Hailing from Bergamo, Italy, Laura Donadoni was born and bred
on classic Italian wine and creative cuisine. Her career started as
a columnist and wine and food reporter for several prestigious
Italian magazines such as Gambero Rosso and anchorwoman on
the radio news for local and national radio networks; she also had
her own food and wine show on the Italian broadcasting network
Mediapason (second largest private tv network in Italy).
Upon moving to the U.S., she translated her passion into The
Italian Wine Girl blog, Instagram, Podcast and Youtube channel,
spreading wine education and wine culture. Her social community
counts more than 60.000 followers.
She is a contributor and columnist for The Tasting Panel and The
SommJournal magazines (published in the U.S. and in Canada).
She is an official reviewer for the international wine guide Slow
Wine.
She is a successful published author, her first book Come il vino ti
cambia la vita, 2020, Cairo publisher, has been translated and
published in the U.S. : How wine can change lives . Her secondo
book “Custodi del vino”, 2021, Slow Food publisher, has been
awarded as best naturalistic literature book in Italy (Premio
Majella) and will be translated in English in 2023. The third book
is currently in process.
She founded LA COM Wine Agency, a licensed wine importing
company and a strategic P.R. and communications firm focused
on wine and food industry.


Laura is a certified professional journalist and editor with a
summa cum laude PhD in Communication Sciences, a
professional speaker, a certified Sommelier with merit with the
North American Sommelier Associationand The World Sommelier
Association, a Wset level 3 advanced wine taster; she is one of
the few Vinitaly International Italian Wine Ambassadors in the
world and a certified wine educator; she is an Italian and Spanish
Wine Specialist; an official wine judge for the San Francisco
Chronicle Wine Competition and many others international wine
competitions, the only Italian women in the International Circle of
Wine Writers in London and a member of the Los Angeles Wine
Writers Association. She is director of the Wine Education
Program at the Pacific National Food and Beverage Museum in
L.A.
Most recently Laura Donadoni is an honorable Knight of the Order
of the Truffle and the Wines of Alba, a prestigious historic order of
ambassadors of authentic Piedmont typical products and wines in
the world.