Paolo Borzatta
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Overview
In the hills where Lazio dissolves into Tuscany, on a private estate shaped by volcanic soil and Etruscan memory, Paolo Borzatta has spent decades asking a question most people never think to ask: what is pleasure, precisely? Paolo is Senior Partner of The European House-Ambrosetti, one of Europe's most authoritative strategy consultancies, where he has advised governments, institutions, and some of the world's largest corporations. At a certain point in that career, he turned the same rigour toward beauty. You arrive as the afternoon light turns amber. Six extra virgin olive oils. Six Champagnes. Five courses. A philosopher at the table. One sustained argument about how to live well.
Included Privileges
- Half-day experience on Paolo Borzatta's private estate between Lazio and Tuscany
- Two tasting masterclasses: 6 Champagnes and 6 extra virgin olive oils, led by world-renowned Maestros
- Gourmet show-cooking session featuring estate EVOOs
- Five-course dinner with Champagne pairings
- Guided walk through olive groves and the mill
- Philosophical dialogue with a resident philosopher at dinner
- Exclusive gift box featuring I&P products
Itinerary
- Welcome on the private estate in Tuscia, the ancient volcanic heartland between Lazio and southern Tuscany.
- Paolo introduces the land: its Etruscan history, its olive groves, the character of the year's harvest.
- Guided walk through the estate and olive mill.
- Six extra virgin olive oils tasted in sequence, each from a different harvest, soil, or method.
- Six Champagnes paired and discussed with world-renowned Maestros.
- Gourmet show-cooking session: live culinary performance featuring estate EVOOs paired with regional specialties.
- A refined five-course dinner where flavors, ideas, and Champagne pairings proceed together.
- A philosopher joins the table. The conversation turns to pleasure, culture, and the relationship between humanity and land.
- The evening concludes at approximately 11:30 PM.
The Experience
You arrive at the estate as the heat of the day softens. The olive trees here are centuries old; some were already standing when the Etruscans worked this land. Paolo walks you through them himself, and what begins as a tour becomes a seminar on terroir, on light, on the way a great oil carries the character of the year in which it was made. In ...
Why Guests Love It
“Food became art and conversation became philosophy. This was an invitation to live inside Italy's heartbeat. Every hour of it was beautiful.” — Aimèe P., USA
Meet the Expert
Paolo (Luigi Francesco) Borzatta
Born in post-war Italy, in the heart of ancient Etruscan lands near Bologna, Paolo Borzatta's journey has been shaped by intellectual breadth and cultural depth. Originally trained as a nuclear engineer at the Politecnico di Milano, he later specialised in particle physics, serving as an assistant professor at the University of Milan. He went on to become General Manager of the Plastic Pipe Division at Dalmine, the multinational acquired by Tenaris, before co-founding Cast Management Consultants, an international strategy firm for which he opened subsidiaries in Los Angeles and Shanghai, serving as its Managing Partner and Chairman. Today he is Senior Partner of The European House-Ambrosetti and Managing Director of Ambrosetti Group Limited, advising governments, cities, and corporations across multiple continents on corporate and international strategy. Since 1985 he has been deeply immersed in Chinese culture, having studied the language, lived in China, and cultivated a profound relationship with its philosophy and traditions. He practices Chinese calligraphy daily. He has authored two books: The Shanghai's Globe (2000, in Italian), published exclusively on his personal site, and Can I? (2015, in English), written on Twitter in 126 characters a day. Neither will ever be printed on paper, remaining intentionally ephemeral, like the finest experiences in life.
Beyond science and strategy, Paolo has dedicated himself to the philosophy of life's pleasures, a path that culminated in I&P Olii, his award-winning extra virgin olive oil enterprise, with a mission he states simply: transforming flavour into joie de vivre, and elevating taste into an art of living.
This evening exists because of a friendship. Paolo and Shazia Naqui, founder of Naquist, share a rare bond born from mutual recognition and a shared devotion to Beauty. Shazia, whose Indian-Persian-Italian heritage forms a natural bridge between worlds, and Paolo, renowned for both scientific contribution and humanistic vision, are united by aesthetics, philosophy, and the art of living beautifully. Together they conceived this evening as an invitation to beautiful minds: not to consume an experience, but to be changed by one.