Simply Italian. It’s not that easy to present Italian wine in a simple way. Just to begin, Italy is a country with nearly 600 native grapes. There are 331 DOC’s, 118 IGT’s, and 76 DOCG’s * within the 20 Italian regions. Never mind how many producers there are or the volume of wine that gets exported internationally every year.

To comprehend the Italian wine industry is difficult and at times, overwhelming. However, that’s what International Event Management IEM (and then IEEM, the US component) sets out to do. Somehow rather seamlessly, as if simple, they bridge the oceanic divide between Italian wine producers and the rest of the world. Simply Italian and other IEM events take place in key food and wine destinations.