This is the Untold Italy Travel Podcast and you're listening to episode number 206.

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.

Buonjano, everyone. Happy New Year. Buonano. I hope you've all had a great start to the year

and are excitedly planning your trips to Italy in 2024. On this episode, we're starting a series

about Italian wine regions because apart from being a delicious accompaniment to your meal,

wine is such an important part of Italian culture,

whether you drink it or not. There are over 450 recognised grape varieties grown across

Italy's 20 regions and they create beautiful blends of wine that are designed to match perfectly

with local dishes. And apart from the grapes, some other things that are important to winemaking,

the towa or landscape, the soil, climate and more. So having an appreciation of local Italian

wines is to also delve deep into what makes each microregion so special, and it's also a

great touchpoint and way to travel around the country.

We're going to start this series off with the variety known as the King of Italian wines, Borolo.

Found in the beautiful northern region of Piedmont, which borders France and Switzerland,

this wine region is very special and one of the most celebrated in Italy.

Our Italian wine experts, Olivia Windsor and Andrea Mityibua from Italian Wine Tales, are joining us to tell us all about Borolo, and I can't think of a better couple to do that.

Andrea was born and raised in Piedmont, and in fact, when I was in Piedmont last year, we visited

a winery where his grandmother had played

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