Friends of the Pod Series -- Ep 481: Eva Martinelli - Chianti Classico Winemaker & Region Expert

Wine for Normal People

Alcohol, Lifestyle, Arts, Education, Food, Wine, Dining, Grapes

4.6 • 1.5K Ratings

🗓️ 17 July 2023

⏱️ 68 minutes

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Summary

Eva Martinelli is a young, innovative, and experienced winemaker from Tuscany. She has a degree in oenology, a deep understanding of terroir of Chianti Classico, and an unrivaled passion for the region. She has worked harvests in New and Old World countries, after which she returned home to follow her dream of being a winemaker in the region she loves most.

Photo: Eva Martinelli, Credit:Wine For Normal People

I met Eva in May 2023, while on the tour of Tuscany with a group of Patrons. She works for a very historic winery in Chianti Classico, giving tours and managing the sales and tourism for that winery. The Patrons and I loved her and learned so many new things about Chianti Classico from her.

In this show we discuss the terroir of Chianti Classico from a more geological standpoint, the history of the region, and the honest truth about the struggle of young, talented winemakers in Chianti Classico and other parts of Italy.

Here is her list of her three favorite wineries in Radda in Chianti (Patreon show notes have an expanded list):

-Fattoria di Montemaggio

-Podere Capaccia

-Il Barlettaio

This is an eye-opening show and a great one to learn general info about Chianti from an objective expert who has no brand agenda or marketing angle to put forward!

Cheers to Eva and all the young winemakers of Chianti Classico!

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0:00.0	Welcome to Wine for Normal People, the podcast for people who like wine, but not the snobbery that goes with it.
0:13.2	I'm your host Elizabeth Schneider author of the Wine for Normal People Book and
0:19.5	certified wine dork and I'm MC Ice just a wine-loving normal person. This podcast is sponsored. wine price has dropped. Now it's $150 for six bottles. That's $25 on average a bottle for
0:37.0	wines of amazing quality. Wine access.com slash W.FMP. Listen in the
0:42.0	middle of the show for more details and get on that website today.
0:45.0	Today's guest is Ava Martinelli. She is a young, innovative, experienced winemaker and she's originally from
0:55.8	Lucca in Tuscany. She has a degree in analogy. She has a deep understanding of
1:02.0	the terraue of the Kianti classical region and she has an unrivaled passion for this very historic region.
1:11.0	She's worked harvests in new and old world countries and
1:15.4	returned home to the Kian'ti Classical region to follow her dream of being a
1:19.8	winemaker. Now I met Ava in May. She works for a very historic large winery giving tours and
1:28.6	managing the sales and tourism for that big winery. The patrons and I who visited her loved her. We learned so many new things about
1:39.0	Kian'ti Clasico from her and found her different from all the other guides that we had.
1:44.0	She actually knows how to make wine, grow grapes, and she's done it.
1:49.2	But the question I had for her was, why are you not a winemaker when you have all these skills?
1:56.8	And in this show, which I recorded this intro after because I wanted to see how things would develop and it was even better than I thought because
2:05.4	Ava comes on as a really knowledgeable voice on Kianti Classico and probably the most honest voice
2:12.2	I've heard about the struggle of young
2:14.4	talented winemakers in Kianti Classico and other parts of Italy for that matter.
2:18.9	The conversation is half education on the region of Kianthi Klaasico and half a deep dive into some of the major
2:27.1	structural issues Italy has in making opportunities for young talented people who do not come from
2:33.6	winemaking families. This podcast is eye-opening and sometimes it's even a
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