
Ep. 1428 Elisa Semino | Italian Trade Agency Masterclasses In Germany
Italian Trade Agency Masterclasses In Germany
Episode Summary
Content Analysis Key Themes and Main Ideas 1. Promotion of Italian Wine: The episode serves as a platform to promote the ""Italian Wine Unplugged 2.0"" book and showcase specific Italian wineries at international trade events. 2. Focus on Indigenous Varietals: A deep dive into the unique white grape Timorasso, its revival, and its significance to the Colli Tortonesi area in Piedmont. 3. Winery History and Philosophy: The narrative of La Colombera winery, highlighting its generational legacy, commitment to traditional Piedmontese grapes, and belief in native varieties. 4. Terroir and Viticulture: Discussion of the specific soil types (limestone, clay) essential for Timorasso cultivation and the influence of academic study (Professor Attilio Scienza) on vineyard management. 5. Niche Market Export and Promotion: Strategies for small, high-quality producers to export their wines, including the role of dedicated customers acting as ""ambassadors."
About This Episode
The speakers discuss various Italian wine wines and their history, including truffling with the Yes brand and a partnership with the Yes brand. They also mention their interest in exporting their work to other countries and their love for the Spanish American community. They invite listeners to donate through Italian wine podcast dot com and encourage those interested in donating to help the podcast.
Transcript
Hey, guys. Check out Italian wine unplugged two point o brought to you by Mama jumbo shrimp, a fully updated second edition, reviewed and revised by an expert panel of certified Italian wine ambassadors from across the globe. The book also includes an addition by professoria Atilushienza. Italy's leading vine geneticist. To pick up a copy today, just head to Amazon dot com or visit us at mama jumbo shrimp dot com. Welcome to this new mini series on Italian wine podcast. Join Stevie and her just do the work team as they travel to Dusseldorf Germany to interview some great Italian wine Each producer had submitted one of their wines towards the special Italian trade agency's master classes. Each were run by master Sommelier, Eros Teboni, join us to get the inside scoop on these fantastic wineries. Here we are again at, the Eche area in, italian one trade agency area of the master classes being run by Eros Teboni. And I have here Eliza Cinino from La Cola. And I'm gonna ask you some questions about who you are, and your winery and history, and also about the master class, your wine in there. So tell me who you are. Yes. Thank you so much. Thank you. I'm Melissa, and my winery is Lacholumbara. We are located in Pittmont, and the fieldmont is in north, west of Italy, but the color of Pittmont, between Milano and Geneva. And the color is the door of the mountains. And then in La colombera, my granddaughter arrived in La colombera in nineteen thirty seven. Okay. And the loans, this this ears, incredible farmer, and move his family, atla Colombera, and, my grandfather, continue to the visit culture, and the different, different agriculture. And my father and my father are high and my brother. And, I'm at the master ground because we have an incredible white grape My name is Timorazo. Timorazo, Timorazo is a white grape. He's a legend of Coniturtonese because he's a very local grape, and it's reborn in the vineyard. From twenty years. And, thank you Balther Masa. He's the king. He's the father of Tipurasso. And the more people say that you are the queen. Yes. Okay. But I haven't discussed but I have the vineyards. Our incredible casserole is the vineyard. And, we decided to plant a team in nineteen ninety seven. We have, a lot of Marvera, a lot of Cortez, a little part of Fraser. All brave of tradition. We didn't want to but it's our grape. The original is called it, and we we decided my father and I decided to, believe in this incredible variety. It's and our, our winery tradition have more barbera and more good strength. But, okay, we study and we try to do the way we make it before the white wine. And for us, the way we make it for the team, Marasso, is very simple. We have the first vineyard in nineteen ninety seven, in ninety eight, in two thousand. We have a little zonis on of our, all of our reviews involved. I studied with Professor Shenza. In Milan. Wow. Yes. And we have a very big study to the colonial selection of TIMura's variety, and it's very, very cold variety. More interesting. Are you enjoying this podcast? Don't forget to visit our YouTube channel, mama jumbo shrimp for fascinating videos covering Stevie Kim and her travels across Italy and beyond. Meeting winemakers, eating local foods, and taking in the scenery. Now, back to the show. And, we have a little donation of, our ears. We decided well, plenty more. And we, now, we have twenty eight actors in all. In the historical part, it's a fifteen actor in, in in the historical part and ten new actors in San Antonio. And, you know, in a Tritonian soil is a clay soil. For La Gromera, we've a part of limestone, and Fortimaras is very, very important, the part of limes on the part of white rocks, the demand of sandagata. Inside the College of Tunisia area, there is the Santagata, Vija important to study the the bar of Santagata. And Demaraso is is, very long live and, when you try to harass about in in two thousand. We we we started with our platoon and with our winemaking. And, there were ten hectares and only fifty five producer is very very, very, little, little production, but high quality. The secret of Timraso is very high quality in a old wine. So this is your reflection one as well. Right? Yep. Okay. Go. Well, that's great. I and, you know, we're in Germany now do you talk here a lot more? No more. No more. But, I research any different important and important, but I have a very, like, customer. Yeah. And, so good. And we have a particular customer. It's incredible. This is because the name is Coram Maturn, and he is the ambassador of Timurasso. And, he he is an important, but more particular, because he buy all the morassos, and he's the ambassador in the world in Germany, partner of the morassos, and he got to Misha and Slad to Michelle stars and speak about the thing with us. Oh, okay. Yes. Yes. Is there somewhere that you want to export your? We have sport in the US, Gennady, in North Europe. In UK, in Taipei, in Hong Kong, but no very big customer, but little customer in a good restaurant. Is there somewhere that you would like to start? Oh, yes. Yes. Yes. I like it. Yes. I have two new importer, one in UK, and, finally, and one in Paris. And that okay. Now, we prepare for in Italy and okay. Oh, yes. Yes. Very soon. Very soon. Oh, it's like the season. The season. Yes. Okay. Well, I guess my last question is what do you what's your favorite food? And do you eat it with Timorazo. We are in Piedmont. We are so traditional and the impediment with the Timorazo. And, for example, with twenty twenty or with eighteen, Now, now in the spring, it's good with the b j a tepola or with the ravioli classic raviolo in Bimon, but in October and November, the best is truffle with the Yes. For the flavor, it's very good bearing. Yes. Yes. Very good bearing. Well, I wish you very much luck, and we all have the the people here and, also the master class Yeah. It's good. And, thank you so much for spending time to talk to me. Thank you. Thank you so much. Bye. Thank you. Listen to the Italian wine podcast, wherever you get your podcasts. Were on SoundCloud, Apple Podcasts, Spotify, EmailIFM, 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.
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