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videoDiscovering Wine Country Valtalina Italy Interview Shorts #italy #wineenthusiast #winemakers
Discovering Vini di Valtellina – Chiavennasca – the Nebbiolo of the Alps Far in the north of Italy’s Lombardia region, tucked between the Rhaetian Alps of Switzerland and the Orobiche Alps in Italy, you find the east-west valley of Valtellina. Here, the Adda River flows from the Swiss Alps through the Valtellina Valley and then out to the west into Lake Como, past Milan, and eventually to the Po River. The Alps protect this region from storms. The rain shadow that is caused means they receive less than 900 millimeters of rain annually. The valley’s north side, which gets the southern exposure, has terraces of vines planted to catch the light. Vineyards here are steep. “Muretti” the dry stone walls that terrace the vines The roots of the vines here drive into the mother rock giving the Nebbiolo here lighter tannins and higher minerality. The Adda River has always been known to flood. Its water originates from snowpack in the Alps, so grapes were planted on the steep slopes bet
videoDiscovering Wine Country Valtalina Italy Episodes #italy #travel #wine #wineenthusiast
21 days Discovering Northern Italy We are gearing up to share with you our amazing 21 days discovering Northern Italy. We spent 3 weeks exploring Northern Italy, meeting winemakers, exploring regions, tasting delicious wines and visiting cities that put into perspective the age and knowledge of this land. Discovering Vini di Valtellina – Chiavennasca – the Nebbiolo of the Alps Far in the north of Italy’s Lombardia region, tucked between the Rhaetian Alps of Switzerland and the Orobiche Alps in Italy, you find the east-west valley of Valtellina. Here, the Adda River flows from the Swiss Alps through the Valtellina Valley and then out to the west into Lake Como, past Milan, and eventually to the Po River. The Alps protect this region from storms. The rain shadow that is caused means they receive less than 900 millimeters of rain annually. The valley’s north side, which gets the southern exposure, has terraces of vines planted to catch the light. Vineyards here are steep. “Mur
videoCan Wine Save The Planet Climate Chaos
Our planet is in the midst of climate chaos. We are seeing the desertification of land, chaotic rain events and flooding, heat events, and severe drought. Not to mention the plastic and trash littering our globe. Carbon released into the atmosphere shapes our climate, warming parts of the planet and causing glaciers to crumble and jet streams to slow and stagnate. We watch as the world around us changes in unexpected and dangerous ways. Vineyards, both large and small, are embracing farming methods that revitalize their soils. This sequesters carbon and helps mitigate climate change! Climate Chaos means you might be in a drought one year and a flood the next. Northern Italy saw this with a Severe Drought in the summer of 2022 and then heavy rains and flooding in the spring of 2023. Germany saw horrific flooding in Ahr in the summer of 2021, and devastating floods in Northern Germany occurred as recently as January 2024. In South America, El Nino brought severe rain and flooding to
videoDiscovering Wine Country Vigna Petrussa Sustainability #wineenthusiast #travel #wine #winelover
21 days Discovering Northern Italy We are gearing up to share with you our amazing 21 days discovering Northern Italy. We spent 3 weeks exploring Northern Italy, meeting winemakers, exploring regions, tasting delicious wines and visiting cities that put into perspective the age and knowledge of this land. On a rainy morning in Milan, Francesca Mecchia jumped on her moped and made the 10-minute drive to meet us at our hotel near Milano Centrale. The plush lobby had ample seating nooks to allow us space to set up for an interview. We were grateful she was able to meet us here. Our trip through Northern Italy was full of short trips to many regions, and getting to the village of Albana, where her family winery, Vigna Petrussa, was located on the Slovenian border, was not in the cards for us. #wineregions #drinkwine #wine #discoveringtheworld #winecountry #winelovers #winetasting #wineenthusiast #winery #discoveringwinecountry #crushedgrapechronicles #vineyards #green #redwine
videoDiscovering Wine Country, Vigna Petrussa the Women #women #travel #wineenthusiast
