Marisa Sergi and Evan Schumann
Winemakers and wine entrepreneurs named to the Forbes 30 Under 30 List 2023
Winemakers and wine entrepreneurs named to the Forbes 30 Under 30 List 2023
Thursday, June 1, 2023
5 - 8 p.m.
L'uva Bella Winery
6597 Center Road, Lowellville
5 - 8 p.m.
L'uva Bella Winery
6597 Center Road, Lowellville
Our Speaker Series celebrates a prelude to summer with an evening at L'uva Bella Winery, with Marisa Sergi and Evan Schumann, owners of the winery and named to the 2023 Forbes 30 Under 30 list.
Marisa and Evan will speak to our private group about their innovative marketing strategy that launched a small winery from local to distribution in seven states and got them Forbes 30 under 30 recognition this year.
L’uva Bella® first started in 2006 when founder Frank Sergi began selling home winemaking juices to local winemakers in Northeast Ohio from his home garage. For the next 10 years, Frank and his wife, Ruth, would work tirelessly to build the business from a local wine juice distributor into a production blending and packaging facility distributing winemaking juices into 10 states through a network of wholesale partners.
In 2016 Frank’s daughter, Marisa, who graduated from Cornell University with a degree in viticulture and enology and spent a year working for the largest winery in the world, moved home and launched her own wine brand, Red’s Wine (Formally Redhead Wine). Marisa would drive store to store to sell her wine by hand for many years before Walmart Open Call gave her the opportunity to pitch her products on a global stage. With the Walmart authorization, this gave L’uva Bella the platform and validation to promote multiple brands in new markets across Ohio.
In 2020, Marisa and her husband, Evan Schumann, presented a plan to Frank and Ruth to purchase the business from them in hopes of taking their wine brands national. In May of 2020 the business officially changed hands, and with that, a fast-track plan for national expansion. L’uva Bella’s brands can now be found in most major retailers across seven states and is continually growing.
Our evening at L'uva Bella will b begin with Marisa and Evan speaking to us at 5:30, followed by a spread of wood-fired pizzas, salads and fresh pasta. Water and sodas will be included. Guests will be able to order wine, other beverages, wine flights (also available for pre-paid), and other items on their own.
Prepaid wine flight purchasers will get a ticket to show they have pre-paid for the wine flight.
Register by May 26
Reserve your spot by filling out the form below
Pay via PayPal below
IMPORTANT:
Please fill out BOTH the sign-up form AND the PayPal payment.
Be sure to hit the SUBMIT button at the bottom of the sign-up form.
PayPal button is below the form.
If you do not receive a copy of your form answers by email, contact us at [email protected]
The Youngstown Press Club does not issue refunds for cancellations. If you have signed up and can no longer attend, we may offer your ticket to a student.
Marisa and Evan will speak to our private group about their innovative marketing strategy that launched a small winery from local to distribution in seven states and got them Forbes 30 under 30 recognition this year.
L’uva Bella® first started in 2006 when founder Frank Sergi began selling home winemaking juices to local winemakers in Northeast Ohio from his home garage. For the next 10 years, Frank and his wife, Ruth, would work tirelessly to build the business from a local wine juice distributor into a production blending and packaging facility distributing winemaking juices into 10 states through a network of wholesale partners.
In 2016 Frank’s daughter, Marisa, who graduated from Cornell University with a degree in viticulture and enology and spent a year working for the largest winery in the world, moved home and launched her own wine brand, Red’s Wine (Formally Redhead Wine). Marisa would drive store to store to sell her wine by hand for many years before Walmart Open Call gave her the opportunity to pitch her products on a global stage. With the Walmart authorization, this gave L’uva Bella the platform and validation to promote multiple brands in new markets across Ohio.
In 2020, Marisa and her husband, Evan Schumann, presented a plan to Frank and Ruth to purchase the business from them in hopes of taking their wine brands national. In May of 2020 the business officially changed hands, and with that, a fast-track plan for national expansion. L’uva Bella’s brands can now be found in most major retailers across seven states and is continually growing.
Our evening at L'uva Bella will b begin with Marisa and Evan speaking to us at 5:30, followed by a spread of wood-fired pizzas, salads and fresh pasta. Water and sodas will be included. Guests will be able to order wine, other beverages, wine flights (also available for pre-paid), and other items on their own.
Prepaid wine flight purchasers will get a ticket to show they have pre-paid for the wine flight.
Register by May 26
Reserve your spot by filling out the form below
Pay via PayPal below
IMPORTANT:
Please fill out BOTH the sign-up form AND the PayPal payment.
Be sure to hit the SUBMIT button at the bottom of the sign-up form.
PayPal button is below the form.
If you do not receive a copy of your form answers by email, contact us at [email protected]
The Youngstown Press Club does not issue refunds for cancellations. If you have signed up and can no longer attend, we may offer your ticket to a student.
Pay via PayPal:
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Pay by check:
Make checks payable to "Youngstown Press Club" and mail your payment to 1090 Ravine Dr., Yo, OH 44505.
If you plan to mail a check, please email us at [email protected] so we know your payment is on its way.
If you plan to mail a check, please email us at [email protected] so we know your payment is on its way.
