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Welcome to Episode 972 Marc Millon interviews Luca Federici of Cantina Federici in this special 5Star Wines & Wine Without Walls episode of Wine, Food & Travel with Marc Millon on the Italian Wine Podcast. This is part of a special sub-series in which Marc interviews the winners and the contributors of the competition in the coming weeks!\nMore about this winery:\nFrom the love for their territory, the passion for the vine and the farming traditions that have been handed down by the Federici family for 4 generations, the winery "La Baia del Sole" was born in the early 1980s, located on the border between Liguria and Tuscany, in the town of Luni from which the best wines were already leaving 2,000 years ago to reach the seat of the Roman emperor Augustus. Second of two brothers, Luca Federici, grew up in the wine industry in the family business and graduated from Pisa in 2011 in Viticulture and Enology. A member of Assoenologi since 2012, in 2016 he was awarded the "Future Prize" at the Mondial des Vins Extremes competition as the best young producer. In 2021 he wins the Oscar Green award for his winery project in the category "sustainability and ecological transition" The wines he follows and vinifies have won important awards in many international competitions.\nIf you want to learn more you can by visiting:\nWebsite:\xa0www.cantinefederici.com\nwww.instagram.com/cantinefederici\nFacebook:\xa0www.facebook.com/cantinefederici\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\nIf you want to learn more about today\u2019s guest, you can by visiting:\nquaypress.uk/\nmarcmillon.co.uk\nvino.co.uk\nquaypress.com\nLinkedIn:\xa0linkedin.com/in/marc-millon-50868624\nTwitter: @Marc_Millon\nLet's keep in touch! Follow us on our social media channels:\nInstagram @italianwinepodcast\nFacebook @ItalianWinePodcast\nTwitter @itawinepodcast\nTiktok @MammaJumboShrimp\nLinkedIn @ItalianWinePodcast\nIf you feel like helping us, donate here\xa0www.italianwinepodcast.com/donate-to-show/\nUntil next time, Cin Cin!