Italian Wine Podcast

Welcome to Episode 2172 of the Italian Wine Podcast and Everybody Needs a Bit of Scienza, where Professo Scienza takes questions from the international wine community and answers them in his own inimitable way! These shows are generally in the Italian language.  Today’s questions come from Giulia Stocchetti & Veronica Pimazzoni. Today’s questions:  Piwi or Indigenous varieties - what’s the best answer to climate change and new climate conditions? Piwi e varietà indigene: quali sono le risposte migliori ai cambiamenti climatici e alle nuove condizioni climatiche? More about Professor Scienza: Professor Atillio Scienza is the one who checks all the facts and regulates when we mistakenly type “Verdicchio” instead of “Vermentino.” He is a full professor at the University of Milan in the Department of Agricultural and Food Sciences where he teaches courses on genetic improvements to the vine; he also teaches Viticulture in the Master’s program of the University of Turin in Asti. He has been the lead for many