Ep 477: Stefania Fuselli of Le Vigne di Silvia in Bolgheri, Tuscany -- Family, Football, Fortitude, & Fantastic Wine

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🗓️ 12 June 2023

⏱️ 57 minutes

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Summary

When we were on our last day of the Patron trip in Tuscany, we had our final dinner in Bolgheri at a fairly new winery, Le Vigne di Silvia. This farm is owned by a family that was as kind as they could be. It was everything you could hope for when visiting an Italian family -- great food, welcoming hospitality, homey vibe, and great wine!

Photo: Stefania Fuselli, left. Silvia Fuselli, right. Credit: Le Vigne di Silvia

Le Vigne di Silvia was started by Silvia Fuselli, famed former pro footballer (soccer player), her brilliant sister Stefania, the star of this podcast, and her parents.

Photo: From left to right Silvia Fuselli, Carlo Fuselli, Stefania Fuselli, Lavinia Fuselli. Credit: Le Vigne di Silvia

There's nothing better than finding a family-owned winery where the wines are great and the people making them as wonderful. The Vermentino (Giochessa) was outstanding, the Artemio (Cab/Cab Franc blend) silky and lovely, and the Itinerante (all Cabernet Franc) nuanced and layered.

Stefania shares her family's story, how the winery got started, and shares great information about Bolgheri.

The show is such a great look at what it takes to start a winery (and about the history of immigration in Italy too!). This upstart has a huge future. The only downside --as of the release of this show, they aren't imported into the US yet, so if you know anyone, contact me or them! I know many people who will pre-order -- me included!

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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, a huge supporter of small, family-owned brands
0:30.4	like Levinia de Silvia.
0:32.6	Find brands owned by small family wineries, go to wineaccess.com slash WFNP today, listen
0:38.2	in the middle of the show for more details.
0:41.1	When I was on our tour through Tuscany with a group of Wine for Normal People patrons,
0:45.8	we spent our final night at a small family winery.
0:50.4	This was something organized by my very trusted partners at Theresa Mow and Bepe, who is one
0:55.9	of the owners of Somalye, so we coordinated a lot on the trips.
0:59.1	And I was told that this would be one of the most special visits of the trip.
1:03.1	It was.
1:04.1	Stefania Fuseli greeted us with a smile and her sister Silvia, who is the head of the winery
1:10.5	and a retired famous footballer, her mother and her father joined us as we toured the vineyards,
1:16.8	the larger farm, and then we sat down for an unbelievable dinner with excellent wines.
1:22.7	It felt like being with family.
1:24.3	The wines were really amazing, as I said, and we'll talk about them.
1:28.0	The ambience was everything you ever hoped for when you visit an Italian family.
1:32.6	And I knew that I had to introduce Levinia de Silvia to you and to share the story of this
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