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Ep 306: Planeta and the story of modern Sicilian wine with Alessio Planeta

Dec 18, 2019

While I was in Verona at Wine2Wine, I had the chance to speak with Alessio Planeta, President at Assovini Sicilia and Owner at Planeta Winery.

For five centuries and through seventeen generations, Planeta has been active in changing and improving agriculture in Sicily. Alessio Planeta has spent his life dedicated to the...

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Ep 305: Gaia Gaja on the Past and Future of Barbaresco and Piedmont, Italy

Dec 9, 2019

This week, one of the most famous wine producers in the world joins us -- Gaia Gaja from Gaja in Barbaresco in Piedmont, Italy. We discuss the history of her famed family, why their wines are like liquid velvet, and how climate change is forcing new ways of thinking.

Her philosophy, outlook, and class show why Gaja has...

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Ep 304: Hightower Cellars, Red Mountain, Washington, and an Honest Look at WA Wine

Dec 2, 2019

Tim and Kelly Hightower of Hightower Cellars have been making beautiful wine in Washington State (in the northwest of the US) specifically Red Mountain, for about 2.5 decades. They tell us about the evolution of Washington State wine, their path to owning a boutique winery, and then we discuss some of the...

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