Jeff Porter, beverage director of the Bastianich Group and one of the most influential sommeliers in the US for fine Italian wine, together with I.E.E.M. (http://www.ieemusa.com) and Colangelo & Partners (http://www.colangelopr.com), has created ‘Sip Trip,’ a new Web-based show that will give Italian wine lovers an up-close & personal view into some of Italy’s top wineries and wine regions.

The Sip Trip crew ─ which includes Jeff accompanied by two wine pros and a journalist from leading wine and spirits website, Vinepair (http://www.vinepair.com) ─ hits the road this November and December with stops in Piedmont (the Asti and Nizza Consortia, Renato Ratti, Pio Cesare and Fontanafredda), the Veneto (Masi, Zenato), Lombardy (Ca’ del Bosco), Tuscany (the Brunello Consortium and Castello di Monsanto), Umbria (Falesco), Le Marchè (Ciù Ciù) and Campania (Mastroberardino).