Opening day of our club with talk about our inspiration, motivation, and aspiration for Convivial Conversation.

Come meet Linda, owner/operator of Italy Customized, SRL for the first in a series of talks about regional food, wine, and tourism in Italy and environs.

At the crossroads of regenerative agriculture & culinary delight. Our guest is Rosa Vañó, President of the Andalusian Academy of Gastronomy & Tourism and owner of Castillo de Canena in Jaén.

Antony Panakal hails from the lovely Malabar coast, however, has lived in the Italian speaking area of Switzerland for over 30 years where he’s specialized in marketing bean to bar chocolate. Join us for a chill out hour exploring these rich topics, and close the hour with a robust chocolate and wine pairing discussion.

As a powerful financial and maritime republic, Venetian traders traveled the world for spices and other wonders for over 1,000 years. Join me in welcoming back Linda Sorgiovanni to talk about food, wine, travel, and history as they come together in this magical place.

Join me in welcoming Bill Sanders to the stage. This Kentucky native is equally at ease talking about horseracing, government process, wine, olive oil, travel, and grandchildren. Today we’ll focus particularly on his recent pilgrimage to Compostela via the Camino de Santiago.

World traveling specialty food industry veteran writer, editor, and content creator Laura Everage gets the conversation going this hour. Sight, sound, smell, touch, and taste can all evoke food memories, however, context and the feelings evoked with those memories are perhaps the most compelling of all. Open mic to share your food memories.

What does Montessori have to do with food? Why is it important to involve children, and how do you educate their palates early? Adhana McCarthy, active duty officer in the US Army, Certified Physician Assistant, Certified Yoga Therapist, PhD candidate at UC San Diego, and mother of a preschooler leads the panel and our featured

Bill Sanders is our featured guest today! A Wine Scholar Guild certified master in Rhône and Provence wines and an appreciation for ALL wines, shares his top tips and wants to hear yours, too. Join us — imbibing during the room is optional!

The benefits of family meals are far-reaching with a profound effect on children’s Laura Everage, the head chef at “Family Eats” shares how she engages her Montessori educated family in the process.

Food talk! A little known aspect of Japanese culture is EVOO. Chairman Tada is the founder of the Olive Oil Sommelier Association of Japan and impresario behind the largest olive oil event in Asia.