Argentina

Emiliano Stratico

Emiliano studied foreign languages at high school, where he “delved into the worlds of English and French literature”, awakening a wanderlust within him. Since then, he has gone on to travel across the globe, visiting locales as diverse as Thailand, Morocco, Mexico, Monaco and the UK, among many others. Exposure to such “diverse cultures, cuisines and languages” nurtured “a profound interest in food and wine”; a passion which in time led Emiliano to take the “pivotal decision” to settle in Paris and immerse himself in world of gastronomy. He took roles as varied as working in cafés to serving on night trains running to Italy. A return to Argentina in a role tasked with bolstering the exports of his home country led Emiliano to start “organising events, workshops and tastings” globally, in markets as varied as Vietnam, China and Nigeria. At the same time, he began pursuing wine education, progressing through the WSET and going on to gain his DipWSET. He now has his sights set firmly upon the MW (currently a Stage 2 student) and to accommodate his new studies he has pivoted into the role of a freelance wine consultant, based in Buenos Aires but travelling globally to educate and mentor others, with a goal of “amplifying underrepresented voices and fostering a more inclusive global dialogue” within the wine industry.