Special Events

An Evening with Bernardo Conticelli and Kristie Brablec

Join us for a talk and tasting with Bernardo Conticelli and Kristie Brablec, the managing partner of https://www.zingermansfoodtours.com/ We will taste Champagne, make and nosh on pizza, one of Bernardo’s favorite things to make. 

Bernardo has been working as a local guide with Zingerman’s food Tours since 2014. He’s worked with Kristie in Tuscany, Piedmont, Italy along with   Champagne and Jura France.  This trip to Ann Arbor has been 8 years in the making and we finally have him here.  If you’ve been on a tour come and say hi and if not come and have some fun with us at the Bakehouse over Pizza and Champagne 

Born in Florence, after a degree in Political Sciences and a Master's in
Wine Marketing and Management in Paris lives between Italy and France
where he's involved in the promotion of Italian wines on the export
markets and Champagne wines in Italy being since 2015 the official
Champagne Ambassador in Italy. He runs his wine marketing consulting
company Vinifocus based in Florence, and an import company based in Paris
named Bere Bene SAS specialized in artisan high-end wines, with a lot of
dedication to wine education, teaching at several wine classes in
Italian, French, and English language to wine professionals and consumers
wine lovers. In his spare time, Bernardo loves to make some wine and
runs his own small farm named Sottofiesole just outside Florence, where
he produces a high quality extra virgin olive oil.