Italian Wine Podcast

Welcome to Episode 1732 on Italian Wine Podcast, Masterclass US Wine Market With Juliana Colangelo. Today she moderates a wine2wine Business Forum 2023 session entitled “Spreading the Italian Wine Gospel to the Next Generation - Engaging New Sommeliers Italy through Discovery” with Shelley Lidgren Abstract: When Shelley Lindgren opened A16 Restaurants in California in 2004, southern Italy was far less travelled than it is today - especially in terms of wine. The historic viticulture and autochthonous grapes from this region were ripe for rediscovery by an international audience thirsty for unknown wines. This session will discuss the ups and downs of attempting to focus a wine list based on the regions and grapes of Southern Italy at A16 over the past 20 years, and the difficulties of sourcing wines from small areas such as Ischia or Molise. Lindgren discusses how times have changed and the growth of exploration in many southern Italian wine regions is uncovering a pastoral paradise of grapevines. These regio