Ian D’Agata leaves VIA and is considering a new role at Vinitaly
In the words of Giovanni Mantovani, director general of Veronafiere, (extracted from an interview in Winenews recently) “Ian D’Agata’s role with Vinitaly will be further increased with a brand new set of objectives to reach and projects to work on”.
In fact, Ian D’Agata is in the process of deciding whether to continue collaborating with Veronafiere/Vinitaly but only in a new role, and discussions are still under way to finalize the deal. During a lunch meeting in Rome recently, Giovanni Mantovani, Gianni Bruno (area manager food and wine of Vinitaly) and Ian D’Agata discussed this new vest for D’Agata, that of Scientifc Advisor.
“Of course I am happy to continue working with the fair” says Ian D’Agata “…but I wanted to change a number of things, such as to no longer be associated with Stevie Kim, Vinitaly International and the VIA, and this for a number of reasons. However, if possible, I will be happy to work with Vinitaly and Veronafiere as it is an honour and am happy to contribute to Vinitaly’s growth and hopefully future successes”.
Therefore please note that Ian will therefore NOT be participating and is not involved in any way in the upcoming Hong Kong fair in November or at W2W in December.