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Text the ShowAbruzzo offers a wide range of wine expressions through the lens of the Adriatic Coast, the valleys inside the coastal range, and the Apennines. Montepulciano alone ranges from elegant and fresh to dense and powerful, so imagine the possibilities with Trebbiano Abruzzese, Pecorino, and Passerina. Invest 10 minutes prepping your exploration of this prolific region.Explore:Valle Reale

Marchesi de' Cordano - a Loreto Aprutino, in provincia di Pescara - è dedita alla produzione dei tipici vini d'Abruzzo e con le varietà autoctone che hanno reso celebre questa regione nel mondo: Montepulciano, Trebbiano, Pecorino, Cococciola e Passerina. Il Montepulciano d'Abruzzo Riserva Terra dei Vestini Santinumi 2017, magnifico esempio di qualità ed espressione di questa terra, convince per carattere e personalità, non da meno, per l'eccellente qualità da cinque diamanti.

Marchesi de' Cordano - in Loreto Aprutino, in the province of Pescara - is committed to the production of typical Abruzzo wines and with the native varieties that have made this region famous in the world: Montepulciano, Trebbiano, Pecorino, Cococciola and Passerina. Montepulciano d'Abruzzo Riserva Terra dei Vestini Santinumi 2017, a magnificent example of quality and expression of this land, convinces for its character and personality, not least, for the excellent five-diamond quality.

I consigli dell'enologo Marco Santarelli ogni Mercoledì alle 13:45 su Radio PNR. In questo episodio abbiamo parlato del Durello veneto e della Passerina.

Welcome to Episode 1627 Stevie Kim moderates Clubhouse's Ambassadors' Corner – In this episode, Robert Maggi interviews Massimo Pasetti. These sessions are recorded from Clubhouse and replayed here on the Italian Wine Podcast! Listen in on this series as Italian Wine Ambassadors all over the world chat with Stevie and their chosen wine producer. Which producer would you interview if you had your pick? Co-Moderator - Half Welsh, half Italian. Born and bred in Puglia He is now settled in Cardiff where he's been for the past 4 years. After graduating in 2012 from Aberystwyth University in Business and Management with Spanish, It was a simple wine course back in 2013 that sparked his passion for wine and he now hold the AIS certification as a Sommelier, level 3 WSET, and recently qualified as an Italian Wine Ambassador with the VIA Accademy. He has extensive experience in the sector including time with the award winning Australian winery ‘Jim Barry Wines' as well as dedicating the last 5 years to the promotion of wines from Puglia around the globe. His passion is now his job, and he now runs his own company, WinesnVines, with the aim to import and distribute wines from Italy in the UK market, focusing on smaller producers and native varieties from Italy. He recently founded and organised the 2nd edition of the Cardiff Wine Festival. He is a real wine enthusiast and always on the hunt for new varieties! Connect: Facebook Robert Maggi Instagram rbm89 LinkedIn Robert Maggi Website www.winesnvines.co.uk Guest Bio - Massimo Pasetti I'm one of the three sons of Domenico Pasetti, the owner of the Pasetti Company. My brother, my sister and I have different roles in the Winery: Francesca Rachele is in charge of the administration, Davide, who is an oenologist, is in charge of the wine production and I'm in charge of the export and international visibility. Pasetti is a 5 generations long family business. It is one of the most known and stable wineries in Abruzzo and Italy. All of our vineyards (about 80 hectares) are entirely located in the Gran Sasso and Monti della Laga National park, up to 550 meters above sea level. We are focused on Abruzzo native varieties such as Montepulciano, Trebbiano, Passerina and Pecorino. Our wines, including the well-known Testarossa, are currently exported in the majority of countries around the world. Connect: Facebook https://www.facebook.com/pasettiviniofficial Instagram https://www.instagram.com/pasetti_vini/ Twitter https://twitter.com/pasettiwinery Website https://www.pasettivini.it/it/famiglia/ More about the moderator Stevie Kim: Stevie hosts Clubhouse sessions each week (visit Italian Wine Club & Wine Business on Clubhouse), these recorded sessions are then released on the podcast to immortalize them! She often also joins Professor Scienza in his shows to lend a hand keeping our Professor in check! You can also find her taking a hit for the team when she goes “On the Road”, all over the Italian countryside, visiting wineries and interviewing producers, enjoying their best food and wine – all in the name of bringing us great Pods! To find out more about Stevie Kim visit: Facebook: @steviekim222 Instagram: @steviekim222 Website: vinitalyinternational.com/wordpress/ _______________________________ Let's keep in touch! Follow us on our social media channels: Instagram www.instagram.com/italianwinepodcast/ Facebook www.facebook.com/ItalianWinePodcast Twitter www.twitter.com/itawinepodcast Tiktok www.tiktok.com/@mammajumboshrimp LinkedIn www.linkedin.com/company/italianwinepodcast If you feel like helping us, donate here www.italianwinepodcast.com/donate-to-show/ Until next time, Cin Cin! Follow Italian Wine Podcast for more great content - winery interviews from the Clubhouse sessions! Psssst…FYI, this show is our most popular show, find out why by tuning-in!

