Ep. 1748 Maria Elisabetta Fagiuoli Of Montenidoli | Slow Wine 2023

The Italian wine podcast is the community driven platform for Italian winegeeks around the world. Support the show by donating at italian wine podcast dot com. Donate five or more Euros, and we'll send you a copy of our latest book, my Italian Great Geek journal. Absolutely free. To get your free copy of my Italian GreatGeek journal, click support us at italian wine podcast dot com, or wherever you get your pots. Welcome to this special series dedicated to slow wine held in bologna in March twenty twenty three. During the fair, we conducted several interviews with some very exciting producers. We were able to pull out some of the more interesting elements of Italian wine within the slow wine movement, tune in each week on Italian wine podcast. I have yet another guest, fantastic guest who has been telling me some really crazy stuff, so I'll let her explain it. But, her name is Elizabetha Montenidoli. That's it. Yes? The mountain of the small nest. And you're with the Montenidoli. Montenidolia. Winery. Okay. Actually, we we kidnapped you and brought you here because you're a benchmark producer for the book that's just come out, Italian one o'clock two point o. And in the book, we talk about your, and your canna yolo Nero. I would like you to tell me first who you are And I want to know a little bit about your family history and the winery. The place is in the heart of the Mediterranean Sea on top of the hill in front of San Jimiano. Between Florence and Sienna. Tell me about the winery. Tell me about the history of the winery. I was born in Roma from a family that had many many vineyards. Around verona, but the land is for the boys, not for the girls. So I studied in London, and then, of course, my kids were difficult kids, and so they needed to have, freeland to stay in nature. So my grandmother's money, I went down to San Giovanni, and I bought an abandoned land for the kids not to make wine. Okay. Then Well, the kids were okay. I then had to sell or I had to make wine. And you made wine. I got made And it turned out great. That's why I made wine. What is the one food that you cooked? That was the best. That everybody loved. It was the best food that your your children, your sons, and your daughters. They all said, mama, you make this for me today? Tell me what it was. Extra virgin olive oil from San Camini from Montana. Do you produce also Oh, of course. Yes. Fantastic. Very good, olive oil. With a fresh warm polenta from verona. Do you export outside of Italy? Of course. Yes. And how, is it how many bottles do you make a year roughly? One hundred thousand. Wow. Okay. So a lot of exporting. And how many wines do you make? A lot of different wines. Which one is your favorite? Come on, man. My chisn't. How about you offer me? I know. But I gotta ask you about I which one do you drink the most? There's a better question? No. I drink. I I drink in the morning, all the ones I have to put in the bottle. Oh. That's good enough. So So we're naturally Santiano. You know why you can make a white wine in Sanjay Muniano because the sea is made of shells. The sea was there on the lower part of the hill and so you have a white soil, very classic for white wines. It's a chablis. So you can have a very good white wine of Montaneadery, and it is a white wine for the mother and the marine sediments, but a red one for the climate. So you have a red of the white wines. It is a one that stays for long. The older it is, the better it becomes. And that's why you can have a good quiet one in the heart of a red customer. Okay. Okay? Yeah. That's really interesting. Yes. That's interesting. It's no. It is interesting because The reason why you were used as a benchmark producer in the book, but it's a lot of students wanna know a little bit deeper about, you know, the wines, the grapes, you know, and so that's something that's very That's not important. Yes. It seems the red of the white points. And our canna yolo, that is a very special kind of canna yolo, canna yolo with the red stem. Actually, it is a transgender because it's not a red nor a white. For this reason, it is a perfect regime. I appreciate you coming in to talk to us. It's such a pleasure to meet you. Okay. Listen to the Italian wine podcast wherever you get your podcasts. We're on SoundCloud, Apple Podcasts, Spotify, MLIFM, 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, production, and publication costs. Until next time, Cheaching.