Ep. 1448 Antonio Rallo | Italian Trade Agency Masterclasses in Germany

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They have been doing master classes all day. Your wines are in featured in the borderless blends of Italy master class with And, yeah, tell me, first of all, I should probably tell everybody your name. Antonio Gallalo. Got it. Nice to be together with you today. And, so you're a winery is done enough for that. And can you tell me what you do at Domino Fibata? And also, can you tell me a little bit about the history of the one? So I'm, agronome and, winemaker. It's a family business. So today, my sister and I, we are running the company. She's more in, marketing PR. I'm more in production and sales. I've been working, since ever, in the winery today, I'm, fifty seven. I stopped going in the winery with my grandfather when I was, three and a half years old. So I've been loving, Why making vineyards, since, since, ever. Now question. Yep. Were you tasting the wines at three and a half years old? Of course. Of course. Okay. I can put my little finger in the in the in the glass. Just for a small little drop of wine as I think all the children, they are in the the the wine family all over the world for sure. Okay. Continue. Sorry. And, and, of course, I I was doing my homework, when I started going to school, in in the cellar every day, and I'm still sitting in the same room, after fifty years. And I'm really happy and proud of it. Today, we are working in different states all all around, Sicily. So our biggest estate is in the middle of West Sicily in Kentucky, then we got another state, sixty eight eight eight cars, in, Little volcanic island in the middle of Mediterranean Sea just forty miles from, Tunisia Africa. Then we are running another state, in the slope of, the Vulcan, Vietnam. And another one, in the southeast of, Sicily in, the area of, Sarasoria, and exactly in Well, that's a lot. Okay. But, actually, you just said Pantaleria. So I was just talking to somebody a a little while ago about, growing vines in a place where they had their wide area. Anyway, we're talking about winds and stuff. So in Ventura, you guys grow your vines in a special way because of the wind. Correct? Yeah. Exactly. The the name of the island, there is, the pant el rier is the island of the wind. Our wine, Marier, is the sun of the wind. So the most, important thing is never forget of the wind. And, then, of course, there are, a typical growing system that is called alberlo Pantesco. No, you dig. And inside the hole, you put, that that vine. So it's very, low and protected, from the wind, especially the wind that is coming, in, end of April, May. The Shiroko is very strong. Well, I I find the the the whole topic of how the vines grow in the different areas. Very interesting. And I so I think that's great. And you guys have so many different examples of of different areas, different kind of, medical culture. Yeah. That's where I was going for Viticulture. We got, two areas, with the volcanic soil. Mhmm. One is on the slope of Aetna, and the other one is in Pantelilla. We got more than forty kilometers of drywall. Available. All handmade. Really? Yes. This is just to keep the wind. This is just to keep the wind a little bit, but more to, of course, to make the terrace And Oh, right. Right. Right. Right. Take out as well as the the the rocks, the stones from the soil so that we can Of course. Okay. Makes sense. Okay. Try to picture it in my head, and I'm picturing Okay. Okay. Okay. So, great. Back to, what I'm supposed to be asking you, which is you are your wine was featured in the borderlands blends in Italy. So tell me about the featured wine that you were 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. Oh, yes. Oh, was a very interesting tasting, with eros. We tasted our twenty nineteen, Angheri. It's a blend of, merlot and cabernet sauvignon. So what we call an international grape variety. We start growing, metal and company in the eighties. So now we are more than forty years, experimenting, working, those varieties. And, luckily, we need to when we introduced, the international trade variety, we were, working together with the Jagotakis. So one of the best Ymaker we ever had in Italy. And, so we had the chance really to, make some really fantastic wine, right at the beginning, of the experience, with the international drinks for ID. And we are still growing, some of, or wheat in these days, even if, we are focusing more on, typical season varieties. When Sicily, got a big biodiversity. We got more than seventy different sicilian varieties. Wow. Three thousand years of video culture, and white making, makes sicily. I think one of the place where you got, the biggest, biodiversity. Cool. Oh, well, so the one that was in the master class, if that's your flag, the the flagship wine as well, or because you've got so many. Well, it's, is, one of the best for sure. Actually, well, the the one that I really love to to make every year is, our, basilio, the very end, and the one with the dry breaks, and, as well, that our flag