Italian Wine Podcast

Welcome to Episode 2063, where Prof. Scienza takes questions from the wine community and answers them in his inimitable way! These shows are generally in the Italian language. Today’s question comes from Yvonne Zohar part 1 of 2 Today’s questions:  Question 1 - I often go to Crete (we are developing a hospitality project there) where I talk with winemakers and archaeologists. As you know Cretans/ Minoans were the seafarers of the ancient world, trading pottery and wine for materials they needed, such as metals. In Greece they date the contacts between Italy much earlier than your research shows. How do you explain the difference?  Italian: Vado spesso a Creta (stiamo sviluppando un progetto di ospitalità lì) dove parlo con produttori di vino e archeologi. Come sapete, i cretesi/minoici erano i navigatori del mondo antico e scambiavano ceramiche e vino con i materiali di cui avevano bisogno, come i metalli. In Grecia i contatti con l'Italia sono datati molto prima di quanto non risulti dalle vostre ricerche.