Ep. 2006 Wine Spectator presents OperaWine Producers 2024 | wine2wine Business Forum 2023

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But Okay. I'm just gonna call up, Matteo Zopas, the president of Eche, because of their unwavering support, especially for all of the guests. You have been flown here Thanks to the support of Eche for many, many years and not just the Italy, but also wine two wine, five star wines, etcetera. He's new, so, you know, cut him some slack. Yeah. Sorry for my English in advance. Federico's TV. Thank you, opera wine and wine spectator for for all what you're doing since many years for the Italian wines. Our Italian wine industry is a very important and strategic sector for the Italian Midin Italy export just to remember, figure six twenty four billion of export of the Midin Italy from Italy in the world. Eight is about wine. And it seems a little number, but it's a very, very important figure for us because it's a strategic export sector. So I really thank Verona Fieri. I really thank Oprah wine and wine spectator for what you're doing for our economy. And I thank all the producers that are the best producers that we can have around the world. Thank you very much. I love it. New president very quick to the point. Okay. Now I'm gonna give you pass the mic over to Allison and Bruce. It's great to be back in verona, again, especially here tonight to announce the Opera wine lineup. It is our twenty twenty four edition of Opera wine, the finest Italian wines. Opperwine has been a wonderful collaboration between wine spectator and Verona Fieri, and it's become a signature event for Ven Italy each year. In twenty twenty four, we'll gather on Saturday, April thirteenth, the day before the fair starts, highlighting a hundred and thirty of Italy's outstanding wineries with a great tasting showcasing some very special wines. And this tasting is just one of the ways that we explore wine for one spectator. Our primary focus, of course, is via our blind tastings, which take place in one spectator's office in New York and Napa. And in total, we offer our readers more than four hundred and twenty five thousand unbiased reviews via our wine ratings plus app, each issue of wine spectator, and our website, wine spectator dot com. In fact, last week, on wine spectator dot com, we had our annual top ten countdown, and the full list went live about an hour ago. As you all know by now, our wine of the year was an Italian wine, the Argiano Bernaldo de Montalcino twenty eighteen. I think Francesco is here. Is he is he is our Franchesco, are you here? There he is. Alright. Franchesco Menari, the the, vineyard manager. Congratulations. So, please take a Bruce has the only copy of the issue in all of Italy in his hand. So please take the time to go online and look at what we do there at the top one hundred and more. Beyond the wipes website, we have more than three point five million readers, which makes wine spectator the world's most widely read wine publication with wine lovers returning to us for curiosity about the world of wine, our expertise, and our authoritative voice of the magazine's editorial team. And though Opera wine is presented in partnership with Vin Italy, wine spectator is wholly responsible for selecting the producers invited to participate in the tasting each year. It's not an easy job with so many excellent Italian wineries to choose from. And the list we're about to go through includes wineries that are historically important to the story of Italian wine, and that showed leadership and innovation. Are you enjoying this podcast? There's so much more high quality wine content available from mama jumbo shrimp Check out our new wine study maps, our books on Italian wine, including Italian wine unplugged, the jumbo shrimp guide to Italian wine, Sanjay Vazzy Lambrusco, and other stories, and much, much more. On our website, mama jumbo shrimp dot com. Now back to the show. They all have a track record for success with their wines showing well in our blind tastings year in and year out. And each year, of course, we want to change the mix of wineries that are invited to Opera wine with some worthy producers stepping back for a year or two so that new faces can have their chance. This year, we have new producers that will be pouring at Opera wine for the first time. Plus, we are showcasing sicily. We invited not only a range of top producers in Sicily. We also asked wineries with the states in Tuscany and Piedmont to pour a wine from their sicilian estate this year. And altogether, and it's an exciting group. They're each pouring a wine that illustrates the strength, diversity, and high quality on offer from Italian wine. So who will attend Opera wine in twenty twenty four? Let's go through the list. Are you ready, Bruce? I'm ready. Okay. Here we go. Almost here we go. Here, Chris. Where's our list? So as they're calling, just come up. Don't wait. Okay? Alright. I'm gonna hold you in suspense just for another moment. No. We always read off of your list because our list used to not match. Yep. Okay. We're ready. Chris. Aldo Conterno. Yeah. Hold your applause till the very end if you can, please. AltaZino. Antinori. Please come up. Come join us. We want you up here. Argiano. Francesca, come on up. Argeolas. Arnaldo Kapri. Arpepe. At the end of Agricola, SAN Selvatorre nineteen eighty eight. BANanti. Gertani. I saw Bertani. Biondi Santi. Bishi. Kada Bosco. Catalico DeSOPra. Kantina Nalsmar Gride. Kantina Tarlano. Carpeneto. Carranco. Casanova Denari. Castello Bambi. Castello di albala. Castella Diama. Castella de Monsanto. Castello. Cavaloto. Chazuri. Cali Delapio. Cruzimano. Deangelo. Donna Fugate. Elena Fucci. Elinovalk. Elvio Cono. Foletta debruno Giacosa. Familiar Cortrella. FACToria De Felsina. Ferari. Futti DeSangrigorio. Fudo Montoni Difabio Sorretci. Fantoldi. GB Barlotto. J d a GED Vaira. Gauroughly. Gini. Juseppe Mascarelli Efilio. Gracie. Grifalco de la Lucanilla. I'll put your name. Isalo Isalay a Olena? Yerman. La Valentina. Lamole de Laamole de la macioli. Leonito Peropan. Lecret. Libya Feluka. Luciano Sandrone. Lungarotti. Marquesi De Frresco Baldi. Marco Fuluaga. Machirrelli. Masirina. Masseria Liva Deli. Masolino. Mascro Barardino. Nino Franco. Nino negri. Odero. Ornelaya. Carlos Cabino. Pasoo Piciaro. Pecanino. Petroleum. Pietrodochesire. Planeta. Poggiorino. PRODatory Del Barbara Esco. Quinto Deschimo. Renato Rati. Rona. Roberto on sell me. Rocca de la Machier. Rocca de Montee. Romano Del Forno. Salvatore Malatieri. San Felice. San Felipo. San Guusto Arrentano. Scatcha Diavoli, which Bruce is always happy. Glad you had that one. Swavea. Taberini. Tasca Delmarita. Tadeski. Tenuta Bokady Luupo. Tenuta de la Terre. Tenuta Petresana. Tenuta San Guido. Tenuta San Leonardo. Tarenzuela. Terador Di Paulo. Tomasi. Tomasso Bousula. Umani Ronki. Valdi Kava. Vequiete de Montefili. Vieta Romans. Vieti. Vechenzo Ipolito. Zanato. And the age is oh, one more. One more. Zizola. H a z. There we go. Okay. Complimenty. Alright. Thank you very much. Listen to the Italian wine podcast wherever you get your podcasts. 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 Italianline podcast dot com. Any amount helps cover equipment, production, and publication costs. Until next time.