Luca Giavi teaches Susannah Gold how to prepare a no-fuss Venetian risotto with a dash of Prosecco DOC. In exchange Susannah teaches Luca some English kitchen and cooking vocabulary.
Luca Giavi has been the director of the Prosecco DOC Consortium since 2014 after previously serving as management consultant. Having graduated in Law from the University of Trieste, Luca’s interest in food and beverage left him wanting to dig deeper into these subjects. He thus set out to earn a diploma of Sommelier FISAR as well as the qualification of judge of sensory analysis. He has worked as Exhibition Site Technical Director for the Cultural Foundation of Palazzo Foscolo in Oderzo, he teaches in numerous professional institutes in the Veneto region, and he also collaborates as a journalist at the San Marco Publishing Company. Luca has served as a member of the Board of Directors of the Italian Association of Geographical Indication Consortia.
Susannah Gold has earned various certifications from schools around the world. She is an Italian Wine Ambassador of the Vinitaly International Academy and she holds an Italian sommelier certificate from the Associazione Italiana dei Sommeliers (AIS). She gained her Diploma in Wines & Spirit (DipWSET) from the Wine & Spirit Education Trust (WSET) as well as her Certified Specialist of Wine (CSW) and Certified Specialist of Spirits (CSS) from the Society of Wine Educators (SWE). Susannah teaches Italian wine classes for the Italian Trade Commission, does media and trade relations, and often helps link importers with distributors. Her company, Vigneto Communications, presents seminars and webinars for individual wine producers and wine regions at various schools and events and Susannah and her team promote wine and food products in the United States.
Find the recipe here: