Ep. 2241 Sergio Germano | Grandi Langhe 2025

Gandilenge is born, more than, ten years ago. And, the idea was from the consulsio Barolo, Balarez called Balange, Eduliani, but with the consolciadoero, they start to build this event in Alba and spread out in some village of, Barolo, BarBaresco. But, the people in Greece, the visitor, believe in the seventh. And, for this reason, we move from, because we don't have a big building to host all these seventeen, convenient and comfortable situation to touring with this amazing, historical building, perfect to host this kind of event. As the official media partner, the Italian web podcast is excited to present exclusive coverage from Grande Langhe twenty twenty five. This series feature firsthand a perspective from top producer and buyers as they navigate new styles, vineyard innovation. And shifting global markets. Discover, expertise, hidden gems, and the trends shaping the region's future. Tune in every Friday, eight three pm, or visit Italian when podcast dot com for more. Hello. Welcome back. My name's Stevie Kim, and this is the Italian wine podcast on the road edition. And we're in Piamonte in Turino Turin for Grandilanga two thousand twenty five edition. Sitting next to me is Sergio Germano, who's also the president of the consortium of Barolo and Balbaresco. And he has a long history. I think from the get go of Grandilanga. So, Sandra, can you let our audience know a little bit about the history of Grande, when it was born and what it is today? Grande is born, more than, ten years ago. Inspired from the La Grangeul de bourgogne. An idea because, Piedmont is similar than burgundy. And, the idea was from the consolci barolo, Bar Perez called Balangi Aduliani, but with the consolcioderoero. They started to build this event in Alba and spread out in some village of, Barolo, Balvaresco. But the beginning was very good, but, the people increased the visitor, also producer, believe in the seventh. In the last ten years, we had also a big number of a new label, new producers to start to evolve, to stop sell the grape and start to make wine. And now we are a lot of producer. And, for this reason, we move from, language because we don't have a big building to us. All these seventeen, convenient and comfortable situation to touring with this amazing, algae area and the historical building. Perfect, towards this kind of event. And the sense of, Barolo, Balbaresco area, the lung area, area, area, was to increase the incoming of the people. Starting was Piedmont is a customer after part of Italy. The last year, we had a lot of Italy started to come some trader from the rest of the world. And we decided to increase the format of this event. So, Sergio, give me some numbers. Like, for example, today, we have five hundred producers, which is huge. It's a big number. But what about in the beginning? It was just the the beginning. The beginning, the beginning is the seventh, is born from Barolo, Valero. It was, less than one hundred producer. Mhmm. And, last year was a three hundred producer. But The same place. Here in the same place was almost more than sixty. Doesn't have a space to come. The idea with the new management of Consoso, with the side, I I need to have every producer associate the consortium to like to participate. I would like to have a space for Nate. And for this reason, we rent a a bigger part of, OGR, and the space now is adaptable for five hundred producer. And we are almost four hundred from a Land Arrow Arrow. And this year is the big news. It's the open to the rest of Piedmont with the appalachian on the rest of Piedmont. In total, it's sixty appalachian with, a little bit more than one hundred Sixteen. One six. Sixteen. Yes. Sorry. Okay. So what is the Sixteen. Six zero. Six zero. Oh, okay. Yeah. Because, in pit mode, we have fifty nine, almost sixty. Population improvement in total. How many consortiums? It's fourteen consortiums. Oh, yes. I was thinking more of the consortiums. But so what is the main difference besides the size of the event? From last year to this year, for example. I think that we don't need to change it totally, but we like to increase to improve the appeal for the visitor because it's dedicated only for trade. And, We had almost more than three thousand visitors last year with a seventy, eighty four iner people. This year, we have a two hundred fifty four iner trader. And it was more than four thousand five hundred people. Registered forty seventh. And the new is also to have a space dedicated for a journalist to have a space more relaxed and more comfortable to taste the wine or relax. Right. So how many wines are there? In the In the in terms of the Five five hundred producers. Six wine for each is three thousand wine made for the visitor. And in the testing room for, Placer is seven hundred wine. From all big months, served from summer here. So, you know, tell us the layout. Explain to us the layout of the event because it's not very easy. I know. I do some of this myself. It's not very easy to organize five hundred companies in one area. So how is it presented? We decided just to don't have any problem between the producer to have the same possibility to show in democratic expression. Yeah. We have the alphabetic exposure. That mean from the a to the z, we can have, obviously, mix, maybe Gabi, Barolo, Marbella Adasti, Moscow, Orlando, Balbaresco. But it is much more interesting for the people to have easy and automatic, file. To find the producer. Yeah. I mean, it is very democratic. It's very unusual. Right? Because I would have expected, you know, all the but almost to be together, all the Oreos to be together, etcetera. Right? We we like to have the same opportunity to the people to be fined and also to catch the attention to the professional because the visitor are professional. I don't mind that they have a problem to find a producer. So just just for our audience, you're listening in the background. We have some Christmas music going on, but we're still in January, end of January Yes. In Torino. So what is your, I suppose, What are your goals? What would you like to achieve, you know, after this edition? You want to go home. What are the takeaways from this event that you like for our audience to understand? I hope, this event, become an opportunity for the international trade to come in Pittmont to have a focus and they can find almost all the producer from this region. And this is very easy because Pitmont have a very deep quality electricity for, the production is exclusive private IT, is exclusive, a unique operation. And I think it's a good opportunity for a people to find all the wine in, the place where they are made. Just just a small on a on a personal level. I would love to know what the vintage was like in two thousand twenty four for Barolla and Barrasco. The twenty How was how was How was the vintage last year? Two thousand twenty four was difficult here because it was difficult to grow. We had a lot of work, a lot of rain. We have to run very, very faster to have a perfect timing, and it was not easy to respect that. But, in the end, when the people was, very focused, the result was, interesting. And that mean, the potential of the Taiwan is very high. Is important to respect it, to listen, to understand, and to try to protect and follow in the best way. Right. The professionality of the producer this year, had a good opportunity to be short. So for our audience who are less familiar with Turin and Piamonte in general, when they first come here for the first time, how can they navigate the five hundred wine producers? I think, primary, I hope they can take it two day more to enjoy touring because Turing is fantastic town. It's not really no it's not really popular, but we have a bigger museum from magician in Europe. We have a lot of nice monuments. And, around touring, we have all the wine area. And I think when they come in the fair, they can take half an hour to think about which kind of because we have a lot of white, a lot of sparkling, and a strong powerful family surrender. I think they can have a fly to find every areas. And, the good opportunity is to talk directly with the producer, and they can explain, and they can teach on, Giva the soul they use to make a wine. Okay. Well, that was a sergio Germano with us, the president of the consortium of parole and Balparais go with us to give us the past, present, and future insight into Grandilangi twenty twenty five. And that is a wrap from OGR. What is OGR handful. Oficine Grande Parazione. It was a place where they, repaired the train. Oh, the train. Yes. Uh-huh. Okay. So it's an incredible place, incredible venue. I wish there was a little bit of more natural light. I don't know why Dave you know, it would have been actually even more beautiful, but that is all for now. And stay with us as we cover Grande Lande of two thousand twenty five. Chatagazi. It's all. Thank you. Listen to the Italian wine podcast wherever you get your podcasts. We're on SoundCloud, Apple Podcasts, Spotify, ImaliFM, and more. Don't forget to subscribe and rate the show. If you enjoy listening, please consider donating through Italian wine podcast dot com. 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