Italian Wine Podcast

Welcome to Episode 1455 in which Marc Millon interviews Annette Mueller of Fattoria La Vialla, awarded with the Best Winery Wine Without Walls 2023 Trophy, Vernaccia di San Gimignano DOCG Riserva Vino Biologico 2020 (Best Biodynamic White Wine 2023), Oltrepò Pavese Metodo Classico Docg Extra Brut Millesimato Vino Biologico il 35 2018 (Best Organic Sparkling Wine 2023) at the 5StarWines & Wine Without Walls wine selection in 2023. More about today’s winery: Fattoria La Vialla is a family-run, organic-biodynamic farm and wine estate. Already a farm over two centuries ago, it was retrieved from abandon and taken into safekeeping by the Lo Franco Family in 1978. Today La Vialla uses organic and biodynamic methods to cultivate 1,600 hectares/3,954 acres of land (with the largest Demeter certified surface area in Italy) and produces its own wine, extra virgin olive oil, pecorino cheese, appetizers, sauces, pasta, vinegar, honey, biscuits and other sweet delicacies – directly from vineyard to bottle, from vegetable