Today we will go back on the trace of one of the oldest wines of Italy, the Vernaccia di San Gimignano.
This wonderful wine is full of mistakes and a fascinating history!
Let’s discover all of it in this big journey across time 🍷❤️
Tell me in the comments which story about the wine you want to know.
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What is the veracha and why do I get angry when they compare to Pino follow me on this episode to find out hi i p from pona welcome on wine tips today we are going to talk about history but not an ordinary history today we will talk about the history of
Vera the jimano many people don’t know this wine and maybe you don’t know either but I’m sure once you get to the end of the video you will want to come here and taste it well now get comfortable and let yourself be carried away our Story begins in the middle age around
1,100 during the First Crusade The Crusade were wordss that were initially fought not only by Soldier but also by Nobles who were tried to show off in the eyes of the king precisely during those Wars the love for vog Greco was born Greeks wine were wine that were produced not also in
Greece but also on C of tunisi and Damascus and because of their geographic location they were very sweet and immediately made a brch in the heart of the Nobles who were not used to such flavors before going on I want to clarify one thing the terminology I will
Use such as wheat sore salty should refrain from making Faith with our flavors but we should try to imagine the flavor of that era in fact the wine that I called sweet earlier for us very likely will not have been lovely but tal or even likely so this because at that
Time they drunk two type of wine one is the raspon which is the everyday wine made from the waste of grape white and red grapes together grapes with different aging of riping ven ified with open vet which makes the wine oxidized and become very acidic the wine has a
Low alcohol contact and was mainly used to sanitize water as it was very challenging to find drinkable water the other was the wine proper made with a Bor selection of grap but in the same way it was acidic because it was verified in open vet the r asum was the
Wine of the people and was also GI to the children with water where the wine was only for the Noels having clarified that we can proceed with the story when the Nobles return from The Crusade they tried to imitate those flavors they had tasted in those far away lands but with no
Results so they decided to import him through out Italy the Greeks wine become their spread imported in Venice and from there distributed in the most prominent Italian Market these markets had a problem related to Transportation the main one was that the transportation could be done just once
Or twice per year by ship so the final product have a very high cost for this reason it was decided to plant in Italy the vines that were used to make the V greo so here in 1,200 in Italy began to appear the first Vineyards of vog Greco
Among the vines planted was Vera 1274 is one it’s an important date for our journey as that year we have the first document of sanjian mentioning it’s veracha veracha soon became one of the most important wines of Italy considered by many to be an excellent product
Including the king of France who in the 1328 have a truck ties writing about a wine competition where the veracha would not be allowed to par this because it was the the best wine in the world many wrotes about this wine I Leave You someone here and among the
Most important thing connected to this wine were the Miracles of Santa Karina da Siena who used to put veracha on the whis to C the sea now did you understand how important was this wine as we said in tasani that in English is we don’t fry
It with water that means we know how to make things now the visal point is what wine was and how it was made there are many description about this wine but as I said before or we don’t have to think things literally theya turned it out sweet soft
And lovable the wine making was done in vets of Terra cot with long mation to extract all the Aromas and all the Sweetness sound familiar that’s right our veracha and Afra is made with the recipe that was used in the 1,44 Vera also own its Fame to the great trades that inhabitance of sanano development in fact the grown of this M Town was one of the most longest lasting until
1550 its business was based on the franch asan and the Sea roads were explored thanks to the strong aliens with their Republic of Piza from 1,600 to 1930 veracha and the wine in Italy and Europe suffered a blow because the noble classes began to prefer drinks such as tea chocolate from the Americans
To Wine our veracha survived and arrives till 1930 when thanks to Carlo frola an agronomist from Vala it is rediscovered and it’s important recognize it only 1966 was official recognized with the doc certification and in the 1993 with the docg certification This is the End thank you for getting this far I
Know it was long but history of this wine it’s not trivial now I can answer you the initial question what is the veracha and why do I get angry when they compare to p I am from San jimano so WEA what is my story written in a glass of wine that’s all I hope to see you soon here at a winery to have a glass of wine together I know you want to taste it below I leave you all the links to our social and
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