Claudio Bizzarri received his Ph.D. from the University of Perugia, on a topic connected with the import of Attic pottery in Etruria, the vases used in the symposium by the Etruscans. He is an archaeologist interested in ancient wine and food production (he is a member of the local board of the Slow Food movement and he ran his own farm for ten years), he is the scientific Director of several digs in the hot Italian summers and still explores the underground fascinating system of man-made caves that exists in the Orvieto area. He also serves on the board of the Faina Museum and is the Director of the Archaeological and Environmental Park of Orvieto.