Italian Wine Podcast

Welcome to Clubhouse’s Ambassadors’ Corner and Episode 2471 of the Italian Wine Podcast.  In this bonus episode, IWP producer Beatrice Motterle hosts an interactive discussion with Marco Ricasoli-Firidolfi of Rocca di Montegrossi in Gaiole, Chianti Classico. Marco answers questions from the Vinitaly International Academy community, offering his perspective on the wine market and pricing, blending varieties such as Pugnitello, his views on NOLO wines and related regulations in Italy. These sessions are recorded from Clubhouse and reproduced here for the Italian Wine Podcast.  More about today’s guest:   Rocca di Montegrossi is located in the heart of Chianti Classico, in the town of Monti in Chianti, within the municipality of Gaiole in Chianti, Tuscany. The winery is situated near the Romanesque church of San Marcellino, in an area characterized by rolling hills, limestone soils, and an altitude ranging from 340 to 510 meters above sea level. The fortress Rocca di Montegrossi was established by Geremia,