16 Italian Wine

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Rick Steves

Rick Steves, Public Radio, 721132, Europe, Society & Culture, Places & Travel, Npr, Travel

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🗓️ 24 July 2005

⏱️ 53 minutes

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This week, Rick learns the fine points of sampling fine wine with vintner Cecelia Bottai (che-CHEE_lya bo-TYE) and Ruth Arista (ar-REES-ta). Cecelia's vineyards have been growing grapes for 2000 years in Italy's Umbria region, and Ruth operates a wine shop in Rick's hometown in the Seattle suburbs. They discuss the difference in reputation between red, white and rosé wines in Europe, and what your senses can look for when sampling a good glass of wine. It's "Wine Tasting 101," plus listener calls on planning family trips to Europe, on this week's Travel with Rick Steves. For more information on Travel with Rick Steves - including episode descriptions, program archives and related details - visit www.ricksteves.com.

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0:00.0	Many of the pleasures of life and of travel come in a bottle.
0:07.0	Hi I'm Rick Steves and this is Travel with Rick Steves.
0:10.0	Today I want to learn more about appreciating fine wine. So I've invited a couple of friends
0:15.0	into the studio and they've brought some great teaching aids, a couple bottles of their best.
0:20.8	My Italian friend Chichilia Botai runs a family vineyard in Umbria on land that's produced
0:26.1	some of the world's finest grapes for centuries.
0:29.0	You can have it any time you feel like having a nice glass of wine.
0:32.0	It's a very relaxing wine. It has to be an easy, well done, pleasant
0:36.8	wine. And Ruth Arista runs a wine shop in my hometown. Together, they're going to teach
0:42.3	us what to look for when tasting wine and explain
0:45.4	some of the differences between visiting wineries in Europe and in North America.
0:50.3	Wine Tasting 101 promises to be a good time in the hour ahead on Travel with Rick
0:56.1	Steeves.
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1:12.0	American Airlines knows why you fly. Like a masterful painting or an
1:16.6	exquisite area a good glass of wine is one of the real pleasures of life.
1:20.6	Hi I'm Rick Steeves. In many places we travel, it seems life revolves around the production and appreciation of fine wine.
1:29.6	And in those places to really understand the culture, you need to understand the wine.
1:34.0	So on today's travel with Rick Steve's, we're getting set up for a classroom experience
1:39.0	that comes with a great bouquet, wine tasting 101. My Italian friend Chichilia Botai and my local
1:45.9	wine merchant, Ruth Arista, have dropped into our studio with a picnic basket and inside
1:50.6	are a couple of bottles from Chichilia's family winery in Umbria.
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