Ep 476: Bolgheri, Tuscany -- the Birthplace of the Super Tuscan Movement

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🗓️ 5 June 2023

⏱️ 46 minutes

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This time, we decided to do this show as a good set up for next week’s show with Stefania Fuselli, one of the sisters who runs Le Vigne di Silvia, an outstanding family winery that the Patrons and I visited while in Bolgheri. I am so excited to share that winery with you, but I felt it would be a better experience if we first explained what Bolgheri is, since as MC Ice points out, it’s still a little obscure to many people.

Map: Wikipedia

The bottom line: Bolgheri is the birthplace of the ‘Super Tuscan’ movement

Bolgheri is a small DOC on the Tuscan coast in the province of Livorno, where the hills taper off to the sea. Bolgheri itself is a tiny village (blink and you may miss it!), famed for a cypress-lined avenue that is one of the most photographed sites in Italy! Bolgheri is home to the OG “Super Tuscan” wine – Sassicaia (Tenuta San Guido), which now has its own DOC – Bolgheri Sassicaia (the only monopole in Italy).

Photo: Bolgheri Mountains. Credit: Wine For Normal People

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0:00.0	Welcome to Wine for Normal People, the podcast for people who like wine, but not the snobbery
0:12.6	that goes with it.
0:16.0	I'm your host, Elizabeth Schneider, author of the Wine for Normal People Book, and certified
0:20.0	wine dork.
0:21.0	And I'm MC Ice, just a wine-loving normal person.
0:24.2	This podcast is sponsored by Wine Access, go to wineaccess.com slash WFNP to see the
0:32.1	latest wines that I am drinking.
0:34.2	10% off your first order with my special URL, Listen in the middle of the show for more
0:39.1	details.
0:40.9	So much Italian stuff in the wake of my trip.
0:45.6	There is more to come.
0:46.6	I hope that you all are enjoying the coverage of Italy because it's not over yet.
0:50.6	Although I will say, last week, Jeff Clark from O2 wines from New Zealand, that was a fantastic
0:56.5	show.
0:57.5	I learned so much from that show.
1:00.4	We are also going to have a French producer coming on, and I am trying very hard to get
1:04.5	70 from Spain.
1:06.3	But we have so many great guest lined up for the second half of the year.
1:10.2	I can't even tell you, I'm not going to tell you, but I am excited.
1:13.4	And if you sign up for the newsletter, which you now can do very easily, because I have
1:19.6	a new website, go to winefornormalpeople.com.
1:22.7	I am so excited about the new website.
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