Ep. 1615 Antonio Bertone | Wine, Food & Travel With Marc Millon
Welcome to Episode 1615 on Italian Wine Podcast, Wine, Food & Travel With Marc Millon. Today, he will be interviewing Antonio Bertone\nMore about today\u2019s guest\nTrend spotter, brand builder, idea generator and ferocious entrepreneur, Antonio Bertone brings over 30 plus years of passion and experience in brand management and marketing expertise to everything he does. With a proven track record for elevating brands from local to global consumer consciousness, Bertone began his consumer acquisition journey back in the early nineties with his record shop in Milford, Massachusetts and putting on punk rock matinees in the clubs around Boston, Massachusetts. His style is known to be unorthodox but has a long list of wins to back up his methodology.\nIn addition to his past work at WHOOP, Bertone currently serves on the board of Narragansett Beer. Bertone is also co-founder of Alileo, a Sicilian boxed natural wine brand. In its first year of production Alileo was awarded three medals by the Decanter World Wine Awards 2023, the world\u2019s leading wine competition, and has received countless accolades from national wine media. Created by husband and wife team Antonio Bertone and Alexandra Drane, Alileo is produced in partnership with Bertone\u2019s family in Sicily and imported to the United States. A family endeavor, Bertone\u2019s cousin lovingly crafts the wine in the seaside village of Marsala, Italy, also famous for its Marsala Wine and Sea Salt production. Bertone\u2019s family oversees the winemaking and logistics for the brand.\nConnect:\nWebsite:\xa0alileowines.com/\nInstagram:\xa0www.instagram.com/alileowines/\nMore about the host Marc Millon:\nMarc Millon, VIA Italian Wine Ambassador 2021, has been travelling, eating, drinking, learning and writing about wine, food and travel for nearly 40 years. Born in Mexico, with a mother from Hawaii via Korea and an anthropologist father from New York via Paris, he was weaned on exotic and delicious foods. Marc and his photographer wife Kim are the authors of 14 books including a pioneering series of illustrated wine-food-travel books: The Wine Roads of Europe, The Wine Roads of France, The Wine Roads of Italy (Premio Barbi Colombini), and The Wine Roads of Spain. Other titles include The Wine and Food of Europe, The Food Lovers\u2019 Companion Italy, The Food Lovers\u2019 Companion France, Wine, a global history. Marc regularly lectures and hosts gastronomic cultural tours to Italy and France with Martin Randall Travel, the UK\u2019s leading cultural travel specialist. He is soon to begin a regular series on Italian Wine Podcast, \u2018Wine, food and travel with Marc Millon\u2019. When not on the road Marc lives on the River Exe in Devon, England\nConnect:\nquaypress.uk/\nmarcmillon.co.uk\nvino.co.uk\nquaypress.com\nLinkedIn:\xa0linkedin.com/in/marc-millon-50868624\nTwitter: @Marc_Millon\n_______________________________\nLet's keep in touch! Follow us on our social media channels:\nInstagram\xa0www.instagram.com/italianwinepodcast/\nFacebook\xa0www.facebook.com/ItalianWinePodcast\nTwitter\xa0www.twitter.com/itawinepodcast\nTiktok\xa0www.tiktok.com/@mammajumboshrimp\nLinkedIn\xa0www.linkedin.com/company/italianwinepodcast\nIf you feel like helping us, donate here\xa0www.italianwinepodcast.com/donate-to-show/\nUntil next time, Cin Cin!