
Ep. 2084 Marco Gandini Narrates Pt. 85 | Italian Wine Unplugged 2.0
Italian Wine Unplugged 2.0
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Content Analysis Key Themes and Main Ideas 1. Promotion of the Vine Italy International Academy for Italian Wine Ambassadors. 2. Announcement and promotion of the ""Italian Wine Unplugged 2.0"" textbook. 3. Detailed descriptions of specific, lesser-known Italian native grape varieties. 4. Information on how to access and support the Italian Wine Podcast. Summary This text is primarily an informational and promotional announcement from the Italian Wine Podcast. It begins by inviting listeners to become Italian Wine Ambassadors through the Vine Italy International Academy, highlighting upcoming sessions in Chicago and Kazakhstan. It then introduces a new educational resource, ""Italian Wine Unplugged 2.0,"" described as a ""must-read"" textbook for ""super wine geeks."" The core of the text provides detailed excerpts from this textbook, offering descriptions of five distinct native Italian grape varieties: Vermentino Nero, Vespaiola, Vitoska, Vien de Nus, and Wildbacher. For each grape, the text outlines its associated regions, vineyard characteristics (e.g., bunch size, vigor, productivity), and typical wine profiles, including flavor notes, acidity, and body. The announcement concludes by listing platforms where the Italian Wine Podcast can be heard and encourages listeners to subscribe, rate, and donate to support its operations. Takeaways * The Italian Wine Podcast promotes a program for aspiring Italian Wine Ambassadors through the Vine Italy International Academy. * Upcoming ambassador training sessions are scheduled for Chicago (October) and Kazakhstan (November). * A new educational resource, ""Italian Wine Unplugged 2.0,"" is available for in-depth study of Italian wines. * Italy's wine landscape features a diverse range of native grape varieties, including the less common ones described: Vermentino Nero, Vespaiola, Vitoska, Vien de Nus, and Wildbacher. * Each described grape variety has unique regional associations, vineyard traits, and distinctive aromatic/flavor profiles. * The Italian Wine Podcast is widely accessible on various streaming platforms, and listener support through donations helps cover production costs. Notable Quotes * ""Who wants to be the next Italian wine Ambassador, join an exclusive network of four hundred Italian wine ambassadors across forty eight countries."
About This Episode
The Italian wine industry is releasing a new series of wine recommendations. The series is specifically dedicated to Italian wine wine, and is being released on October 19 to 20. The series is available on various platforms, including iTunes, and is available in various regions and countries.
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Who wants to be the next Italian wine Ambassador, join an exclusive network of four hundred Italian wine ambassadors across forty eight countries. Vine Italy International Academy is coming to Chicago on October nineteen to twenty first. And Walmatic Kazakhstan from November sixteenth to eighteenth. Don't miss out. Register now at Vineethree dot com. For all the super wine geeks out there, we have a special new series dedicated to you. We are reading excerpts from our new addition of Italian wine unplugged two point o. Wine lovers tune in for your weekly fix only on Italian wine podcast. 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. Red, description. A rare variety. It appears not to be a mutation of the better known Vermundino, but rather a separate variety associated regions and GOPs. Liguria Tuscany. It is mainly grown near Masakarada. It is used in the DOCs, and it can be included in IGT wines such as Costa toscana and others. In the vineyard, large sized bunches with medium large berries abundant and quite regular productivity. In the glass, there are both meat weighed fresh wines and bigger full butted ones. The wine is rich in black fruit aromas and flavors with coffee nuances. This piola, white description also called or It is clearly named for the hungry wasps, Vespet, in Italian, that target its sweet grapes. Associated regions and GOPs, Venmeto, mainly in the province of Vicenza, In the maneuver Ridal version, it may be found in the DOC Bregaince Bespayolo minimum eighty five percent. In the dry version, also and Bregaince or colato in the street version. In the vineyard, small sized bunches with medium berries. Good vigor, average, and dependable productivity. It is a bit sensitive to Beatrice's bunch rot. In the glass, it has an extremely delicate flora nose of acacia blossoms, pear and ripe citrus with ripe tropical fruit and honey notes. Thanks to its wonderful acidity. It is an even better grape with which to make sweet wines and in fact a well made tortolato is never cloying. Vitoska, white description, the name of the grape is of slovenian origin, also called Gargania and Vitoska, and in bordering slovenia Vitovskja, grania, or Gargania associated regions and COPs. It is predominantly found in Manavarietal Vitavskka wines are inside of the DOC carso or carsocas. In the vineyard, it grows only in the frisbee, that bearing mass of ferrous rich red rocks that are neutral and poor and help reduce no frills wines of incredible minerality. Large sized bunches with medium berries, sufficiently balanced figure, very good production, and good this is resistance. In the glass, lamoni pear, Sage, and chlorophyll aromas, and flavors, lightweight wine with an high acid frame and a zipping minerality. Viamen, red associated regions and DOPs. Aosta Valley, the most recent Aosta Valley native grave to be the subject of monovarietal winemaking inside the DUC Validosta. Indovenyard. Medium small sized bunches with medium berries. Average vigor and productivity, it is a variety resistant to somburn. In the glass, lovely floral and spicy nose and fresh but mouth filling flavors of wrap berries, mountain herb, and tar. It is a lovely meat weighed wine. Vid Bacham, red, description, It is a native of the Syrian region of Austria as Italy's version of Vilsbacher differs considerably from that made in Austria. As a variety has been on Italian soil for centuries, it is certainly a traditional variety of Italy just like, associated regions and DUs. Veneto. It is an authorized variety for the province of Treviso but grows only in the countryside around tells of and small size bunches and berries, good vigor and good desist resistance. In the glass, reach an alcoholic with ripe dark cherry and plum aromas in flavors, complicated by a noticeable forest floor and herbal street. Detanins are actually smooth and polished. Listen to the Italian wine podcast wherever you get your podcast. We're on SoundCloud, Apple Podcasts, Spotify, HimalIFM, 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, product and publication costs. Until next time.
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