• Ep. 2030 Elena Tessari La Cappuccina | Wine, Food & Travel With Marc Millon

  • Jul 30 2024
  • Length: 31 mins
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  • Welcome to episode 2030 of the Italian Wine Podcast, Wine, Food & Travel With Marc Millon. Today, he is interviewing Elena Tessari of La Cappuccina winery. The winery is awarded the Best Biodynamic White Wine 2024 Trophy for Soave Doc San Brizio 2022 in Wine Without Walls, a section of 5StarWines – the Book wine selection in 2024 More about today’s winery: Sisto, Elena and Pietro Tessari are the 4th generation of the Tessari family. Sisto is the agronomist and representative of export markets. Pietro is the oenologist / winemaker. Elena, with a degree in Economics and Business, is responsible for marketing and public relations. She is a sommelier, "Donna del Vino" and "Castellana di Soave". The winery is located in Costalunga di Monteforte d’Alpone (Veneto, Italy) in the Soave wine area, with black basalt rocks and volcanic origin. The main grapes they produce are Garganega and Trebbiano di Soave - 70% of the production is white wines. Key facts: 1.Organic since 1985 with biodynamic practices, that’s why they are considered organic pioneers in Italy 2.Estate bottled from about 100 acres. They are also associated with FIVI, the Italian Federation of Independent winegrowers. 3. They are part of the Associazione Ville Venete - Venetian Villas Association. The estate name, La Cappuccina, comes from the ancient chapel where the Capuchins once officiated. They have decided, for ever greater quality, to carry out all of the different phases of wine production – from the vine to the bottling line – according to Organic precepts since 1985 with a biodynamic view. That’s why, they are, nowdays, considered organic pioneers and regarded as one of the leading producers of organic wine in Italy. Connect: Website: www.lacappuccina.it Instagram: @lacappuccinawines LinkedIn: La Cappuccina wines, Sisto Tessari, Elena Tessari More about the host Marc Millon: Marc Millon, VIA Italian Wine Ambassador 2021, has been travelling, eating, drinking, learning and writing about wine, food and travel for nearly 40 years. Born in Mexico, with a mother from Hawaii via Korea and an anthropologist father from New York via Paris, he was weaned on exotic and delicious foods. Marc and his photographer wife Kim are the authors of 14 books including a pioneering series of illustrated wine-food-travel books: The Wine Roads of Europe, The Wine Roads of France, The Wine Roads of Italy (Premio Barbi Colombini), and The Wine Roads of Spain. Other titles include The Wine and Food of Europe, The Food Lovers’ Companion Italy, The Food Lovers’ Companion France, Wine, a global history. Marc regularly lectures and hosts gastronomic cultural tours to Italy and France with Martin Randall Travel, the UK’s leading cultural travel specialist. He is soon to begin a regular series on Italian Wine Podcast, ‘Wine, food and travel with Marc Millon’. When not on the road Marc lives on the River Exe in Devon, England Connect: quaypress.uk/ marcmillon.co.uk vino.co.uk quaypress.com LinkedIn: linkedin.com/in/marc-millon-50868624 Twitter: @Marc_Millon _______________________________ Let's keep in touch! Follow Italian Wine Podcast on our social media channels: Instagram www.instagram.com/italianwinepodcast/ Facebook www.facebook.com/ItalianWinePodcast Twitter www.twitter.com/itawinepodcast Tiktok www.tiktok.com/@mammajumboshrimp LinkedIn www.linkedin.com/company/italianwinepodcast If you feel like helping us, donate here www.italianwinepodcast.com/donate-to-show/ Until next time, Cin Cin! Thanks for listening! - This show is all about food and wine pairings, and traveling through Italy with Marc. Join his food, wine and cultural journey!
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