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Like many people, wine found me indirectly. My story goes from Wall Street to Wine Country and back.

After 10 years on Wall Street, I moved to Northern California for a break from my seven-day workweek. Eventually I returned to NYC, where I now have the opportunity to personalize wine for all of my clients. It was a long journey, but I truly love what I do – is there anything better than that? I am a classically trained pianist, competitive ballroom dancer, certified wine educator, and rookie sailor.

Gianina’s Lists:

Women winemakers

  • Julie Johnson
  • Elizabetta Foradori
  • Maria Jose Lopez de Heredia
  • Isabel Ferrando
  • Kathleen Inman

Wines I love

  • Cote Rotie from Pierre Gaillard
  • anything from Jean Louis Chave
  • Vieux Telegraphe's Chateaneuf Du Pape
  • Paolo Bea's Sagrantino de montefalco "Pagliaro"
  • Giacomo Conterno "cerretta" Barolo

California wines

  • Hirsch
  • Dunn
  • Kistler
  • Ridge
  • Pahlmeyer

Where I've lived

  • Anchorage Alaska
  • Springfield Missouri
  • Christiana Delaware
  • Hoboken New Jersey
  • Santa Rosa California

Where I've worked

  • JPMorgan
  • Goldman Sachs
  • Renaissance Technologies
  • Foley Family Wines
  • Westwood Estate Wines

Sailing terms you need to know

  • Halyard
  • Apparent wind
  • Jib
  • Mainsail
  • Tack

Little known facts

  • Our sailboat is the one in Romancing the Stone
  • I almost went to university for a music degree
  • I'm allergic to cats
  • I have a very intense fear of goats
  • My harvest nickname is "indoor cat"

Restaurants that are special to me

  • L'Artusi
  • French Laundry
  • Boulevard
  • Fresh
  • Scopa

Where I've traveled in the last year

  • Paris
  • the Amalfi Coast
  • Puerto Vallarta
  • Iceland
  • Rome

Ballroom dances I compete in

  • Rumba
  • Cha cha
  • Samba
  • Paso Doble
  • Jive

Favorite piano pieces

  • Debussy's Arabesque #1
  • Chopin's Nocturne #1 in B flat Minor
  • Rachmaninoff Piano Concerto #2 in C Minor
  • Gershwin Rhapsody in Blue
  • Mozart Piano Sonata #11 in A, "alla turca"
 

 

Gianina Arturo, CS - Convive Wine and Spirits