La Com Wine Agency

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. 

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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. 

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She is a successful  published author in Italy, her book "Come il vino ti cambia la vita" was launched in March 2020. 

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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 Association and 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.