Diventa un esperto di vino con il podcast di Tannico. Chieti è la zona vinicola d'Abruzzo con il maggior numero di denominazioni e anche di cooperative dedite alla viticoltura. Il territorio è caratterizzato soprattutto dal Massiccio della Majella, ma siamo anche piuttosto vicini al mare, che si fa sentire soprattutto nel gioco di venti caldi e freschi. Troviamo qui una delle DOCG più giovani d'Italia, quella di Tullum, dove gli imbottigliatori di vino si contano sulle dita di una mano. Qui diventano protagonisti, oltre ai vitigni più tradizionali della regione, anche il Pecorino e la Passerina, presenti almeno al 90% nel blend dei bianchi. Scopri la più accurata selezione di vini dell'Abruzzo e non solo sul sito di Tannico. Al primo acquisto avrai diritto a uno sconto del 10% su tutto il catalogo (*): https://bit.ly/3xyibEa (*) La promozione è valida solo in Italia e per i clienti non ancora iscritti a Tannico. Sono esclusi i vini rari e le Master Experience. Per qualsiasi informazione o chiarimento ci puoi contattare all'indirizzo tfs@tannico.it

As per what is now an annual tradition, The Cycling Podcast and Dvine Cellars of London have indulged our mutual, overlapping passions and paid homage to the Giro d'Italia by selecting six wines to celebrate this year's race. In this episode, Daniel Friebe is joined by Greg Andrews and Luciana Girotto of Dvine to discuss those wines. The wines are listed below and can be purchased via the following link: https://dvinecellars.com/products/copy-of-the-cycling-podcast-giro-ditalia-2023-case The six wines - the Girovagando selection discussed here - are as follows, in order of appearance on or adjacent to the race route: - GIRA, Passerina d'Abruzzo 2019, Cantina Rapino, Abruzzo - Falanghina Del Sannio 2020, Cantina Del Taburno, Campania - Sincero 2021, Cosimo Maria Masini, Tuscany - Boca 2012, Davide Carlone, Piedmont - Recantina 2021, Serafini & Vidotto, Veneto - Frascati 2019, Castel de Paolis, Lazio The Cycling Podcast is supported by Supersapiens and Science in Sport. Follow us on social media: Twitter @cycling_podcast Instagram @thecyclingpodcast The 11.01 Cappuccino Our regular email newsletter is now on Substack. Subscribe here for frothy, full-fat updates to enjoy any time (as long as it's after 11am). Supersapiens Supersapiens is a continuous glucose monitoring system that helps you make the right fuelling choices. See supersapiens.com Science in Sport The Cycling Podcast has been supported since 2016 by Science In Sport. World leading experts in endurance nutrition. Go to scienceinsport.com to see the whole range. MAAP The Cycling Podcast x MAAP collection is available now. Go to maap.cc to see the full MAAP range. D Vine Cellars To order The Cycling Podcast Highlights case, or any of the cases commemorating the 2022 Grand Tours visit dvinecellars.com Friends of the Podcast Sign up as a Friend of the Podcast at thecyclingpodcast.com to listen to more than 60 exclusive episodes. The Cycling Podcast is on Strava The Cycling Podcast was founded in 2013 by Richard Moore, Daniel Friebe and Lionel Birnie.

