Italian Wine Podcast

Welcome to Episode 2354 of the Italian Wine Podcast and Everybody Needs a Bit of Scienza, where Professor Scienza takes questions from the international wine community and answers them in his own inimitable way! These episodes are generally in Italian. Today’s question comes from Cynthia Chaplin. Today’s question(s):  Do you think more regulations would be positive or negative for the Etna Contrade system? Does the region need a DOCG? Ritiene che più leggi avrebbero un impatto positivo o negativo sul sistema delle Contrade dell’Etna? La regione ha bisogno di una DOCG? More about Professor Scienza: Professor Attilio 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