Ep. 930 The DOC Regulation Wines Seminar Part 3 | Everybody Needs A Bit Of Scienza
Episode 930

Ep. 930 The DOC Regulation Wines Seminar Part 3 | Everybody Needs A Bit Of Scienza

Everybody Needs A Bit Of Scienza

June 2, 2022
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Episode Summary

Content Analysis Key Themes and Main Ideas 1. The role and significance of DOC regulations in Italian wine protection. 2. The evolving preferences and understanding of wine consumers. 3. The critical influence of terroir (soil, climate, and human intervention) in winemaking. 4. Italy's unparalleled biodiversity in native grape varieties. 5. The unique climate and soil diversity across Italy's wine regions. Summary This episode of the Italian Wine Podcast features Professor Attilio Scienza discussing the DOC regulations for Italian wine protection, designed for both producers and consumers. He highlights the changing landscape of consumer understanding, noting a shift in priority for Asian consumers towards taste over brand recognition. Scienza emphasizes the foundational elements of wine production: soil, climate, and crucially, human intervention, stating that wine production is not natural but requires human effort. He celebrates Italy's extraordinary biodiversity, boasting over 550 native grape varieties, more than any other culture. Furthermore, he underscores Italy's unique climate and soil diversity, which enable an incredible range of wines, from northern cold climates to southern sub-tropical ones, and contrasts the distribution of higher quality wines across the North, Center, and South of Italy. Takeaways * DOC regulations are designed to protect Italian wine for both producers and consumers. * Consumer preferences are evolving, with Asian consumers prioritizing taste over other factors. * Human intervention is a fundamental element in winemaking, as wine does not occur naturally. * Italy possesses exceptional biodiversity in grape varieties, with over 550 native types. * The unique combination of climate and soil diversity across Italian regions allows for an extensive variety of wines. * The quality distribution of wine production varies significantly between Italy's northern, central, and southern regions. Notable Quotes * ""So, for example, for, mainstream consumers care wise is important. But for the Asian consumerize of this importance, raising consumers who are more concerned with the the taste, of the wine."

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The Italian wine podcast host introduces a workshop on the Italian wine industry and emphasizes the importance of human intervention in the production of great wine stocks. They also discuss the diversity and energy of the wine industry and the importance of diversity in the environment. The host invites viewers to apply for the course and mentions a possibility of a free podcast.

Transcript

Welcome to the Italian wine podcast. This episode is brought to you by Vinitally International Academy, announcing the twenty fourth of our Italian wine Ambassador courses to be held in London, Austria, and Hong Kong, from the twenty seventh to the twenty ninth of July. Are you up for the challenge of this demanding course? Do you wanna be the next Italian wine Ambassador? Learn more and apply now at viniti international dot com. Today, on the Italian wine podcast, we welcome you to this special seminar led by professorretilio Shenza entitled The Doc regulations for Italian wine protection for the producers and the consumer, which took place during Vinitale twenty twenty two held in Italian and translated into English by Richard Huff. Tuning each week to be a part of this special event and remember for more great Shenza related content, check out our sister channel, mama jumbo shrimp on YouTube. 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That this recognizes that that's the importance of data today. Become a manual role for the main task. So here we can see the factors, important to the production of, why in traffic, soil and coral climate, but, given intervention or the role of man is is fundamental, with that man, there is no mind. That this, it's a problem that doesn't occur naturally. It requires human intervention. Are you enjoying this podcast? There's so much more high quality wine content available from mama jumbo shrimp. Check out our new wine study maps. Our books on Italian wine including Italian wine unplugged, the jumbo shrimp guide to Italian wine, Sanjay, Lambrusco, and other stories, and much, much more. On our website, mama jumbo shrimp dot com. Now back to the show. Not anything that I have a problem or I don't need to be able to see the, a lot of that active. So, we we must always, consider the the detail of the consumer. Their interest on the consumer when developing systems of evaluation, and and that have subject that they said, and each registries go back to, introduce, an inter role in time, pretty soon regarding life, like, like, their children And so if we're starting what we do is, as you can set up one that they have to offer in terms of its find biodiversity at a at an enormous rate of five hundred and fifty in time, winds, and more than we were in any other culture. I think, the big section of the Portugal. Do it. Twelve of of five two hundred and twenty one, two hundred and seventy five, three hundred and fifty five So there's, I'll decorate our amount of diversity and energy from the kilowatt buying temperatures in the north to stop tropical and this size. And we know the country in the world has such a diverse climbing where you can ski in the morning in the north and show them the at the water in the in the south. The planet's soil diversity exists in, then, actually, and there's no other country with such diverse soil, of such diverse origins as well. So this is a really important resource for actually, you know, when you when you combine the climate diversity and the soil diversity, the number of different wines that we can produce is incredible. So you, basically, the result of this interaction to be sort of found, climate has a has a, has a results in the the diversity of why in their IT that we can produce? And so on this one, you can see that on seventy six, every double. She wants six hundred and thirty two jobs and one hundred and eighteen, nineteen teams in in defense in terms of the mutual rate item, only sixty percent of the, like, the higher quality ones come from the north compared to twenty four percent from the same time. Just under twenty percent from from the segment, but they're not actually for, expanding and improving in terms of the, the foundation and quality, one in production. It's kinda great to you. So, and followed by Thanks for listening to this episode of Italian wine podcast brought to you by Vineetlee Academy, home of the gold standard of Italian wine education. Do you want to be the next ambassador? Apply online at pinatly international dot com. For courses in London, Austria, and Hong Kong, the twenty seventh to the twenty ninth of July. Remember to subscribe and like Italian wine podcast and catch us on sound flat, Spotify, and wherever you get your pods. You can also find our entire back catalog of episodes at Italian wine podcast dot com. Hi, guys. I'm Joy Livingston, and I am the producer of the Italian wine podcast. Thank you for listening. We are the only wine podcast that has been doing a daily show since the pandemic began. 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