Diventa un esperto di vino con il podcast di Tannico. In questa puntata esploreremo i vitigni a bacca bianca più di successo del vino marchigiano. Scopri la più accurata selezione di vini delle Marche e non solo sul sito di Tannico. Al primo acquisto avrai diritto a uno sconto del 10% su tutto il catalogo (*): https://bit.ly/3xyibEa (*) La promozione è valida solo in Italia e per i clienti non ancora iscritti a Tannico. Sono esclusi i vini rari e le Master Experience. Per qualsiasi informazione o chiarimento ci puoi contattare all'indirizzo tfs@tannico.it

Luciano Gagliardi è il nuovo presidente di Cantina Tollo. 66 anni, Gagliardi è un imprenditore agricolo a titolo principale e gestisce un'azienda di 5 ettari, situata proprio nel comune di Tollo, con vigneti di alcune delle varietà più tipiche e rappresentative del territorio, come Cococciola, Passerina e Montepulciano d'Abruzzo. Nipote di uno dei soci fondatori, è in consiglio di amministrazione della Cooperativa dal 1994 e dal 2016 ricopriva il ruolo di vicepresidente.

The indigo bunting (Passerina cyanea) is a small seed-eating bird in the cardinal family, Cardinalidae. It is migratory, ranging from southern Canada to northern Florida during the breeding season, and from southern Florida to northern South America during the winter. It often migrates by night, using the stars to navigate. Its habitat is farmland, brush areas, and open woodland. The indigo bunting is closely related to the lazuli bunting and interbreeds with the species where their ranges overlap.The indigo bunting is a small bird, with a length of 11.5–13 cm (4.5–5.1 in). It displays sexual dimorphism in its coloration; the male is vibrant blue in the summer, with brightly colored plumage during the breeding season to attract a mate. It is brown during the winter months, while the female is brown year-round. Nest-building and incubation are done solely by the female. The diet of the indigo bunting consists primarily of insects during the summer months and seeds during the winter months.

In the hinterland of the Lazio region, south of Rome, there is a hilly area called Ciociaria. It is an ideal habitat for vines and olive trees, which have been planted since the time of the Roman Empire.In this territory historical events and a special microclimate have inhibited the contamination of a native ampelographic heritage leaving us a variety of antique vines. The estate Casale della Ioria, is located in the heart of the production area of the red wine Cesanese del Piglio d.o.c.g. (a controlled and guaranteed original denomination).The vineyards and olive trees are at about 400 meters above sea level surrounded by woods.The farm is dedicated to the organic cultivation of the typical red grape varieties Cesanese, Olivella and of the white Passerina. Casale della Ioria also produces extra virgin olive oil exclusively from its own olive trees. The plants of grapes that are used come from the original vines of this antique farm.Year after year we have followed the replanting of the vineyards. We believe that in order to make a great natural wine, one must work with great care and attention to the vineyard, using low environmental impact techniques. These challenging actions under a strict economic and organizational profile have allowed us to harvest, by hand, grapes of the highest quality that we then transform in our winery.Here is where we place the utmost care in safeguarding of the cluster, employing simple but strictly enforced techniques and at the same time avoiding invasive procedures which risk the loss of the originality in our grapes. In turn, this allows us to offer unique wines which continue to surprise and excite the fans of natural wine.

L'azienda nasce nel 1921 produce vino ed olio e.v.o., pioniera della valorizzazione dei vitigni autoctoni Cesanese e Passerina da oltre 40 anni si è dedicata al reimpianto dei vigneti utilizzando gli antichi cloni aziendali.Casale della Ioria coniuga l'amore per la biodiversità e la conduzione biologica con l'attenzione alla qualità dei vini che vengono distribuiti nel canale horeca. fra i boschi ed i vigneti dell'azienda biologica ospitiamo dei cavalli di una rara razza autoctona , il pony di Esperia. Fra i vini , biologicici sono due spumanti, un vino dal vitigno Olivella, un Anagni igt,e una versione senza solfiti del Cesanese del Piglio docg