21 days Discovering Northern Italy We are gearing up to share with you our amazing 21 days discovering Northern Italy. We spent 3 weeks exploring Northern Italy, meeting winemakers, exploring regions, tasting delicious wines and visiting cities that put into perspective the age and knowledge of this land. On a rainy morning in Milan, Francesca Mecchia jumped on her moped and made the 10-minute drive to meet us at our hotel near Milano Centrale. The plush lobby had ample seating nooks to allow us space to set up for an interview. We were grateful she was able to meet us here. Our trip through Northern Italy was full of short trips to many regions, and getting to the village of Albana, where her family winery, Vigna Petrussa, was located on the Slovenian border, was not in the cards for us. #wineregions #drinkwine #wine #discoveringtheworld #winecountry #winelovers #winetasting #wineenthusiast #winery #discoveringwinecountry #crushedgrapechronicles #vineyards #green #redwine
videoDiscovering Wine Country Italy Season 2 #italy #travel #life
21 days Discovering Northern Italy We are gearing up to share with you our amazing 21 days discovering Northern Italy. In late September and early October of last year, we spent 3 weeks exploring Northern Italy, meeting winemakers, exploring regions, tasting delicious wines and visiting cities that put into perspective the age and knowledge of this land. We saw the first plow! We rode the Bernina Express, we sipped mint coffee at Café Pedrocchi in Padua, climbed steep vineyards in Valdobbiadene and took the obligatory gondola ride in Venice. Here’s a bit of what you can expect! Milan, Navigli, St. Moritz, Lombardia, Moscato di Scanzo, Valtènesi, Desenzano del Garda, Zamichele, Lugana, Bugno Martino, Mantova, Trentino Alto-Adige, Trento, Bolzano, Valdobbiadene, Conegliano, Prosecco, Col del Balt, Eros Zanon, Boschera, Veneto, Valtellina, La Perla di Marco Triacca, Marcel Zanolari, Lessini Durello, Sandro de Bruno, Soave, Venice, Valpolicella, Verona, Padua, Fasoli Gino, Florence, C
videoDiscovering Wine Country BioDynamics and Regenerative Agriculture #farming #educational #science
Down the Rabbit hole of Biodynamic and Regenerative Viticulture This is where the entire episode is the Rabbit hole. We find that the wines we like the most, the vineyards that produce wines with complexity and energy, generally come from biodynamic vineyards. There are several reasons for this. These winemakers have a passion for the ecosystem, where healthy plants co-exist. This type of farming is more work. You must be passionate. Most of these people have done their research and maybe experimented to see if this really worked. The second is that you can see the results in the soil. As the plants mature, animals and the good insects start appearing. Biodynamics generally takes 5 to 8 years, but you can see the results all around when it takes off. We will start with a refresher, the biodynamic basics. Then we will share thoughts on biodynamics from the people who are doing this, the winemakers and wineries. Then we leap down another rabbit hole to regenerative agricult
videoDiscovering Wine Country Applegate Valley Oregon Troon Vinyard #oregon #educationalvideo #farming
In this episode of Discovering Wine Country, we are focusing on Biodynamics and Troon Vineyard in Oregon’s Applegate Valley. This will also be an introduction to Biodynamics, and we will share conversations with several biodynamic vineyard owners. There will also be a preview of Regenerative Agriculture which we will discuss more in a future episode. Troon vineyard has transitioned to biodynamic and is now the 2nd vineyard in the world to become Regenerative Organic Certified. Andrew Beedy the Troon Biodynamic Consultant speaks with us and finally taste through some of the Troon wines. The Applegate Valley Just north of the California border nested within the Rogue Valley, you find the Applegate Valley AVA. This valley, created by the Applegate River has soils dominated by river sediment. The thing about river sediment is that it is moving and depositing soil and the Applegate River has shifted and moved, so the soils, while all alluvial are different depending on when they were d
videoDiscovering Wine Country Biodynamics 101 #educational #video #farming #climate #wine
Biodynamics was a reaction to the industrial farming that came out of the Industrial Revolution, a time when mechanization and mass production were changing the natural way that farmers grew food. Farms got bigger biodiversity dropped off and with it, these large fields of one crop were more susceptible to pests and diseases. This created the need for pesticides. Farmers planted the same crop over and over,depleting the nutrients in the soil and creating the need for added fertilizer. Biodynamics looks at each farm as an ecosystem, not a series of crops or livestock.In this way, the biodiversity of plants and animals work together to keep the farm healthy. It is based on the movement of the sun, moon, planets, and the seasons. There are 9 specific preparations used to replenish the earth and the ecosystem, keeping the plants healthy as well as the community of healthy microbes in the soil. Farming has always been based on seasons and teas & early medicines were all made from plants.