ship, as a red, we have, you know, in our state, in purchasing the dinner. Right. So I'm gonna, I'm gonna just assume that you guys are everywhere. Okay? In Sicily, Justin. No. No. But, I mean, in terms of where you sell your wines. Right? So in Italy, you're definitely in Germany. Right? Yeah. Where would you like to be exporting your wines that you're not really breaking, you know, you haven't done the full Well, actually, I, I think that, every day there is more people that is enjoying wine everywhere in the world. Every year, we are in, two more markets, three more markets. It's very small, of course. It's the biggest one we're already, Fort Donna, Florida market, you know, It's quite a long time. So we are from here a lot in, these days, in Asia. But of course, we are already, be in a Korean, fantastic market. I love, Korea as a country, as a people. And, the the way they are approaching it out of wine today. Well, now we are enjoying, Vietnam, and Malaysia, no, and more and more is a small country of, Asia are going into the our minds. Okay. Well, okay. Now I'm gonna I'm gonna move off topic for a second here. So I I was overhearing a topic earlier, a discussion that you were having earlier. And I believe I'm I'm not gonna name who it was who said this, but I believe she said something about you have fashionable friends. What on earth is she talking about? Oh, well. This was Stevie. Sorry. I should contact. Stevie Kim said this. You have some fashionable friends. What what is what is this all about? We we we have got a partnership, these days, you know, with Dolcea Gabbana. Dolce, family. It's from, Sicily from Palitsa, and Gabbana is relieved from Murano, but, I'm sure that Gabbana loves Sicily more than we, Sussiliyan, do. Sure. And that's the reason why today we are making four wines, together with Dolce and Gabbana, to have from Aetna, and one is our famous, and another new wine, is a wine called Rosa. The the we we we we locked each other, because of the patient that we've got for for the island, the patient that we have for our work, art, artist, art journal, work you know, handmade, a lot of efforts, always through details, you know, and, no, it's a fantastic experience. Really, and, my mother was really happy to, to work together, you know, to let them, and that she work as a little bit, of course, together in making the the the label on. Yeah. That's cool. So we made the wine. Yeah. They tested the wine No. No. No. Go on. Do you did did you get to to, like, in in exchange for, like, I don't know. Do you do you get, like, some cool clothes sent to you some nice shoes? And then, you know, you give them the wine and they give you the shoes. It might tell me what's going on with the box. Wow. The the this Christmas stuff was wow. Good. Yeah. Oh, yeah. Oh, you can imagine that when my sister, my mom, gets Nice purses. He is. Oh, dear me. That must have been cool. I love it. No. That's wonderful. And, no, it's you know what? It was I'm glad she said that. Yeah. No. That's that's really a part. It's what they call a particularity. Like, it's interesting. It's very cool. And, are you having fun here? It's every okay. Fun. Are you having a good, experience at this fair, you know, with people in context and people that you're talking to? Oh, yes. Well, I think that that that is doing very well. We we got a lot of nice meetings. And, now during this event, we focus a lot on the small markets, market that we can visit maybe once every two years, or just once a year. So there's a good chance now for us, you know, to stay in contact, with our importer, with our partner. Well, you were saying you've done this since you were three. So, I mean, after a while, even though you love wine, it must be sometimes, like, always the same thing. So what is the most exciting thing now when you are in your present role? Like, do you know, some things maybe you find a bit boring, but other things you find, wow, this is, like, really cool. What is what is the most exciting thing to be using? Well, in the in the vine meeting, every vintage is, is different. So you can, find a vintage that maybe is a combination of five previous vintage, but, is not is not the same for sure. Okay. Every year is different every year you you have to, of course, to to put all your experience, together to try to make a really best, you know, that that that that's something that, of course, makes, these work really interesting, you know, even after fifty years. Oh, no. That's great. And, you know, I appreciate you taking the time to come sit and talk to me and I know that, you were saying you thought Stevie was gonna be interviewing you, or was she you were interviewing her? I I did know that I was so lucky that, I was interviewed by you. Yes. Oh, lovely. See you soon. My day is complete. Okay. Thank you so much. And, have a a great rest of the, the event. Very kind. I really enjoyed that. That was nice. Listen to the Italian wine podcast wherever you get your podcasts. We're on SoundCloud, Apple Podcasts, Spotify, MLIFM, 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.