The first 5 acres of the current 35 acres Estate of the Santarelli family at Castel de Paolis were acquired in 1974 by Giulio Santarelli, just to follow his passion for the countryside and grape growing. Until 1985 the grapes of Castel de Paolis were sold to the local cooperative wineries in order to produce the typical local wines like the Frascati Superiore DOC.In 1977 Mr Santarelli started acquiring other small pieces of land neighboring the existing vineyards and little by little the Estate arrived at the current size of 25 acres.
In 1985 from the friendship between Giulio Santarelli, at the time Italian Agriculture Undersecretary of State and Professor Attilio Scienza, Professor at the Faculty of Agriculture at the University of Milan, started the project of research, development and recovery of both ancient local native grape varieties and international grape varieties.The goal was the redevelopment of the Roman Castles enology (a chain of towns just a few miles south of the city of Rome in which Castel de Paolis is located) turning from the canopy vineyards to the row vineyards with a higher density of plants for each acre. By having a higher density of plants, we can achieve a lower grape production, resulting in a higher quality wine, furthermore with a better solar irradiation of the bunches and above all thanks to the extraordinary natural volcanic soil composition of the area that is rich of mineral salt, fundamental for the strength and richness of the wines.Many grape varieties were experimented and planted from 1985 till 1993 like the following varieties: Malvasia Lazio, Bonvino, Grechetto, Cacchione, Bellone, Pecorino, Romanesca, Passerina, Cesanese, Montepulciano, Sangiovese, Moscato Giallo, Moscato Rosa.Among the international varieties the following were planted: Shiraz, Merlot, Cabernet Sauvignon. Alicante Bouchet, Petit Verdot, Viognier, Rousanne, Sauvignon Blanc, Chardonnay, Semillon. Castel de Paolis was the first estate of the area to introduce the green harvest for the red grapes, cutting away two months before the harvest, roughly 25% of the bunches so that the remaining bunches can reach a much higher level of ripening and fragrant aromas. No more than 1.5 kilos of grapes are produced for each single plant.With in hand the results of the eight years period of experimentation of all the above mentioned grapes varieties, all the 25 acres of the Estate were replanted between 1988 and 1993 with the new and high quality grape varieties. In 1992 the new winery was built , with all the modern technologies for the vinification process, like the soft press to squeeze the grapes gently once they are brought at the winery in order to obtain an higher quality grape juice, to the refrigerated steel tanks for the controlled temperature fermentation.

Quando Stefano e Gabriella, passeggiando per la Ciociaria alla ricerca di un lembo di terra da coltivare, acquistano i primi 3,5 ettari nel Comune di Piglio. In quella cristallina mattina di fine estate, hanno deciso che ogni tanto i sogni devono diventare realtà. Così nasce L'Avventura, produttori di felicità.Dalla passione per il vino, tornando alle radici di Stefano nel Lazio, viene l'impegno di esaltare il vitigno autoctono laziale per eccellenza – il Cesanese – nelle sue varie espressioni insieme ad altre chicche del territorio come la Passerina IGT. Ai vigneti al Piglio si aggiungono nuovi terreni nei Comuni di La Forma e Gavignano nel 2016. Inoltre, un uliveto di circa 120 piante apre la pista alla produzione dell'olio extravergine di oliva EVO. L'Avventura si dedica anima e corpo alla promozione del territorio e in particolare alla sue specialità enogastronomiche. The Appeal of Piglio© è il nostro credo: le bellezze naturali e artistiche di questa zona vanno scoperte e assaporate, degustando il piacere come un buon vino. Spalanchiamo le porte a chi vuole conoscere la nostra realtà. Il Cesanese del Piglio, l'unico DOCG rosso del Lazio, è di casa a L'Avventura. Le diverse espressioni di questo vitigno autoctono sono le etichette di spicco della nostra cantina.Un territorio tutto da scoprire, per la sua storia, per l'arte, per le tradizioni enogastronomiche.Alle porte di Roma, sulle alture dei Monti Ernici nell'ombra di Piglio, L'Avventura dà il benvenuto a chi cerca la felicità.Nel 2020, L'Avventura ha ottenuto la Certificazione di Azienda di Produzione Biologica.

