This Episode with Luca Paschina from Barboursville Vineyards starts with him describing his youth in Italy where he began making wine at the young age of 14 years old with his Father. Later, he would go on to work for another wine company. He was there for 8 years and gained experience in all aspects of the wine business from grape growing, winemaking, to working in Sales. During that time he worked in numerous winegrowing regions which included the Napa Valley, Finger Lakes district in Upstate New York as well as in Southern and Northern Italy. In 1990 he felt it was time for him to take on a larger role and approached the company proposing that he be in charge of their Fine Wine Division. They said no and as a result he moved on and the opportunity with the Zonin Family and Barboursville Vineyards came into his career. He has been there for the past 30 years.
Highlights in the Episode include.
a). he explains how when he started at Barboursville he was asked what changes were needed to improve wine quality; his answer they need to replant their vineyards to better plant material with certified virus free clones. He was given the green light and proceeded to replant the vineyard for the purpose of increasing wine quality.
b). the discussion of how their Flagship wine; OCTAGON was created and the leap forward he took in doing so.
c). we explore the concept of "terroir in Virginia".
d). as part of the discussion on terroir he explains why the wine-growing conditions in Virginia, especially years with rain, are not dissimilar to what he experienced in Italy.
e). you will hear his early opinion on the potential for the 2020 vintage and what years in the past it is similar to.
f). Barboursville is one of only a few Virginia wines which has National representation and he answers my questions on why he believes it has taken Virginia longer to break out on the National Wine Scene in the U.S. Distribution network.

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