Episode 1771

Ep. 1771 Marc Millon | Everybody Needs A Bit Of Scienza

Everybody Needs A Bit Of Scienza

February 2, 2024

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Marc Millon

Episode Summary

Content Analysis Key Themes and Main Ideas 1. The feasibility of replicating ancient Roman wine tastes and qualities in modern winemaking. 2. Comparison between celebrated historical ""Grand Cru"" wines (e.g., Falernian, Mamertino) and contemporary high-quality wines. 3. Exploration of ancient winemaking techniques such as terracotta fermentation and marine aging, and their modern resurgence. 4. The historical significance of wine in ancient Roman culture, as documented by classical writers like Pliny the Elder. 5. Professor Attilio Scienza's expertise and insights on wine history and characteristics. Summary This episode of the ""Italian Wine Podcast,"" specifically the ""Everybody Needs a Bit of Shenza"" segment, features host Stevie Kim along with Professor Attilio Scienza addressing a thought-provoking question from fellow podcaster Mark Melan. Melan's inquiry centers on whether contemporary wines can authentically replicate the taste and quality of ancient Roman wines, such as the historically acclaimed Falernian or Mamertino, which were praised by ancient writers. He references modern winemaking trends like fermentation in terracotta and the production of ""Vino Marino"" as current attempts to revive ancient methods. While the detailed answer from Professor Scienza is not fully transcribed, Stevie Kim notes that he has previously suggested that wines from Georgia might offer the closest modern parallel to ancient wine styles. The episode also includes a promotional segment for the Italian Wine Academy. Takeaways * The podcast explores the intriguing question of whether modern winemaking can truly replicate ancient Roman wine profiles. * Ancient Roman wines were highly regarded, with specific ""Grand Crus"" mentioned by classical writers. * Modern winemakers are actively experimenting with historical techniques like terracotta fermentation and marine aging (Vino Marino) to evoke ancient styles. * Professor Attilio Scienza is presented as an authoritative expert on wine history and its characteristics. * Wines from Georgia are suggested as a potential modern equivalent to ancient wine styles, according to Professor Scienza's earlier statements. Notable Quotes * ""Can any wine today truly give us taste of how wines once were two thousand years ago?"

About This Episode

In this podcast episode, the hosts ask viewers to donate money to support the Italian wine podcast. They also discuss the importance of the Italian wine qualification and how it compares to other wines from two thousand years ago. The hosts also mention a new book and encourage viewers to subscribe to their YouTube channel and pat the hosts on their social media accounts.

Transcript

The Italian wine podcast is the community driven platform for Italian winegeeks around the world. Support the show by donating at italian wine podcast dot com. Donate five or more Euros, and we'll send you a copy of our latest book, my Italian Great Geek journal. Absolutely free. To get your free copy of my Italian GreatGeek journal, click support us at italian wine podcast dot com, or wherever you get your pods. Contains information in Italian language. This podcast contains information in Italian. Welcome to this special everybody needs a bit of Shenza addition of the Italian wine podcast. Here's the premise. The Italy International Academy community members send us their questions for Via chief scientist professoratio Shenza. We record his answers and Stevie Kim tries to keep him in line. Sometimes it works. Thank you for listening. Hello, everybody. My name is Stevie Kim, and I am here with So you know what that means? It is time for another episode of everybody needs a bit of Shinsa. Yes. Today's question comes from Mark Melan. Of course, Mark is our colleague. He is a fellow podcaster. He does every day the food and wine series, wine travel series. So check that out. Everybody loves Mark. Everybody needs bit of, but everybody loves Mark. And his question is as follows. In ancient Rome, writers and poets extalled wine such as Valerneum and spoke of vintages that lasted more than one hundred years. Pliny, the elder identified many other great wines from named Terroz. Today wines are being fermented in terracotta, and for again, vineyards have been planted in Pompe Envino Marino is being produced in Elba. But can any wine today truly give us taste of how wines once were two thousand years ago? And more. This is kinda similar question that we had before. And can the greatest wines of today compare in quality and stature to the grand cruse of the Roman world. Atelias. Anapoli in Campania. I should be wrong in Annapoli. Say, ma'amertino, in Cecilia. You. On the Okay. Mhmm. Product the model, the question. Mhmm. Okay. You know, Uh-huh. Okay. Uh-uh. You know, Coming back to America, Van Italy International Academy, the ultimate Italian wine qualification will be held in New York City from four to six March twenty twenty four. Have you got what it takes to become the next Italian wine ambassador? Find out at ben Italy dot com. You. Alrighty. I hope that answers your question. And he did say that on previous episodes, that something that is close to, I guess, the wines that are similar to two thousand years ago are probably the wines from Georgia. That he did say that in the previous episode. And then he added all of these additional information here. So thank you very much, Mark Miller. I hope you are well looking forward to reading your new book in the fall. And that is now we're going to sign off from another episode of everybody needs a bit of Shansa with, of course, professori. So don't forget to follow us and give us a thumbs up if you can, wherever you get your pods. All of our social media channels, you know, it's Italian wine podcast, except the YouTube channel and TikTok is mama jumbo shrimp. So check that out on our YouTube. We have one video. We drop a video every week of our Italian one travel series. Okay. That's it. Until next time. Bye bye. Bye bye. Listen to the Italian wine podcast wherever you get your podcast. We're on SoundCloud, Apple Podcasts, Spotify, email ifm, and more. Don't forget to subscribe and rate the show. If you enjoy listening, please consider donating through Italianline podcast dot com. Any amount helps cover equipment, and publication costs. Until next time.