Ep. 357 Jumbo Shrimp Guide | Market Sneak Peek

The Italian wine podcast presents the jumbo shrimp guide to Italian wine, a new book for curious wine lovers, narrated in weekly installments. Join us on our journey to Italian wine. Hello, and welcome to our final installment of the jumbo shrimp guide to Italian wine presented by the Italian wine podcast. As always, my name is Joy livingston, your narrator for this series. The jumbo shrimp guide to Italian wine is intended as a quick lighthearted crash course on Italian wine. The material provides a great opportunity for serious wine scholars to refresh on the basic or use as a reference. At the same time, we hope to bring new fans of Italian wine up to speed. If you're wondering how to get a copy of the book, the Kindle version is available on Amazon and the paperback is available from positive press dot net. We'll also send you a complimentary paperback copy if you donate any amount to the Italian wine podcast while supplies last. Find details at italian wine podcast dot com or on our social media channels. Our topic this week is a sneak peek into the Italian wine market. So pour yourself a class, sit back, relax, and join us on a journey through Italian wine. A sneak peek into the Italian wine market. Italy, a country where the diverse terrains meet creative inteners, all twenty regions of the country grow wine grapes, thanks to the countless combination of climate, soil conditions, and native grapes. Not only is Italy one of the world's oldest wine producing countries, but it is also the world's largest wine producer since it overtook France in two thousand fifteen, though the vineyard surface of Italy ranks only the fourth after Spain, China, and France. With an area of seven hundred and five thousand hectares under vineyard cultivation, Italy produced forty six point six million hectol leaders of wine in two thousand nineteen, accounting for eighteen percent of global production. Whereas all twenty regions of Italy are practicing vine growing and winemaking, a gap in production capacity exists. The mountainous of Valle Dosta, Coastal, liguria, and Southern basilicata and Molize represent the lower end of the spectrum while Veneto, Pulia, and Emilia Romagna are the three highest producing regions, taking up over fifty percent of the National Wine Production. Italy is a notable white wine producing country led by Veneto Frigula Venezia Julia, Latio, and Trentino Alto Alrige. White wine accounted for fifty seven percent of Italy's wine production in two thousand eighteen. Focusing on quality wine production. Italy has significantly increased the percentage of wine production in the duck or docG category over the past two decades. On average, more than forty percent of the wines made in Italy are PTO wines, and this is ten percent more compared to that of two thousand and ten. Wine culture is popular domestically among Italians who consume an average of forty four liters per capita ranking third in worldwide consumption. Most Italians develop a special connection with the wines produced in their home area and nineteen percent of them consume Italian wine daily. Enjoying more than twenty two million hectoliters of wine. However, there is still enough production to guarantee Italy a huge platform in the international market. Italian wine is incredibly popular among wine lovers in all corners of the globe. As a major wine exporter in the world, Italy ranks second in both volume and value. Its main export destinations include Germany, the US, the UK, Switzerland, and Canada. Meanwhile, new emerging wine consumption countries such as Russia and China are catching up and starting to develop a taste for Italian wine. Among the many categories of Italian wine, sparkling wine has seen major growth with twenty percent of Italian export in terms of volume consisting of sparkling wines. The four hundred and eight PTO wines are spreading across the twenty different regions. But most of them are concentrated in Piamonte, Lombardi, the Veneto, and Tuscany. Among these are Appalachian appreciated and sought after by wine lovers around the world. Amarrone de la Balicella Barolo Bararesco Brunoo de Montalcino Canti and the Supertuscans known as the a, b, b, b, c s. Other notable wines that have gained attention in recent years in the international markets and among specialists are a trio of sparkling wines, prosseco, Trento doc, and Franca Corta. Quality native grapes from the center and south of Italy are also drawing international attention. Alianico, Virdicchio, Sanrentino, Merodabola, and Mirelo Mascalese, among others. Italy holds some impressive figures. One country, twenty regions, four hundred and eight dot wines, five hundred and seventy officially registered varieties, seven hundred and five thousand hectares of vineyards over three hundred thousand wine growers over forty million hectol leaders of wine produced every year. It is a country riding a wave of renewed interest with the world's wine lovers welcoming its wines into the marketplace. It's now the time for Italian wine producers to showcase their individual talents and share the story of the countless native wine grapes. Wines to try. An excellent example of one of the few aromatic red grape varieties in Italy. Its name may be a reference to a viral disease that Ruce is less susceptible to than our most varieties. Its dock is Ruke de Castagnole Mufferato VOCG. Tasting note. The aromatic nature of the variety is expressed as flowers such as rose lavender and iris, as well as spices like black pepper, mint, coriander, cinnamon, and nutmeg. The only white grape truly native to the was long confined exclusively to the Hamlet of Novalo better known for barolo production. Also called or nashita. After years of being overlooked, it was championed by wineries Elvio cogno and Lestretta. Today, a growing number of producers are working to revive this grape. The wines labeled are the original or classic expressions and docs include Tasting note. Naschetta produces semi aromatic wines. Youthful examples have herbal pungency reminiscent of sauvignon blanc and a balsamic minty character similar to Vermentino. It can also express orange, ginger, star fruit, sage, and rosemary. A very saline edge gives it a savory quality and an impression that the moderate acidity is higher than it actually is. Nascheta seems to age well developing honey and vanilla notes. Prier. Better known as Priere Blaine, this native grape grows in some of the highest vineyards in Europe. Its name refers to its usage in Sunday mass. Priere means to pray in French. Pririer is the oldest documented grape in Valedaosta. Still, dry whites are the most typical yet sparkling and sweet wines of Pria blanc are also made. Planted in Valle Dosta, the most notable wine is that of the sub zone, Blonde de la salle. Tasting note, delicately floral steely and with a bright acidity, the blonde de Margier ed de la salle wines are made from one hundred percent Priyte and is one of Italy's best light bodied white wines making it an ideal appetitive. Thank you for listening to this final installment of the jumbo shrimp guide to Italian wine, and we hope you join us next Thursday as our foray into the wonderful world of Italian wine book continues when we begin a new series of narrations from the book, San Jose Lambrusco, and other vine stories, by Professor Atilio Shenza and Selena Imacio. Until then, just a reminder that if you like the jumbo shrimp guy to Italian wine, The kindle version of the book is available on Amazon and the paperback is available from positive press dot net. You can also get a complimentary paperback copy by donating any amount to the Italian wine podcast while supplies last. Find Italian wine podcast on Facebook and Instagram. Our Twitter handle is at itaewine podcast and check out at mama jumbo shrimp on TikTok. This has been the jumbo shrimp guide to Italian wine presented by Italian wine podcast, and a once listened to the Italian wine story. Join us next week as we continue our narrative journey.