Quando Stefano e Gabriella, passeggiando per la Ciociaria alla ricerca di un lembo di terra da coltivare, acquistano i primi 3,5 ettari nel Comune di Piglio. In quella cristallina mattina di fine estate, hanno deciso che ogni tanto i sogni devono diventare realtà. Così nasce L'Avventura, produttori di felicità.Dalla passione per il vino, tornando alle radici di Stefano nel Lazio, viene l'impegno di esaltare il vitigno autoctono laziale per eccellenza – il Cesanese – nelle sue varie espressioni insieme ad altre chicche del territorio come la Passerina IGT. Ai vigneti al Piglio si aggiungono nuovi terreni nei Comuni di La Forma e Gavignano nel 2016. Inoltre, un uliveto di circa 120 piante apre la pista alla produzione dell'olio extravergine di oliva EVO. L'Avventura si dedica anima e corpo alla promozione del territorio e in particolare alla sue specialità enogastronomiche. The Appeal of Piglio© è il nostro credo: le bellezze naturali e artistiche di questa zona vanno scoperte e assaporate, degustando il piacere come un buon vino. Spalanchiamo le porte a chi vuole conoscere la nostra realtà. Il Cesanese del Piglio, l'unico DOCG rosso del Lazio, è di casa a L'Avventura. Le diverse espressioni di questo vitigno autoctono sono le etichette di spicco della nostra cantina.Un territorio tutto da scoprire, per la sua storia, per l'arte, per le tradizioni enogastronomiche.Alle porte di Roma, sulle alture dei Monti Ernici nell'ombra di Piglio, L'Avventura dà il benvenuto a chi cerca la felicità.Nel 2020, L'Avventura ha ottenuto la Certificazione di Azienda di Produzione Biologica

Don Chigazola Don Chigazola is back on California Wine Country with Steve Jaxon and Dan Berger. He is an Italian wine merchant. His company, Chigazola Merchants, imports small lots of fine Italian wine from small family producers located all over Italy, which he sells mainly through the Chigazola Merchants website, to his subscribers. Some wines are also in a few top local restaurants, by the glass. Don describes how he made the transition from a career in the tech industry to setting up his company. He would go on vacation to italy and sample their great wines, most of which are never imported to America. He would come home and look for them, but he could not find the selection and quality he knew from Italy. So, he set up the company to look for good deals on the best wine. He finds small family producers in the country's many wine producing regions, and he selects his favorites among them to establish a business relationship. Dan Berger agrees that there are many great Italian varietals that deserve our attention, that simply do not arrive upon our shores. That's why Chigazola Merchants has such an important role in the market here. There are great varieties that people here have never heard of, and will never find away from Italy. https://secureservercdn.net/198.71.233.28/a1j.e4a.myftpupload.com/wp-content/uploads/2021/06/Sonia_pronounces_Italian_wines.mp3 Here is the recording that shows the pronunciation of these Italian wine and geographical names, from Sonia Maspero, an Italian broadcaster expert in languages, food and beverages. Grazie Sonia!  Dan says that the key to their success is to monitor the quality all the way from bottling to shipping, in cold containers. It's a complicated process. 200 years ago Don's ancestors immigrated to America from Genoa, Italy, arriving in to New Orleans, which was the other early center of Italian immigration apart from the northeast. The first wine they taste is Passerina, it's bright, fresh, young, elegant with aromatics and a very delicate fresh fennel element with a bit of celery on top. Very bright with no oak, balanced, beautiful acidity to go with just enough alcohol. It's labeled as 13.5 but feels like less. The winery is about two kilometers from the beach. Passerina is grown strictly in the Marche, which is the region on the Adriatic coast, along the middle of the peninsula. Every region has its famous wines. Piedmont is known for Barbera and Barolo, Tuscany is known for Chianti, and central Italy is known for whites. Don's wine club members have been asking for more and more white wines lately. Dan Berger thinks it's because there is too much sameness in Chardonnay and Sauvignon Blanc in the US. There is some Pinot Grigio which usually isn't very interesting. The Italian whites grow on you, they all have character of their own. The same family produces the next wine, a Pecorino. It shares a name with sheep's milk cheese, because the grapes grew in the mountains where shepherds brought sheep up into the mountains every summer. The sheep and shepherds ate the grapes and the grapes got their name that way. Don Chigazola has many great stories about friendships made among the families and winemakers. One story of a family in Montemiletto, in the province of Avellino, in the inland hills. There is an old Norman castle there. Don found the piazza in town, in the afternoon, where the local men were congregating. He asked them who made the best local wine and immediately he got a flood of suggestions. He asked them about the De Santis family, whom he was going to visit, and they all said their wine was first rate. So before he even went to the winery, “we had the endorsement of the park bench.” Later, they family got him a private tour of the castle.They also taste the Pecorino, also from Paolo and Carlo Petracci at Cantina Madonnabruna. Dan says it has a very faint hint of dried pineapple. It is great now and could get richer after a year.

