Welcome to Episode 1408 Stevie Kim moderates Clubhouse’s Ambassadors Corner – In this episode Slawek Kominski interviews Marco Biscardo. These sessions are recorded from Clubhouse and replayed here on the Italian Wine Podcast! Listen in on this series as Italian Wine Ambassadors all over the world chat with Stevie and their chosen wine producer. Which producer would you interview if you had your pick? Co-Moderator -Slawek Kominski He is the Founder, Owner & General Manager of MineWine.pl Slawomir Komiński is a wine lover, especially one of Italian wine, and has a strong determination to turn the combination of his passion for wine and business into a success. A formidable communicator, he has excellent interpersonal skills and an entrepreneurial spirit. He is a wine educator and expert with a deep knowledge of the wine business, including warehousing, logistics, customer service and marketing. For almost 15 years, Sławek has been the founder, owner and general manager of MineWine, which operates in the Polish wine retail market. He is an owner of four specialist wine stores and two of them have winebars and tasting rooms where Slawek and his team organize lots of wine courses, masterclasses and tastings with the producers. He is also an Italian Wine Ambassador, Valpolicella Wine Specialist and official Ambassador of Langhe Vini. This is his second ambassadors corner. If you want to learn more you can by visiting: Facebook: www.facebook.com/s.kominski Instagram: www.instagram.com/s.kominski LinkedIn: www.linkedin.com/in/sławomir-komiński-bb00713/ Website: www.minewine.pl Guest Bio - Marco Biscardo Marco and his sister Sabrina are the fourth generation in the wine business. In 1930 their grandfather founded the Biscardo winery in the Bardolino area, close to Verona in Veneto region. At twenty, their father Augusto began to sell the typical wines of the Verona area like Amarone, Valpolicella, Bardolino, and Soave, first of all in Italy and then in Germany. At that time the German market became more and more important so he spent more time abroad. In Germany at the same time three other wines had success: the Chianti, Lambrusco and Montepulciano. So, the Biscardo Winery decided to buy Montepulciano as BULK WINE, bottled and sold them. When their grandfather, the founder of the Winery, passed away, their father decided to leave the Biscardo Winery to his brother and cousin and build his own distribution company for Germany. Marco and Sabrina after they graduated, began to work with their father on the distribution of wines from 14 Italian wineries: from different regions from north to south of Italy. They began to travel in Italy learning the production areas, the philosophies of the individual wineries and the quality of the wines, but at the same time, they travelled a lot to Germany and other countries for the export of the wines of these wineries. In 2002 Sabrina; Marco and their father made a big investment and bought the Fosso Corno estate in Abruzzo. Three years later, their father Augusto passed away without seeing the first harvest, but Sabrina and Marco decided to continue their vision and mission which is the production of a particular, quality Montepulciano wines. To learn more visit: Facebook www.facebook.com/FossoCorno Website www.fossocornovini.it/EN/index.html To find out more about Stevie Kim visit: Facebook: @steviekim222 Instagram: @steviekim222 Website: vinitalyinternational.com/wordpress/ Let's keep in touch! Follow us on our social media channels: Instagram @italianwinepodcast Facebook @ItalianWinePodcast Twitter @itawinepodcast Tiktok @MammaJumboShrimp LinkedIn @ItalianWinePodcast If you feel like helping us, donate here www.italianwinepodcast.com/donate-to-show/