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I'm Erin Scala and here's our show today. Oh, Tasting the Pelavirga grape variety can help brought in a general approach to wine in the Piedmonte.

Though Pelaverga has been grown in the region for centuries and was even a popular table

grape, its popularity dropped after the World Wars and in the mid-90s it was sometimes even

given away as gifts between winemakers and their friends. Today it enjoys a local Piedmonte popularity, particularly in Verduno and growing interest in the global marketplace.

Compared with some of its more widely planted counterparts,

Pelaverga stands out in color, flavor, and structure.

The wines are ever so lightly red colored, usually with a touch of purple hue.

The hue is often translucent, to the point where on color alone it could even be mistaken for a deep rosé

The light prancing pelaverga can be blended and buttressed with the more powerful Nabilo.

In several wine regions, you'll find lighter grapes and heavier grape varieties that coexist in such a unique relationship,

like the light and delicate pulsars of Jura, and the more powerful

trusso, like Pinot Noir and Gamei in red burgundy blends, and like Grenache and Surah.

In all these regions and with all these grapes, At times they're made separately and at times they're blended

together to get the best out of both. Peloburga can have an inverse relationship

with Nebbiolo in the vineyards as well.

It's ideal in cooler sites where it can retain acid and have a better chance of getting harvested

during its very short harvest window.

This is important because it's a grape that can become over-rip in an instant.

Increasingly so, Pelaverga is coming to the market on its own without being blended as more producers

plays a heavier value on its cultural importance and as more people develop an

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