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Scientific coordinator of the Wine Tasting Experience® project

Born in Turin, Sandro began his career as a guide in natural parks until, in search of new experiences, he moved to the United States where he worked in Italian restaurants and wine shops in New York. Here he began organizing seminars and events with Piedmontese food and wine producers and this experience allowed him to get to know the genuine passion of local wine producers and their strong ties with their homeland and its traditions.

Realizing that food and wine are the best way to bring together people from different cultures and having understood that the best way to get to know a culture is to experience it firsthand every day, Sandro decided to move to the Langhe, the ancient heart of Piedmont. Here he began organizing guided tours, tastings and cooking and winemaking workshops for food and wine professionals and tour operators, as well as gourmets and food enthusiasts.

These experiences then pushed him to rediscover his hometown, where the aristocratic tradition of ancient cafés has merged with the colorful kaleidoscope of flavors introduced by migrations from all over the world.

Sandro is a professional tour guide and member of FISAR, ONAV and ONAB.

AIS sommelier, WSET graduate and sake sommelier (Sake Sommelier Association). His “adult” life began with something completely different: first a degree in philosophy and then in architecture. Between the office and Autocad, however, he found time for what he loved, so he began studying wine with the Italian Sommelier Association. He thus realized that dedicating himself to this full time was for him a far preferable option to the desk and computer. From this to deciding to abandon plans and municipal permits, the step was short: he began to gain experience as a sommelier in restaurants in the Langhe and Monregalese and in the cellar, without ever stopping training. He currently deals with tastings, guided tours in Langa and the surrounding areas and dissemination. Since 2024 he has collaborated with the Strada del Barolo and I Vini del Piemonte for incoming journalists and conducting masterclasses.

AIS professional sommelier, WSET 2 (Wine & Spirit Education Trust), environmental hiking guide and tour leader. Born and inspired in Ivrea in 1988, after 21 years of work in the restaurant business and specifically in the field of sommelier, he now runs a wine tourism business, teaches food and wine to young talents who will soon enter the world of work, leads incoming visits of foreign journalists to Piedmont on behalf of Strada del Barolo and I Vini del Piemonte and collaborates with a Michelin green star restaurant in Canavese. Since 2022 he has been a teacher of the Wine Tasting Experience®.

Born in 1982, Emanuel was born and raised in Turin, a city he is deeply in love with. A graduate in Economics and Business Management and a banker on the run, he crowned his passion for the wonderful world of wine by graduating as a Sommelier and, later, as an AIS Taster.
A convinced Nebbioloist, so much so that he cannot resist being away from his beloved Savoy tannin for long.
To paraphrase much more famous people: “I drink Barolo only on two occasions: when I am in love and when I am not”.

A university professor of English literature, over the years Federico has combined the study and communication of poetry and poets with that of wines and vines, convinced that the same complexity and the same intoxication are sought and found in literature and in the glass. Federico has specialized in communicating Italian wine culture among foreign consumers in English and Spanish, organizing tasting events and designing an innovative course to introduce expats to the galaxy of Italian wine. Raised in the shadow of Monte Rosa, Federico is a passionate promoter, in addition to the incomparable wines of the Langhe, of the wines of the upper Alto Piemonte.

His passion for wine and the oenological sphere was born at the University, where he graduated in Territorial Planning Sciences and, later, in Tourism Communication and Marketing.

Thanks to a multidisciplinary education and a growing interest in fine wines, he soon acquired a fair amount of experience in the evaluation and sale of valuable bottles, which allowed him to work in the fine wines sector for a well-known auction house based in Hong Kong and active at an international level.

Alongside his professional experiences, he obtained the qualification of ONAV Wine Taster. He is close to obtaining the AIS Sommelier diploma.

A convinced supporter of the importance of the link between wine and territory, he shows a keen curiosity for wines from all over the world. However, he does not hide his predilection for the great Piedmontese wines, so much so that he has developed what he himself likes to call a “Nebbiolo palate”.

Born and raised in Alba, Davide has a very solid and important academic background in the wine sector: after obtaining a high school diploma from the Institute of Viticulture and Enology in Alba, he graduated in Viticulture and Enology from the University of Turin and, in the same years, he graduated as an AIS Sommelier. He began working in some renowned wineries in Barolo before taking a particular path that allowed him to gain considerable international work experience in some important and prestigious wineries in New Zealand, California, Australia, Burgundy and Bordeaux.

The growing passion for fine wines and the enthusiasm resulting from these work experiences brought Davide back to Europe, where he obtained a Master of Science in International Business Management at the International University of Monaco, discussing a thesis on the international market of fine and investment wines and subsequently founding his own business called Terroir Selection. Davide has a boundless passion for the Langhe and Nebbiolo but looks with great interest at the other emerging areas of lower (Roero and Monferrato) and upper Piedmont, for which he believes there is still much to do in terms of international promotion and communication.

Outside the regional borders he has a great interest in Tuscany and Sangiovese and more recently in Sicily with the wines of Etna. Internationally, Burgundy, Champagne, California and New Zealand are the areas whose wines he most appreciates.

Born near Boston and raised on the East Coast of the United States, after studying at art school, Amanda decided to move to Los Angeles, California, where she developed her passion for wine.

After attending both the “Court of Master Sommelier” and the WSET (“Wine & Spirit Education Trust”), she worked as a Sommelier at the famous restaurant “Osteria Mozza” owned by Nancy Silverton and Joe Bastianich, under the guidance of the “guru” of wine David Rosoff. During this experience Amanda had the opportunity to meet many winemakers from all over Italy and, during an internship in Piedmont, she met her current husband, an oenologist.

Since then she has lived in Piedmont, one of the most important wine areas in Italy, where she currently holds courses for foreigners, to whom she teaches wines, grape varieties, the terroir and the history of this wonderful land.

AIS sommelier, journalist and polyglot born in the heart of the Langhe and with the Langhe in her heart, she has numerous study and work experiences abroad, especially in German-speaking countries, but the passion that binds her to these hills always ends up bringing her back to her origins.

Born into a family that has been dedicated to viticulture for generations, since adolescence she has been fascinated by wine: for years she has participated in trade fairs and conferences in the sector, in-depth meetings and tastings. Alongside her work as a journalist and sommelier, she also conducts seminars on wine and guided tastings in Italian, German, English and French, in Italy and abroad, remaining faithful to the commitment to promote knowledge of the territory and to educate people about quality drinking.

Maurizio Rosso has been Marketing Director and Export Manager of the family business “Cantina Gigi Rosso” in the Barolo area of ​​Piedmont since 1988. His responsibilities include managing business relationships in Europe, North America and Asia, as well as promotion and direct sales in the winery. Maurizio speaks Italian, English, German, French and Spanish and is also a writer, with specific interests in creative literature and wine: to date he has published six books. Since 1985 he has been a freelance journalist and collaborates with several local and regional newspapers (Gazzetta d’Alba, Il Nostro Tempo, AnViagi). He has created a website where he explains his theory of wine and talks to his readers: gigirosso.wordpress.com