Italian Wine Podcast

Welcome to Book Club and Episode 2216 of the Italian Wine Podcast with Richard Hough. Today Richard is in conversation with Elia Quarzago an Italian vineyard manager based on the Spanish island of Mallorca and co-author of “ 100 custodi per 100 vitigni”.   Amongst other things, the conversion covers Elia’s career in wine, Mallorca’s winemaking culture and the preservation of at risk Italian grape varieties.   On the bookshelf: The books discussed in today’s show include:  Theroux The Keyhole: Diaries of a Grounded Documentary Maker by Louis Theroux You can listen to Marc Millon’s interview with Matteo Bisol of the Venissa winery in Venice (which preserves the native grape variety Dorona) at: https://www.italianwinepodcast.com/jumbo-shrimp-maps-series/ep-763-matteo-bisol-wine-food-travel-with-marc-millon-2/   More about today’s guest: Elia Quarzago is a winemaker and vineyard manager at Bodega Finca Can Gelat in Mallorca and member of GRASPO, a reserach project based in Verona, Italy, with the aim of studyin