Listening to people making plans for Vinitaly – the frighteningly large, annual Italian wine fair in Verona — reminds me that I met the organizers, CEO Giovanni Mantovani and Stevie Kim in New York this winter.
Along with Cristina Mariani-May of Banfi and Marilisa Allegrini of Allegrini Wines, they co-hosted fundraising events that culminated in a donation of $40,000 to the American Cancer Society. To mark the occasion, we all got to go to NASDAQ to ring the closing bell that day. I was thrilled!
Here I am, the 4th head from the right (blonde, with purple scarf)
