Italian Wine Podcast

Welcome to episode 2030 of the Italian Wine Podcast, Wine, Food & Travel With Marc Millon. Today, he is interviewing Elena Tessari of La Cappuccina winery. The winery is awarded the Best Biodynamic White Wine 2024 Trophy for Soave Doc San Brizio 2022 in Wine Without Walls, a section of 5StarWines – the Book wine selection in 2024 More about today’s winery: Sisto, Elena and Pietro Tessari are the 4th generation of the Tessari family. Sisto is the agronomist and representative of export markets. Pietro is the oenologist / winemaker.  Elena, with a degree in Economics and Business, is responsible for marketing and public relations. She is a sommelier, "Donna del Vino" and "Castellana di Soave".  The winery is located in Costalunga di Monteforte d’Alpone (Veneto, Italy) in the Soave wine area,  with black  basalt rocks and volcanic origin. The main grapes they produce are Garganega and Trebbiano di Soave - 70% of the production is white wines. Key facts: 1.Organic since 1985 with biodynamic practices, that’s