Monday Sep 16, 2024

Italian Wine: What you need to know living in Italy

How much do you really know about Italian Wine?
Truly there is way too much to cover in just a podcast episode (why I took the entire 2 courses to become an Italian Wine Scholar!) But I love wine, and I love telling people about how amazing Italian wine traditions are, so here’s my introduction for you on wine in Italy.

If you’re an expat in Italy, wine probably has become a part of your daily life, even if you aren’t a drinker, you’ll hear about it everywhere, and you’ll need to gift it eventually, it’s a thing.

So here are some great fun facts for you to whip out and impress your Italian and wine friends. This episode explains the DOCG / DOC system, why Prosecco isn’t all it’s cracked up to be and a few of my own favorite wines.

The course I mentioned: https://www.winescholarguild.com/iws-free-chapter

Articles about how Prosecco sucks:
Soil Erosion - https://journals.plos.org/plosone/article

Pesticides - https://ilsalvagente.it/2019/02/20/ghiaccio-prosecco-e-pesticidi-la-nostra-inchiesta-integrale-su-12-bollicine/

https://www.pan-europe.info/blog/prosecco-story-not-sparkling-wine-local-resistance-against-pesticides

My Favorite Wines:
-Franciacorta and Trento DOC
-Ruché
-Francone Barbera d’Alba Superiore or Michele Chiaro Cipressi Barbera
-Pinot Grigio Ramato by Specogna

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Thanks for listening to the Real Life in Italy.

This podcast is for foreigners living in Italy, who are all just trying to make sense of it all.

Listen in to learn all about a side of living in Italy everyone else forgot to tell you about. But don’t expect us all to be better, I promise. Expect some good laughs, helpful tips and cultural explanations, and expat stories to remind you that you aren’t alone, and it’ll all work out.

Italian Wine: What you need to know living in Italy

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