Episode 2063

Ep. 2063 Yvonne Zohar part 1 of 2 | Everybody Needs A Bit Of Scienza

Everybody Needs A Bit Of Scienza

August 23, 2024

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Yvonne Zohar

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Episode Summary

Content Analysis Key Themes and Main Ideas 1. The ""Everybody Needs a Bit of Shenza"" podcast segment format, featuring Professor Attilio Scienza. 2. Addressing specific wine-related questions from Italian Wine Ambassadors and the wider community. 3. Historical connections between Italy and Crete regarding ancient wine trade and archaeological evidence. 4. The identification and discovery of ancient grape varieties, both in Greece and potentially in Italy. 5. Promotion of the Vinitaly International Academy and its ambassador program. Summary This episode of the Italian Wine Podcast is a special ""Everybody Needs a Bit of Shenza"" addition, where host Richard Hoff fields a question from Yvonne Zohar, a new Italian Wine Ambassador. Yvonne, who frequently visits Crete, asks Professor Attilio Scienza about the discrepancy in dating the contact and wine trade between Italy and Crete, noting Greek historical accounts place it earlier than Scienza's research suggests. She also poses a follow-up question regarding the discovery of unidentified ancient red grape varieties in Greece and whether similar discoveries have occurred in Italy. The segment highlights the unique Q&A format, encouraging listeners to submit their ""tricky wine-related questions"" to Professor Scienza. The episode also features an opening announcement promoting upcoming Vinitaly International Academy events in Chicago and Almaty, Kazakhstan. Takeaways * The ""Everybody Needs a Bit of Shenza"" segment of the Italian Wine Podcast focuses on answering complex wine questions from the community. * Professor Attilio Scienza is the expert providing answers to these questions. * The specific query discussed revolved around historical wine trade dates between Italy and Crete and the discovery of ancient grape varieties. * The podcast encourages listener engagement through submitting questions via social media or email. * The Vinitaly International Academy is actively recruiting new Italian Wine Ambassadors globally. * The podcast relies on listener support for production costs. Notable Quotes * ""Everybody needs a bit of Shenza."

About This Episode

A representative from the Italian wine community is hosting a podcast on Italian wines, where they ask questions to faculty and receive answers from them. They also ask Yvonne Zohar from the Italian Y ambassadors about her experience with crete and her relationship with Italian wines. The podcast is about the Italian wines and is available on various platforms.

Transcript

Who wants to be the next Italian wine Ambassador? Join an exclusive network of four hundred Italian wine ambassadors across forty eight countries. Vineetly International Academy is coming to Chicago on October nineteenth is twenty first. And while Mati Kazakhstan from November sixteenth to eighteenth. Don't miss out. Register now at Vineeti dot com. Warning. Warning. This podcast contains information in Italian language. Contains information in Italian, Chinchin. Welcome to this special. Everybody needs a bit of Shenza addition of the Italian wine podcast. His the premise, for Italy International Academy community members, send us their questions for Via Chief Scientistis professor atilla Chanza, where you record his answers, and Steve Kim tries to keep him in line. Sometimes it works. Thank you for listening. Hello, and welcome to the Italian wine podcast, and everybody needs a bit of Shenza. I'm Richard Hoff, host of Big Club. The monthly show that explores the world of wine writing. Stevie Kim is on the road. So once again, I'm asking the questions to professor, Okay. So you know how this works. Members of the international Italian wine community send us their tricky wine related questions. And every Friday, we choose one for the professor to answer in his own inimitable way. Our question today comes from Yvonne Zohar. Yvonne is one of the newest Italian Y ambassadors who successfully passed the exam here in Verona in April. So congratulations, Yvonne. Here is our question. I often go to crete where I talk with winemakers and archaeologists. As you know, cretins are minoans, where the seafarers of the ancient world. Trading pottery and wine for materials they needed, such as metals. In Greece, they date the contact between Italy much earlier than your research shows how do you explain the difference. It's gonna be aveeno, ceramic, Evino, that's it. Mhmm. You know, sir. You know, I think I we are into the area and then all of it. The such as the mental model. Okay. Interesting. Yvonne has a follow-up question. And is this in the north of Greece and the Pantheon mountains and unidentified red variety was discovered after years of research and DNA testing, it turned out to be an old Greek variety, non identical to any Greek or foreign grape. Has something similar occurred in Italy. Are there any unidentified grapes in Italy? We don't I'm on the regarding the bank. She she she concluded. Okay. Thank you, professor Chenza. A very interesting couple of questions from Yvonne based on her experiences. So thank you, Yvonne, for submitting your questions. Remember, if you have a question for the professor, you can contact us on social media. On Instagram, Facebook, and Twitter, or email support at italian wine podcast dot com. Thanks once again to Professor Chanser for an interesting and informative response as ever. Listen to the Italian wine podcast, wherever you get your podcasts. 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 Italian wine podcast dot com. Any amount helps cover equipment, production, and publication costs. Until next time, Teaching.