
Ep. 363 #everybodyneedsabitofscienza | Irving So Question
Everybody Needs A Bit Of Scienza
Episode Summary
Content Analysis Key Themes and Main Ideas 1. Addressing specific, technical questions about obscure Italian grape varieties and wine styles. 2. Bridging language barriers in wine education, specifically Italian to English. 3. Highlighting the importance of specialized databases (like ""Italian Vitis database"") for in-depth grape variety information. 4. Exploring the complex factors that influence wine characteristics, including terroir, winemaking practices, and grape biotypes. 5. Engagement and interaction with the Italy International Academy (VIA) community through listener questions. Summary This ""Everybody needs a bit of Shenza"" segment of the Italian Wine Podcast features host Stevie Kim and Professor Scienza, chief scientist of the Italy International Academy (VIA), who answers questions exclusively in Italian. The episode focuses on a technical inquiry from Irving So, an Italian wine expert from Tokyo. Irving's questions concern two obscure Italian grape varieties he encountered: ""Margarita/Chikaretta"" from Liguria di Levante and ""Funitella"" from Tuscany. He also asks about the stylistic differences observed in two 2016 Grillo wines, questioning the roles of terroir, winemaking, and biotype. Professor Scienza's advice, relayed by Stevie, directs listeners to the ""Italian Vites database"" for comprehensive technical details on Italian grape varieties, underscoring the specialized nature of such inquiries. The segment showcases the podcast's commitment to in-depth wine education and its community-driven approach. Takeaways * The ""Everybody needs a bit of Shenza"" segment offers highly technical discussions on Italian wine. * Professor Scienza, VIA's chief scientist, is a key expert on Italian grape varieties, communicating through an interpreter. * Specialized resources like the ""Italian Vites database"" are crucial for detailed grape variety information. * Wine characteristics are influenced by a combination of terroir, winemaking techniques, and grape biotype. * The Italian Wine Podcast actively engages its VIA community by addressing their advanced wine questions. Notable Quotes * ""This podcast contains information in Italian language."
About This Episode
A caller from Tokyo Japan asks about two varieties of Italian wines they have tried, and the guest, Dr. Shenza, explains that they record answers from their community and try to keep them in line. When asked about the Gr coup in Gr coup in Italian Gr coup in Italian wines, Dr. Shenza explains that they are trying to bridge the gap in Italian, Italian, English, and grappling with the two varieties. Dr. Shenza also provides information on the Gr coup in Italian wines and suggests subscribing to the podcast.
Transcript
Warning warning. This podcast contains information in Italian language. This podcast contains information in Italian Chinchin. Italian wine podcast. Shinqin with Italian wine people. Welcome to this special. Everybody needs a bit of Shenza edition of the Italian wine podcast. Here's the premise, for Italy International Academy community members, send us their questions for Via Chief Scientific Professor Chienza. We record his answers, and Stevie Kim tries to keep him in line. Sometimes it works. Thank you for listening. Okay. Hello, everybody. Welcome to everybody needs a, bit of shinsa segment of the Italian wine podcast. I'm Stevie Kim, and I'm here with our chief scientist of Via, the the Italy International academy. And we occasionally, ask our via community to send us questions so that we can ask professor. Of course, as you know, by now, he doesn't speak English. Otherwise, he'd be I think super famous all over in the anglophile world, but we're trying to bridge that gap here by doing a little bit of Italian, Italian, English, kind of, conversation, going. So today, our question is from Irving So. He's our Italian wine expert from, Tokyo Japan. And his question is, oh, it's a little bit long. Okay. I came across two varieties in two different bottles of wines I tried a few weeks ago. One of them was a youthful margarita in a liguria de Lavante IGT blend. Cantina lunae. And the second, a mature two thousand and eight, funitella from a toscana IGT, Projali Jello, can you talk about the two varieties a little bit? And then it's, it's hard to find information on them, Chikaretta. Very geeky question. And he has a follow-up question. I came across two Grilos recently, one being Marco de Bali's grappolitel Grillo, and the other Tasca Delmaritas, Grillo Martia, both two thousand sixteen. There cannot be more different in style. The former more suave like with aromas of Tiols, but some herbal tone too. The latin was saline, but quite oily and fuller bodied. Is this due to terra differences? Why making differences? Oh, biotype differences? Oh, everything? Super technical because the to mandate to my to letty, especially if they were following in Italy. In assemblageo called liguria de Lavante e, IGT. Cantina Lune. Lune. Lune. Lune. That's good to know, actually. Because I've been calling him Lunai all these years for ten years practically. Lunee. Lunee. Lunee. Okay. Okay. Okay. In a in a in a the Okay. Is very important. He says like for for a very, technical explanation of the Italian grape varieties, you should go to Italian Vites database, and we will be posting that, with this segment. I will post the, the website and how you can get there. So you Okay. Will you will you remember that? Checkup? Okay. They feed it the battery. The the the, thank you. Lots of lots of different things. They have, Okay. Alrighty. So, that was our question from Irving So, our Italian wine expert from Tokyo Japan. Thank you for sending that through. Very geeky and technical question for the right person here, Professor Shenza. So, that's it for now, until next time, Don't forget to follow us any timeline podcast on SoundCloud and send us your comments. Don't be shy. We won't take it personally. I'll just send Jacob after you. We know where you live. Follow us on Facebook and Instagram and send your tweets to Itai Ita wine podcast. Listen to the Italian wine podcast wherever you get your podcasts. We're on Cloud, Apple Podcasts, 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 cover equipment, production, and publication costs. Until next time.
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