Don Chigazola is back on California Wine Country with Steve Jaxon and Dan Berger. He is an Italian wine merchant. His company, Chigazola Merchants, imports small lots of fine Italian wine from small family producers located all over Italy, which he sells mainly through the Chigazola Merchants website, to his subscribers. Some wines are also in a few top local restaurants, by the glass. Don describes how he made the transition from a career in the tech industry to setting up his company. He would go on vacation to italy and sample their great wines, most of which are never imported to America. He would come home and look for them, but he could not find the selection and quality he knew from Italy. So, he set up the company to look for good deals on the best wine. He finds small family producers in the country's many wine producing regions, and he selects his favorites among them to establish a business relationship. Dan Berger agrees that there are many great Italian varietals that deserve our attention, that simply do not arrive upon our shores. That's why Chigazola Merchants has such an important role in the market here. There are great varieties that people here have never heard of, and will never find away from Italy. Here is the recording that shows the pronunciation of these Italian wine and geographical names, from Sonia Maspero, an Italian broadcaster expert in languages, food and beverages. Grazie Sonia!  Dan says that the key to their success is to monitor the quality all the way from bottling to shipping, in cold containers. It's a complicated process. 200 years ago Don's ancestors immigrated to America from Genoa, Italy, arriving in to New Orleans, which was the other early center of Italian immigration apart from the northeast. The first wine they taste is Passerina, it's bright, fresh, young, elegant with aromatics and a very delicate fresh fennel element with a bit of celery on top. Very bright with no oak, balanced, beautiful acidity to go with just enough alcohol. It's labeled as 13.5 but feels like less. The winery is about two kilometers from the beach. Passerina is grown strictly in the Marche, which is the region on the Adriatic coast, along the middle of the peninsula. Every region has its famous wines. Piedmont is known for Barbera and Barolo, Tuscany is known for Chianti, and central Italy is known for whites. Don's wine club members have been asking for more and more white wines lately. Dan Berger thinks it's because there is too much sameness in Chardonnay and Sauvignon Blanc in the US. There is some Pinot Grigio which usually isn't very interesting. The Italian whites grow on you, they all have character of their own. The same family produces the next wine, a Pecorino. It shares a name with sheep's milk cheese, because the grapes grew in the mountains where shepherds brought sheep up into the mountains every summer. The sheep and shepherds ate the grapes and the grapes got their name that way. Don Chigazola has many great stories about friendships made among the families and winemakers. One story of a family in Montemiletto, in the province of Avellino, in the inland hills. There is an old Norman castle there. Don found the piazza in town, in the afternoon, where the local men were congregating. He asked them who made the best local wine and immediately he got a flood of suggestions. He asked them about the De Santis family, whom he was going to visit, and they all said their wine was first rate. So before he even went to the winery, “we had the endorsement of the park bench.” Later, they family got him a private tour of the castle.They also taste the Pecorino, also from Paolo and Carlo Petracci at Cantina Madonnabruna. Dan says it has a very faint hint of dried pineapple. It is great now and could get richer after a year. They also taste the Verdicchio which would go very well with clams. This variety is emerging as one if Italy's most significant white wi...

