Ep. 1432 Marco Gandini Narrates Pt. 21 | Italian Wine Unplugged 2.0

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In the region of Priulivenet Sejulia, people began to talk about wine as early as one eighty one BC, following the foundation of the ancient Rome city of Apileia. It was peasant warriors who planted the first vines in the lands, creating a flourishing agricultural activity that the Roman historian titus Rivius and the Greek geographer, philosopher, and historian Stravo both spoke about at length, revealing in the writings how the series of Aquilea and Chividale called, from which the toponym friuli derives were important wind growing trading posts in the north of the empire. Titus Libius recounts in book four of the analysis that the Roman senate expressly decreed that ville culture be expanded in a freely lands given the predisposition of the territory of the profitability it generated. Even the Greek chronicler, herodianos, in his history of the emperor maximinos, wrote that, quote, in the countryside of Aquilea, the trees are arranged at equal distances, and their vines are coupled forming a jibilant picture so much so that those land seems adorned with leafy crowns. As wide growing activity expanded, so too did the local peasant population Though it was mostly composed of slaves, a fact that prompted the great Roman Polignath Marcus Terrencios Varro to observe that the tools with which the land was worked were of two categories. Speaking tools, semi speaking tools, and dump tools. The former is clearly a reference to the local slate population. Despite the collapse of the Roman Empire and the arrival of the barbarian populations, one stubbornly maintained its value and status, so much that it was often and used as a tribute in documented interactions with the goths, the loan birds, and the Patriacate of Apilalia. In five hundred thirty, even Federic, the gray, we king of the ostrogoth, and later his daughter, Amarla Sunta, praised the wine production of Aquulea and Chividale. But the real archival treasure chest to draw on are the notarial documents of the middle ages. In which the nations and sales of vineyards are carefully recorded. Documents in which we discover, for example, efforts to protect the status of Rigola wine in which the city of gorizia imposed a duty on foreign wines, quote, in order to ensure the consumption of a product out of territory and increase the cultivation of the same. In Venice, rebela, along with pinelo, was the wine commonly used in diplomatic circles, while the vineyards of the Avazia de Rosatso. Were already being commercialized according to reading documentation from thirteen ninety eight. In sixteen thirty two, it was Aurora Furementini, ancestor of the current count of San Floriano del Colio. Whose jewelry for her marriage to the Hungarian nobleman, Adam Batiani, including code three hundred Vitiditokai, a reference to the historic name for the white wine from the region. More recently, the status of this popular frijullian wine has been jealously guarded by michele and Filipo Fermantini on behalf of the Formantini family and by the lower Enzo Bivilakwa. In fact, in defining the origin and history of this wine, Bevidacua appealed to the regional administrative court of lazio and then to the court of justice of the European Union, but without success. In two thousand seven, he had to accept the court's verdict that the name Tokai could not be used in Italy, assigning it exclusively to the Hungarian wine of the same name. There are innumerable citations and historical sources that reference epicoli, and other important field and grade, some dating back to seventeen fifty five, including one provided by Count Fabio Aschini of Fanyana, a village northwest of Udine, who wrote an important threat ties on this wine. His succeeded so well in promoting its image and marketing it. And the most prestigious sellers in Europe that within a few years, over one hundred thousand quarter liter bottles had been sold. In seventeen sixty five, the Socceta Agraria Terrisiana was founded in honor of Emprus, Maria Theresa of Austria, and recognition of her efforts to promote and encourage Viticulture in the region's Haley areas. Other extortical references, emerged from the documents of the eighteen sixty nine wedding between Count Theodore, the Latour, and the novelwoman, Alvin Ritter, D. Sahany, whose diary included the Vilaroo seats, in, wines produced from the pinot grijo, pinot bianco, pinot nero, and sauvignon grape varieties are specifically mentioned. More recently, The local Villa culture has been profoundly influenced by the two world wars that impacted the region. After the infamous battles of the Zonso, a series of twelve first world war battles between Austro Hungarian and Italian armies, when the soil of the cars turned red with spilled blood and flowing subsequent clashes into the morals of the polio, little in