Ep. 1029 Scienza In The Mensa Pizza & Vine & Prejudice | Everybody Needs A Bit Of Scienza

Welcome to the Italian wine podcast. This episode has been brought to you by the wine to wine business forum twenty twenty two. This year, we'll mark the ninth edition of the forum to be held on November seventh and eighth of twenty twenty two in Verona Italy. This year will be an exclusively in person edition. The main theme of the event will be all around wine communication. And tickets are on sale now. The first early bird discount will be available until August twenty second. For more information, please visit us at wine to wine dot net. Welcome to everybody needs a bit of Shenza. Today, Professori announces his upcoming new book, Vine and Prejudice, and tells us about racism in Viticulture. And of course, there's pizza and wine too. Okay. It is the the the the crystal vertical tour, the particular area. The Okay. Quazio. Because either the or holistic, you know, okay, the the Okay. So why don't you your experience, what the book is about. And, you know, perhaps, like, tell us, like, what the difficult what the challenges were. Minus could get this resolved. A subtitle, fake science and the search for the perfect grape. Are you enjoying this podcast? There is so much more high quality wine content available for mama jumbo shrimp. Check out our new wine study maps or books on Italian wine, including Italian wine unplugged, and much much more. Just visit our website, mama jumbo shrimp dot com. Now back to the show. So it covers a lot of history, a lot of science that goes back right to the very origins of species, but it also brings, the discussion right up to the present day with, climate change and racism discrimination and genetic engineering, so how we can use science to to tackle some of the the issues that the the industry is currently facing. So it was I mean, it was a challenge translating it, not at least because I'm not particularly scientific. So a lot of the vocabulary that sheds our rights in in a way that's so rich with history and science and mythology. So it's it was a challenge for me to translate it and and retain those references, and it's something that we've worked out how we can convey the arguments that She ends up making, but also make the book accessible, to the the kind of average reader. So the initial the initial draft, if you like, involved a massive glossary and a massive section of footnotes but we've since tried to incorporate a lot of that text into the the body of the text itself and use. We've got this little feature which we call Shenza Sez, which just gives some some technical explanation, I suppose, for some of the more scientific and technical details. But we're nearly there. It's nearly finished. Yeah. So listen, who who would you recommend for who's this book for? Yeah. That's a good question. I mean, the audience, I guess, we're trying to strike a balance between the the winegeeks and the people that already have, a degree of knowledge, people who are likely to be most interested in this book. But also to try and make it accessible to people who who don't have a particularly strong scientific background. But yeah, anyone in the in the wine community, whether they're a professional or just, an enthusiast, I think, is gonna get something from this book, whether it's the science, whether it's the history, whether it's some of the more topical issues, there's something for everyone. The refute from the the the the the the the the the ajira, the, Prasmaro, to return to your earlier question about who the book's for. I think one of the the good things about it is that it's in order to confront the the issues currently facing the world, we need to better understand the science and the history, behind some of these developments. And this book has got, is a is a good way to do that to understand the previous discussions and debates that have taken place. And and the other big theme that emerges is the science skepticism has existed almost as long as science has, and and Chenza can outlines that that process throughout throughout centuries. But then the conclusion really is that if we if we are going to tackle the the big issues facing the world, we really need to embrace science and some of the more scary scientific solutions like genetic engineering. If we want to reduce, the use of chemicals, for example, then genetic engineering is gonna be a a possible solution. It it it probably, man. Dalla Campania. There is a We hope you enjoyed today's episode brought to you by the wine to wine business forum twenty twenty two. This year, we'll mark the ninth edition of the forum to be held on November seventh and eighth. Twenty twenty two. 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