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Alessia Botturi is a professionally qualified sommelier of the Italian Sommelier Association, with an additional master in professional wine tasting techniques.
She was born and raised in Italy, where she started her career, working for various years in event planning, cooperating with restaurants, hotels and catering companies.
She speaks several languages, including English, Italian, German and French and has traveled in four continents, always researching and learning from the different traditions and cultures.
In 2006 she relocated to Los Angeles where she co-translated the book Food&Wine into English for the Italian Sommelier Association: the book is used worldwide by the association for courses and seminars.
She is the Southern California Sales Manager for a boutique wine importer, also featuring her own Italian wine selection called "Alessia Botturi Selections".
She teaches Italian wine seminars in Los Angeles, collaborating with the Wine House, the Italian Chamber of Commerce West and Disney.
In addition, she is the President of the newly founded North American Sommelier Association, that provides iinternationally recognized & awarded education, consulting, services and professional qualification as well as reselling a wide array of products and literature in the American territory.