✨ Which almost-forgotten Italian grapes deserve more recognition?
🏞️ What might surprise you about the stories and wines from Campania?
📜 What makes wine such a great narrative vehicle throughout history?
Part 1: https://www.nataliemaclean.com/287
💪 What is a heroic wine?
📈 Which emerging trends will shape the taste of Italian wine in the next decade?
🎨 How has Italian art and architecture directly influenced its wines?
Part 2: https://www.nataliemaclean.com/288
🎙️ In this episode of the Unreserved Wine Talk podcast, you’ll hear the stories and tips that answer those questions in our chat with Marc Millon, author of Italy in a Wine Glass: The Story of Italy Through its Wines.
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Transcript:
Natalie MacLean: Do you have a thirst to learn about wine? Do you love stories about wonderfully obsessive people, hauntingly beautiful places, and amusingly awkward social situations? Well, that’s the blend here on the Unreserved Wine Talk podcast. I’m your host Natalie MacLean.
Natalie MacLean: And each week I share with you unfiltered conversations with celebrities in the wine world, as well as confessions from my own tipsy journey as I write my third book on this subject. I’m so glad you’re here. Now pass me that bottle, please, and let’s get started. Welcome to episode 287. Which almost forgotten grape Italian varieties deserve more recognition. What might surprise you about the stories and wines from Campania? And what makes wine such a great narrative vehicle throughout history. In today’s episode, you’ll hear the stories and tips that answer those questions in our chat with Mark Millen, author of Italy and a Wine Glass The Story of Italy through Its Wines. Three of you are going to win a copy of Mark’s terrific new book, Italy in a wineglass. All you have to do is email me at Natalie at Natalie MacLean dot com, and let me know that you’d like to win a copy. I’ll choose three people randomly from those who contact me. If you haven’t won a book yet, now’s your chance and keep listening, as my goal is to offer lots more books and other prizes.
Natalie MacLean: With every episode, you can qualify no matter where you live. As you may have noticed, I interview a lot of wine book authors on this podcast far more than I do winemakers. Why is that? I’m glad you asked, because I’m looking for fascinating stories that both entertain and educate you about wine. There are lots of knowledgeable winemakers out there, but those who can tell colorful stories with humor and insight are a smaller subset. I’ve had many of them on this show, including Randall Graham from California, Charles back from South Africa, and Sperling from Niagara, among others. With authors, storytelling is how they we earn our living. Sure, I’m biased, but my first priority is always to you as a listener. If you can learn about the wines of Burgundy, Jura, the French Alps and today Italy via these authors who in turn have interviewed many winemakers to mine their stories, why not? You’re still learning about wine, grapes, regions, pairings and cultural issues, but I think it’s more fun and often more densely packed with info nuggets that you’ll remember because they’re wrapped in stories.
Natalie MacLean: That said, I’m going to make an effort to include more winemakers going forward. Stay tuned for these interviews. That will often be a bonus to the interviews you already get through this podcast. The other thing I’m changing going forward is how I share interviews from when I’ve been a guest on other podcasts. For those that focus on my book wine which on fire, rising from the ashes of divorce, defamation and drinking too much, I’ll include them as a bonus at the end of the regular wine interview on the same episode as I’m doing today with the wonderful Bianca marais, host of the podcast that no one tells you about writing.
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