2023 has been yet another fun-packed year for ITALIAN WINE TRAVEL with Stevie Kim.
We visited more wineries, spoke to more producers and discovered more Italian food and wine than ever before.
In this episode we revisit some of the wine tasting highlights we experienced throughout the year, .
From Verona, Stevie travels to Sicily, Brescia, Rome, Novara, Paestum, Venice, Tuscany and Valpolicella, tasting some of Italy’s most interesting wines along the way.
We hope you enjoy this collection of some of Stevie’s greatest moments from 2023.
What was your Italian wine tasting highlight of 2023?
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Italian wine travel with Stevie Kim Welcome to the 2023 wine tasting recap for on the road with Stevie Kim make yourself dizzy watching Stevie travel up and down the country throughout the year on her mission to taste the best Italian wines today we leave our home in Verona and fly south
To the beautiful island of Sicily on the northwest coast to memphi where we arrive at tanut ulmo the historic home of planeta Winery this was the place where planeta began and Stevie spends the day with alesio planeta the owner of the company today they taste tabino 2022 100% guo And dakus
2018 100% Cabernet Fran the name of the wine was based on the nickname for Diego planeta given to him by his father when he was an unruly child alesio and Stevie discussed the history of the company the explanation of all the different Estates before we fly back to brasia in the
North in Lombardy to francha corta and the Beautiful convento deauna on Monte orano Stevie spends the day with Franchesca morti the vice president of holding P morti they get to have a picnic in the gorgeous Vineyards and discuss the Bell Vista Wines in general francha corta wines made from chardonay
And Pino Noir today they taste together Bell Vista Victorio morti 2016 a fantastic blend of six Vineyards 62% chardonay and 38% Pino Noir spending 70 months on its leaves off we go again from Russia to Rome in Lazio Stevie takes in the sites of the capital city Rome on her way to
The restaurant Flavio aloa where she meets up with alesio de Mayo norante from M tasting his fallena 2021 36-hour skin contact and full malolactic conversion to give it great body and Don Luigi Reserva 2017 100% Monte poano proving that both Italian whites and reds go with classic
Dishes today torello Alo Pepe and ratoni carbonara off we go on our travels from Rome back North up to nov in pamon to the gorgeous Villa crusy on Lake orta a fstar hotel built in 1879 it now contains the three Michelin star restaurant of Antonio canava the
Third star was awarded in 2022 Stevie’s here today as a guest for the preview of the Julio Ferrari colion 2004 she meets with Mato lunelli the CEO of Ferrari trento do Winery they taste together the Julio Ferrari colion 2004 extra brute 17 years on Le’s 100%
Chardonay our next trip heads down to ca to pum a historical site similar to Pompei in the province of solerno on the beautiful seafront where we visit the beach club 93 owned by jeppi Pagano of San Salvatore 1988 Winery with a fantastic spread of lunch in front of us
Stevie and jpe Pagano share Joy Rosé brute 24 months on Lees made from 100% Aliano piano 2018 an organic Fano 650 m above sea level made all in steel and kalao 2022 an organic 100% Greco also made in steel finally veted Ros 2022 100% Alano with 6 hours of mation
On skins a provol style of wine but its heart is in Cento the beautiful Province where these wines are made all four wines pair perfectly with these typical dishes from the med ranean diet we see a grand Plateau Royale of seafood de Al toti and CPR mozarella truly a Mediterranean diet
Feast Stevie turns back to home to Veno to Venice where we see the gorgeous City that we all know and love and head off to the beaches at kioa especially to take a look at the much discussed Blue Crabs colleagues from the office went and did the fishing themselves caught
The crab and took it back where it was used as the main ingredient in two recipes created specifically for a food and wine pairing by Chef Andrea Tada we have Linguini with blue crab and blue crab salad for the pairing Stevie and colleagues tasted Boral Pro SE Superior m m
2020 Petra Rito Etna biano 2021 made with kante from toror in Sicily La Cola IL montino taso from pamon poz pay 2020 made with chardonay also in pamon and beri 61 Nat Ros 2015 made with Pino Noir all showing how versatile blue crabs can be as a food pairing for Italian wines heading
South again Stevie heads to saretto in Tuscany on the morma coast just to take a look at the beautiful beaches and head to Petra Winery where she has the opportunity to spend the day with Janette cido the general manager of Petra tasting some of the iconic wines from the winery this is
A famous Winery begun in 1808 by Elisa bonapart Napoleon’s sister now owned by the Moretti family since 1997 with Franchesca morati at the helm the Swiss architect Mario Bola created a low impact beautiful Winery which is now 70% female employees Stevie and Janette taste hebo 2021 50% cabon 40% Merlo and 10%
Sanui Alto 2020 100% sanesi K Alo 2021 100% SRA qu go 2020 100% Merlo potenti 2021 100% Cabernet svon and Petra 2020 the flagship wine of the estate made of 60% Cabernet svon 28 Merlo and 12% Cabernet Fran and our final trip sees CV TR Trel back North to Veno home again in
Verona valella to Costa and Artisan Winery on 35 hectares in the Val pentana area Stevie is a guest at the winery today and she interviews Giovani casati the chief wine maker and agronomist and Antonella imoa the marketing manager they taste together valella Superior 2021 a blend of Corvina Cor Von and
Rondella the traditional Grapes of the region amaron de laella 2018 made from the same blend of grapes many of them dried and molinara Rosé a charmat method molinara 100% sparkling wine that spends 5 months on leaves in steel tanks and that’s a wrap for the 2023
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