WineChannelTV’s Just Jess (Jess Altieri) attended Vino2010, the largest Italian Wine Event in the U.S. , at the Waldorf-Astoria in NYC for a rock-star Day 1 of the convention !

The event was kicked off with one of the world’s TOP wine educators, Kevin Zraly, who had many great things to say about the Italian wine industry and how the U.S. is a huge part of it. According to Zraly Italy is the #1 producer in the world, while the U.S. is the #1 consumer of wine. Wait till you see my interview with Zraly , the press conference, and see why I deemed this the superbowl of wine events…only no one loses

Many more great interviews took place with top wine educators and industry leaders that gave lectures @vino2010, including MW Bill Nesto whom led a very informative lecture on Pinot Nero. But the juicy part of Nesto’s knowledge came out after the lecture when he filled me in on his top chocolate and wine pairings just in time for Valentine’s Day.

All in all, a great day 1…now off to dinner at Le Cirque..doesn’t get better than that!

Stay tuned to WineChannelTV.tv all week long for the top coverage and interviews at Vino2010!

Cheers!

JustJess

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