Ep. 2180 Gabriele Valota At Sicilia Enosimposio 2024 | On The Road With Stevie Kim

Opinion, the challenge is, produce good wine, sexy wine, and, more than wine. In my opinion, is important to produce, not an, and an older school of, of analogy. Welcome to another episode of On the Road Edition, hosted by Stevie Kim. Each week, Stevie travels to incredible wine destinations interviewing some of the Italian wine scene's most interesting personalities talking about wines, the foods, as well as the incredible travel destinations. I'm here with Caprelet Valota, another young winemaker from Italy and part of Aso knowledge. So, Gabriela, how old are you? I'm thirty two years old. Okay. You're thirty two. And what what is your role? Because I know you are also the lead coordinator for Northern for asinology. Right? How many young winemakers are part of asinology? I don't know the number, but asinology include the more or less five thousand of a analogies. I don't know the the younger, but my role is, coordinate the younger analogist and the the younger student in the university for Viticulture and the knowledgeist. Yeah. And winemaking. Right? Yeah. So so, Gabriela, what is actually the role when the young analogist, they finish school. What kind of jobs do they have other than as a winemaking? Are they doing more winemaking? Or are they going into other areas? At work. Normally, they work in, some different wineries, some such as a cellar hand, for example, or or laboratory in general, and, step by step, they they increase the quality and the experience. Right. So would you recommend young people to become an ologist? What are what are the challenges up to that? Is it something that you would recommend other young wine people to get into this field. My opinion, the challenge is, produce good wine, sexy wine, and, other wine. In my opinion, it's important produce, not an an an an older school of a of a analogy. But can you can you explain a little bit what you mean by modern and sexy one? The young consumer, in my opinion, search this kind of wine. Okay. But what does it mean technically? Is it like less alcohol less alcohol, but in twelve, thirteen. Right. Okay. Very fruity, very fresh. In my opinion, these are the the wines. Okay. The best wines for, leonardo. And how many? So I know you are, you know, consulting for many wineries in it. How many? More or less twenty. Oh, my goodness. That's, are very, very smaller. Wineries. So how do you manage? You're by yourself? Or you're there are other people helping you? No. No. No. You're one person. Yeah. So how do you how are you able to efficiently manage twenty wineries. I'm just curious. It's it's difficult because, they are, that are that that winners are in different parts of Italy. And are you mostly flying? Are you mostly driving? I drive and I fly also. Yes. And what is your, personal opinion? That is a synology. Personal opinion about no alcohol, low alcohol, and no alcohol wants. In my opinion, it's an opportunity, but, Italy is necessary to have a regulation. Regulation? There needs to be more guidelines. Yeah. Right? How to make these low and no alcohol free wines. Are you making any of them? No. No. Not you. But in Italy, it's not possible today. Mhmm. We can produce, you know, alcohol outside, Germany. Yeah. Do you think it will change? I don't know. You don't have a crystal ball. No. No. Okay. Alright. And that was Gabriela Vanlogta, from Asonology here today in Paulina. Paulina. It's a it's an incredible, beautiful location in Sicily, and it's a wrap. Jeta got sick. Okay. Thank you for joining us on another episode of On The Road Edition, hosted by Stevie Kim. Join her again next week for more interesting content on the Italian wine scene. You can also find us at Italian wine podcast dot com or wherever you get your pods. You can check out our YouTube channel, Mama jumbo shrimp to watch these interviews and the footage captured at each location. Changing.