Ep. 1511 Marco Gandini Narrates Pt. 29 | Italian Wine Unplugged 2.0

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If you want to own a copy of this new must read Italian wine textbook, just go to amazon dot com or visit us at mama jumbo shrimp. Dot com. Basilikata. Historical background. The origin of Viticulture in Basilikata can be found in the centuries preceding the arrival of the Greeks who established the Maña Greta in the seventh century BC. The splendor of the era was reflected in cities such Hericlea, known for the Hericlean tablets, now preserved in the national archaeological museum of Naples. And consider a fundamental document for our understanding of the municipal law of Maha Greta. Metopontum was another city whose prosperity is still evident today in the remains of the Greek tablet, Palestine Temple, dedicated to the goddess hera. Prior to the arrival of the Greeks, the territory had been inhabited by agri Pestorian populations, who seemed to have known rudimentary winemaking techniques that involved crushing grapes in wicker baskets after fermentation. In Roman times, evidence of wine growing activity in the region that was then known as Lukania comes to us from various ancient scholars including Horace and native of Venosa. In his oats in which the verse now we must drink is well known. He often mentions the vines and the wine of his native land praising in particular the Voltore region. Plini, the elder, also mentions the fame of the wines of TemSA, an ancient Luk Canyonian city, as well as other centers including Buksentum, today's Policastro. In a passage from the Naturales Historia, pliny recounts that the temple of Juno erected at Metapontum rested on vine wood columns testifying to the importance of vines in the area in that era. The Vultura area was a place of strategic importance pervaded culture at that time. As evidenced by the numerous archaeological finds, which confirm the practice of Viticulture and winemaking in the ancient Roman villas between Lavelo, Venosa, Melfi, Atela, and Rapola. With the fall of the Roman Empire Vidiculture in Vasilicata experienced phases of alternating fortunes. In the middle ages, there was still a fair amount of wine production to me to demand of the grain, banquets held by the Romans, including at their castle at Anglona. In the thirteenth century, Vitacultural activity suffered a severe setback. So much so that local feudal lords converted their vineyards to pasture. In fact, wine growing was concentrated in the lands close to the city walls or just upside down at least until the fifteenth century. Inside the city walls, numerous caves were used as cellars, like those which can still be found today in the town of Barile and Rokanova, as well as in matera, the UNESCO World Heritage site. In sixteen twenty nine, prospero Rindella, a juris from Monopoly, published the treatise, TRactatous Devinea, Vindemia Edvino, in which he reported on Melfiaco wine, praised as fragrant, golden, and very sweet. In the nineteenth century, a monograph by Giovanni Nibyanke, an expert inologists, reaffirm the status of Voltore as an area of excellence in basilicaran Vidiculture where quality wines such as Aliaco de Rioo and Alianico were produced, Volterre witnessed one of the most significant chapters in the history of Italian brigandage when Carmine Croco, known as Donatello, and his band of some two thousand men occupied the entire Volterra area during the period of the risorgimento. Gyer morphology. Are you enjoying this podcast? Don't forget to visit our YouTube channel, mama jumbo shrimp for fascinating videos covering Stevie Kim in her travels across Italy and beyond, meeting winemakers, eating local foods, and taking in the scenery. Now back to the show. Bazilikata, also known as Lukania, is a region in Southern Italy located between Campania, with which it borders on the western side, Apulia to the northeast, and Calabria to the south. Two small strips of land represent the region's outlet to the sea, to the southwest with a short stretch on the Iranian sea, and to the southeast on the ionian sea. Although its surface area is not extensive, its territory is varied. Forty seven percent is covered by mountains. Most famously Delucanian dolomites, with their spectacular spires in the territory of the municipalities of Castel Metzano, eight hundred seventy meters above sea level, and Pietta Petroza, one thousand ninety meters above sea level, which form the heart of the original natural part. The rest of the land is forty five percent, Hilli, and eight percent flat in the Metaponte plain along the Union coast. North of Potenza is Montevultore. An extinct volcano originating over one hundred thousand years ago composed of basaltic lava flows alternating with layers of tough with potassium lavas rich in minerals. At a height of about six hundred sixty meters, are the two volcanic lakes of Montecchio which occupy the main crater of Vultre covered by chestnut woods. It is the heart of the production of red ayanico wine concentrated on the slopes of volcano on the east south east facing slopes. Four hundred six hundred meters above sea level, on top covered slopes with a significant presence of flesh. Rionero Barrile Genestra Rapula Ripacandida, MELFI and Vanessa, are the main centers of this production. More than twelve hundred hectares of wine growing area made up of sandstone and cokeris more are on this disintegration of gray tufts of pyroclastic origin, devoted also exclusively to a yangiko de Vultore. In bass in the Kata, vine cultivation is expressed through the traditional forms of bush training with canes, uses stakes, and with the more modern espalier training with spurred cordon. In particular, this system has evolved for table grapes, which represent a vital component of the local economy. Around the hillsides, the soils are of clay y type, subject to erosion phenomena that give rise to landslides and mudslides. It is not surprising that the climate is temperate cold in these parts during the winter season, especially in the inland areas with characteristic continental temperatures and snowfall. Along the Iranian and terrain coasts, there is a decidedly Mediterranean climate. Turning from the coast toward the more in line areas, devices are found on what it is known as the Colina Matarana, which from a purely geological point of view can be subdivided into three different environments. The coastal plain represented by the geologically younger surfaces, the marine terraces located above the coastal plain and characterized by the presence of evolved deep well drained and moderately drained, deep, red, and iron rich soils. And the fosa which represents the greater part of the Matarana hillside area and brown from Izina to Pistice from Matera, excluding the built up area to Stiano and are characterized by soils with Sandy, conglomerate litologists with coarse sediments on the surface and sands in-depth, very cockerias with high permeability. Listen to the Italian wine podcast wherever you get your podcasts. We're 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 Italianline podcast dot com. Any amount helps cover equipment, production, and publication costs. Until next time, chi qing.