the way of agriculture survived. In this devastated strip of Italy. Thanks to the strength of character that epitomized these people, Viticulture eventually recovered. In nineteen thirty one, in collaboration with the staziones Perimentale de Viti cultura in Conelliano, the foundation relayed from the rebirth of the free union with the culture with the introduction of red grape varieties such as carbon a, merlot, and and and for whites. Unfortunately, just as Viticulture was recovering, the second world war broke out. Taring farmers and wine growers from their vines once more. Fruliveneza Julia is a land which has given so much and that on which so much for better or worse has left it in its mark. The only thing no one has yet taken away from the free unions is the land itself. To which they are profoundly attached. Geo morphology. Frulio is located on the North East border of Italy. It is one of Italy's five autonomous regions and borders the Austrian region of Carincia to the north, Slovakia to the east, Vanneto to the west, and the Adriatic sea to the south. A composite name The region was officially formed in nineteen forty seven from Venetian Frioli and part of Eastern Frioli. It is a stunning of varied landscape framed by the majestic peaks of the Union Alps On the northern border, where ancient phospholiferous rocks of the lower paleozoic of marine origin emerge on the highest peaks, which do not, however, affect the culture which is mainly located in the plains and Hilli areas in Zomudine and Calio. 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. The mesozoic secession is similar to that Avenito and Tarantino with triassic limestones, and dolomites, and jurassic, pretentious, secession, which develop in phases of the regionals flesh, but with little phospholiphers. FISH in Frioli is an excellent substrate for hillside vineyards, especially in the Collio area where locally it is called Bongaap. The area of the Union Alps together with the carnic Alps which run from the east to the west, occupied forty three percent of the territory to which are added the pre Alpine Hills on the border with Slovenia and the narrow plain washed by the Adriatic Sea. Seventy percent of agriculture has developed in the plains and thirty percent on the hills in involving the meat latitude areas with a climate typical of the Padano Alpine region. The area and further south to Collio area, both a temporary subliteral climate. The plane is flat and rich in lagoons valleys, and marshes, such as those of Carle, Marano, and grado, and is crossed by several rivers, including the, with its numerous tributaries, which include the Nattizone, isonzo, and Dimavo. The letter has its source in Slovenia and flows underground for approximately thirty eight kilometers before resurfacing near Mosakone. There are other water courses that although they have large alluvial riverbeds disappear in the high plain and reappear in the low plain, on soils with finer and more clayy compositions due to the outcropping of the water table. Here in what were once the large stony riverbeds known as le grave Vineville cultivation is possible thanks to the good drainage of the land. Moving towards trieste, one encounters plateaus formed from quotations limestone. Known as Treastine Carst, where vine are only found in flatter areas to dull lines amongst the so called rath soils. The result of the washing away of the basis, calcium above all. The largest wine growing area falls in the grave zone between, and Here, the most widespread grape variety is merlot, followed by pinot, chardonnay Frulano, refosco delvedo, and carbonate from. The Colio area lies further north and consists of an area of fertile hills that reach two hundred seventy meters above sea level extending into the foothills south of the Union pre arps west of gorizia to cormones in beyond. The territory is protected to the north by the European pre ops and open to the south to the beneficial effects of the marine climate and offers soils positioning on Arenaceous, Marley, flesh, substrates that are not very fertile. The coriolientale area, on the other hand, is made up of alternating layers of moths, caucarias, clays, sandstones, and calcified sands with a very typical appearance. Within the wine growing district, numerous microclimates alternate, cooler and wetter to to north close to the mountains and milder and dryer to the south. Within the Colorado district, there is a particular area located in the municipality of Minis, and extending as far as the hamlet of the Delis and Tachendo. This area has a predominantly precarious confirmation and boasts a particularly microclimate Given that it is well sheltered from the cold north wind. Listen to the Italian wine podcast wherever you get your podcasts. We're on SoundCloud, Apple Podcasts, Spotify, EmLIFM, 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, and publication costs. Until next time.