such as Peter Liem (Champagne) and now Jeff Porter who lives in Turin who has dedicated his career to Italy and Italian wine and who shares our common beliefs in being a champion and ambassador to the vineyards of Italy.

Just like our other festivals, we want to tell a complete story. We are not going to focus on the most popular or glamorous regions, (although we have some of the most exciting producers from Piedmont and Tuscany as well). We have invited exceptional family estates of Italy from north to south, from the Alto Adige to Sicily.  

We, as a team, are energized to be making new friends, discovering new wines and grape varieties.

We hope you will join us April 30-May 3 as we embark on this adventure and embrace the warmth of the Italian spirit. Tickets are available here.