Montepulciano, Pecorino e Passerina, sono questi i cavalli di battaglia della prima annata della linea Codice Oro di “Codice Vino”, il nuovo progetto nato dalle migliaia di ettari vitati che fanno capo alla maxi-cooperativa Codice Citra. La nuova sfida, una vera e propria “Cantina Boutique”, vede confluire il meglio delle nove zone vitivinicole comprese nella base sociale di Citra sotto la guida di due mostri sacri italiani dell’enologia e dell’agronomia, Riccardo Cotarella e Attilio Scienza. Codice Vino punta all’eccellenza, senza mezzi termini, sia in vigna sia in cantina, e conta di riuscirci anche e proprio perché può contare su una scelta di zone e uve praticamente sconfinata. Una idea “illuminata” come ha detto Attilio Scienza, anche perché “quando le cooperative assumono caratteri imprenditoriali non ce n’è per nessuno” potendo scegliere il meglio della produzione su migliaia di ettari.

Don Chigazola of Chigazola Merchants is back on California Wine Country with Steve Jaxon. Don is just back from Italy with wines from the region of the Marche (“MAR-kay”) which is located on the eastern side of central Italy, on the Adriatic coast. Don Chigazola’s business is to travel the back roads of Italy to find great wines which he buys wholesale and distributes it on his company website. Don speaks Italian well enough to get into conversations with the local people, in order to find the wines that the local people find most interesting. Today Don has brought wines from two of his favorite small producers of white wine, which are sold at the Chigazola Merchants website. Don has brought two different bottles of Verdicchio, from Tenuta dell'Ugolino. Verdicchio is a popular white wine in Italy but is not well known outside the country. Don has also brought two other rather rare Italian varietals, from the Madonnabruna winery, one called Passerina and another called Pecorino (which is not to be confused with sheep's milk cheese!) Dan Berger says that there are a lot of Italian white wines that are all delicious, and quite different among them. Italy is known for reds. They have been making wine for so long, yet in the past, some of their white wines did not travel well and did not have a high profile on the export market. The Italians liked to use concrete vats, for fermentation, which can’t control temperature. Now they use stainless steel. They taste a Verdicchio wine, which is a grape whose name means “green” since its skins are quite green. Dan says this wine needed stainless steel to make a wine that is exportable. This is the most popular white wine in Italy and it’s fabulous. There is no such thing as Chardonnay in Italy (there is a little –ndr) but Verdicchio is everywhere. The winemaker produces two Verdicchio wines, one from about 1200 feet elevation, so cold nights and warm days. Dan says it is a fresh, light, fruity wine, and is delicious. Only in the last decades are the Italian whites this good. There is also one called Passerina, and yet another called Peccorino, (also the name of sheep’s milk cheese). Steve asks Don about Prosecco. There is a lot of Prosecco made in the northeast, but the best is DOCG from Val Dobbiadene. Dan says that the Italian Prosecco producers produce their wine fast, to compete with the Spanish Cava, as an alternative to more expensive French or Italian sparkling wines. The wines that Don has brought today are the ones that he has available now on his website. This is just about the only place to buy these wines, in the US, since Don's selection is so personal and on a small scale. Dan Berger says that he took a trip through Italy with his wife about five years ago, and found a lot of great wines that he will never see again. The people were completely unpretentious and the cafés are wonderful, in the small towns. Don mentions that in the Marche they have a lot of seafood so these wines pair perfectly with that.

In this podcast Monty Waldin meets Andrea Di Fabio, Sales & Marketing Director at Cantina Tollo, another famous wine coop in the Abruzzo region. Monty and Andrea talk about native grape varieties which are typical of Abruzzo such as Montepulciano, Cococciola, and Passerina. Andrea also discuss the way Cantina Tollo fosters organic principles of viticulture with its associates. Tune in to discover the Abruzzo region and its wealth of wines and native grapes! --- [This podcast has been recorded during “Vi.Vite – Vino di Vite Cooperative” an event organized by the Alleanza delle Cooperative Italiane (Alliance of Italian Coops). This episode has been brought to you by Vinitaly 2018, taking place in Verona from April 15th to 18th. Vinitaly is the wine exhibition that helps you discover and get to know Italian wine and features over 4.200 wineries.]

