This is the Untold Italy travel podcast and you're listening to episode number 196.

Ciao at all and benvenuti to Untold Italy, the travel podcast where you go to the towns and

villages, mountains and lakes, hills and coastlines of

Bella Italia.

Each week your host, Katie Clark, takes you on a journey in search of magical landscapes,

history, culture, wine, gelato, and of course, a whole lot of pasta.

If you're dreaming of Italy and planning future adventures there,

you've come to the right place.

Chin Chin, goodiorno, everyone.

Today we're joined again by Italian wine experts Olivia

Windsor and Andrea Mitya Rua from Italian Wine Tales to delve deep into the history, culture and

varieties of red wines in Italy that you're going to find on your travels. This is the third

in our series on Italian wine. We've previously covered sparkling and white varieties,

but I guess red wine is what Italy is best known for.

And wow, do we need to cover a bit of ground.

Italy produces the most wine of any country in the world,

and most of these are in fact red varieties.

There's a huge diversity in the wine thanks to the

terroir or environment in which it's grown to the methods used. So wherever you go in Italy,

you're bound to discover something new. Most of us are familiar with Kianti and perhaps

Borolo or the Super Tuscans, but Olivia and Andrea are here to open your ears and taste buds

to the opportunity to taste different varieties on your travels and perhaps discover some

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