Episode 2420

Ep. 2420 Yegas Naidoo Part 2 | Everybody Needs A Bit Of Scienza

Everybody Needs A Bit Of Scienza

July 25, 2025

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Yegas Naidoo

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Episode Summary

Content Analysis Key Themes and Main Ideas 1. The influence and methodology of prominent wine critic Robert Parker. 2. The ""Everybody Needs a Bit of Shenza"" segment format of the Italian Wine Podcast, featuring Professor Attilio Scienza. 3. The intersection of wine criticism, heritage, and traditional winemaking practices, particularly in an Italian context. Summary This segment of the Italian Wine Podcast's ""Everybody Needs a Bit of Shenza"" series features Professor Attilio Scienza answering a listener's question from Edis South Africa. The core question revolves around whether influential wine critic Robert Parker showed respect for traditional vineyard, grape, and heritage practices when assessing wines. Professor Scienza's direct English response to the question is a concise ""No. Okay."" followed by further discussion primarily in Italian, making the full context of his answer largely inaccessible without translation. The episode serves as an example of the podcast's interactive Q&A format, briefly introducing Professor Scienza's new book and concluding with a standard podcast sign-off and promotional message. Takeaways * The episode is part of a listener Q&A series featuring Professor Attilio Scienza. * The main topic of discussion is Robert Parker's approach to wine criticism, specifically concerning traditional practices. * Professor Scienza's brief English response indicates a negative view of Parker's respect for these traditional elements. * A significant portion of the content, including the detailed answer, is delivered in Italian. * The podcast encourages listener engagement and questions for Professor Scienza. Notable Quotes * ""Professor Shenza has just published a new bilingual book, the art of wine storytelling."

About This Episode

Speaker 3 announces that the Italian wine podcast is a special episode featuring a chief scientist professor named T needed by the community. Speaker 2 welcomes the audience to the episode and introduces the hosts, including a guest from South Africa who asks a question about the Italian wine culture. The hosts answer questions about the community's wine schools and encourage viewers to subscribe and rate the show.

Transcript

Stop. Professor Shenza has just published a new bilingual book, the art of wine storytelling. You can find it on mama jumbo shrimp and Amazon. And now back to the episode. Warning. Warning. This podcast contains information in Italian language. It appeared. This podcast contains information in Italian. Chinching. Welcome to this special. Everybody needs a bit of Shen's edition of the Italian wine podcast. Here's the premise, the Italy International Academy community members send us their questions for via chief scientist professor Tatio Shenza. We record his answers, and Steve Kim tries to keep him in line. Sometimes it works. Thank you for listening. Hello everybody. My name's Stevie Kim, and welcome to the Italian wine podcast. And this is another recording of a new episode of everybody needs a bit of and By that, we mean, of course, one and only. Okay. So today's question comes from She's South African, Edis South Africa. Did Robert Parker have respect for vineyard grape and heritage practices when casting judgment on the wines that crossed his class. I love that. Robert Parker. No. Okay. You know, in the the report. To the the Okay. I don't know that's what I meant. Yeah. Queste. My second agenda in general, you know, is that's there's a, Okay. No. A beanie, you know, you know, whatever the Okay. Gorelli, Eruccio. Their territory. Alrighty. There's so much to talk about in terms of the, of course, wine schools and everything else. But are they so monica Lana, aid, Robert Paca, pilotalia. You know. Okay. But it's as after as after. No. That's a case. Yes. Okay. And that was that. Thank you very much. Another question from Yegas. And that is all for today. It's a wrap. And we're signing off. My name's Stevie Kim with professor Atilio Shenza with another episode of everybody needs a bit of Shane. So please follow us, give us a thumbs up and rate us wherever you get your pods, and we are of course on social media as Italian Lion Podcast. So you can always send us a message directly to Italian wine podcast. Thanks for joining us today. Listen to the Italian wine podcast wherever you get your podcasts. We're on SoundCloud, Apple Podcasts, Spotify, Himalaya FM, 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, chi ching.