Episode 61: Getting Educated About Italian Wine with Hande Leimer

Eye On Italy

In this episode, hosts Sara and Jessica talk with sommelier Hande Leimer about Italian wine.

Special Guest:

Hande Leimer is a certified sommelier & the founder of vino roma, a wine education business in Rome. She was born in Istanbul, and had lived in the USA, and Germany before settling in Italy, where she shifted her career from marketing and IT to wine. She became a member of the Italian Sommelier Association, where she gained her sommelier title, and opened vino roma.

Links from the show:

• vino roma – Hande’s wine education studio
• @vinoroma – Hande on Twitter
• Franciacorta Aperitivo at Vino Roma in Rome – From Sara’s blog
• Discovering Italian Wine in an Enoteca Regionale – From Sara’s blog

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