Il territorio abruzzese è naturalmente predisposto alla vitivinicoltura, collocato tra il mare Adriatico e i massicci del Gran Sasso d’Italia e della Majella, dove si snodano tre Parchi Nazionali e più di dieci tra riserve nazionali e regionali.L’Abruzzo può essere suddiviso in due zone: quella interna montuosa, che costituisce oltre il 65% dell’intero territorio regionale, e quella litoranea con l’ampia fascia collinare. Il clima si presenta mite sul versante appenninico rivolto verso il mare, continentale quello dei bacini più interni.Le forti escursioni termiche tra giorno e notte, associate ad una buona ventilazione, garantiscono alla vite un microclima ideale per vegetare e produrre uve di straordinaria qualità.Cantina Valle Tritana ha lo scopo di selezionare e commercializzare prodotti, a partire dal vino Montepulciano d’Abruzzo, di qualità-prezzo favorevoli ai consumatori.Il nome scelto per la Cantina non è casuale, la Valle Tritana è infatti nel cuore della regione abruzzese, al centro di un territorio singolare per le particolari caratteristiche dei terreni pedemontani, per la presenza del Gran Sasso alle spalle ed il conseguente microclima che beneficia di sensibili escursioni termiche con giornate calde e notti fredde. Un territorio che è riconosciuto come uno degli insediamenti più antichi del vitigno Montepulciano d’Abruzzo, che trova la sua principale ragione di identità nell’economia agricola.

Il territorio abruzzese è naturalmente predisposto alla vitivinicoltura, collocato tra il mare Adriatico e i massicci del Gran Sasso d’Italia e della Majella, dove si snodano tre Parchi Nazionali e più di dieci tra riserve nazionali e regionali.L’Abruzzo può essere suddiviso in due zone: quella interna montuosa, che costituisce oltre il 65% dell’intero territorio regionale, e quella litoranea con l’ampia fascia collinare. Il clima si presenta mite sul versante appenninico rivolto verso il mare, continentale quello dei bacini più interni.Le forti escursioni termiche tra giorno e notte, associate ad una buona ventilazione, garantiscono alla vite un microclima ideale per vegetare e produrre uve di straordinaria qualità.Cantina Valle Tritana ha lo scopo di selezionare e commercializzare prodotti, a partire dal vino Montepulciano d’Abruzzo, di qualità-prezzo favorevoli ai consumatori.Il nome scelto per la Cantina non è casuale, la Valle Tritana è infatti nel cuore della regione abruzzese, al centro di un territorio singolare per le particolari caratteristiche dei terreni pedemontani, per la presenza del Gran Sasso alle spalle ed il conseguente microclima che beneficia di sensibili escursioni termiche con giornate calde e notti fredde. Un territorio che è riconosciuto come uno degli insediamenti più antichi del vitigno Montepulciano d’Abruzzo, che trova la sua principale ragione di identità nell’economia agricola.

In diretta va ora in onda Radio Operbacco, parliamo di vino, birra e quello che ci pare. In studio Luca Giovannucci e Dario Pepe. Ospiti in collegamento telefonico il Dottor Giulio Somma (Unione Italiana Vini) e Matteo (Drinkvery.com).

Tenuta Cocci Grifoni è stata fondata nel 1970 da Guido Cocci Grifoni, ed è proprio in questa cantina che è stata prodotta, nel 1969, la prima bottiglia della denominazione Rosso Piceno Superiore. Dedita alla riscoperta e alla rivalutazione delle varietà bianche Pecorino e Passerina, questa cantina marchigiana è fra le principali protagoniste della denominazione Offida, alla quale appartiene il migliore vino di Gennaio 2015 - Il Grifone 2008 - cinque diamanti DiWineTaste.

Tenuta Cocci Grifoni was established in 1970 by Guido Cocci Grifoni, and right here in this winery has been produced, in 1969, the very first bottle of Rosso Piceno Superiore DOC. Committed to the reevaluation of local white varieties Pecorino e Passerina, this winery from Marches is one of the protagonists of Offida appellation, to which belongs the best wine of January 2015 - Il Grifone 2008 - DiWineTaste five diamonds.