{"id":4782,"date":"2015-08-10T12:03:08","date_gmt":"2015-08-10T10:03:08","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/rickzullo.com\/?p=4782"},"modified":"2022-01-23T15:09:31","modified_gmt":"2022-01-23T14:09:31","slug":"fci-016-touring-italian-wine-regions-with-jen-martin","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/rickzullo.com\/fci-016-touring-italian-wine-regions-with-jen-martin\/","title":{"rendered":"FCI 016 – Touring Italian Wine Regions with Jen Martin"},"content":{"rendered":"

\"vino<\/a>For most people, one of the most appealing aspects of visiting Italy is experiencing the culture through its bounty of regional foods and wines. Getting to know the\u00a0country by consuming it, if you will.<\/p>\n

Well, I\u2019ve already devoted a couple of podcasts to the traditional food of Rome, Bolognese cuisine, and the disgraces found on the menus of \u201cItalian\u201d restaurants in North America. So today we will attempt to pair those regional dishes with an appropriate glass of wine. I\u2019m no wine expert myself, but luckily I met Jen Martin via Twitter, and she really knows her vino.<\/p>\n

Touring Italian Wine Regions<\/h2>\n

Obviously there are just too many Italian wine regions to discuss within the space of this podcast, so we stuck to just three during our conversation. I chose Lazio, of course, and then asked Jen to pick two others that were not<\/em> the usual Tuscany (Chianti, Brunello), and Piedmonte (Barolo, Barbaresco). I must say, I was quite pleased with the two that she chose.\"vino-travels-tuscany\"<\/a><\/p>\n

Below is a very<\/em> brief summary of Jen\u2019s \u201cTasting Notes\u201d from these three regions, but to learn more, you\u2019ll have to listen to the podcast episode, and then visit Jen on her blog<\/a>.<\/p>\n

Lazio <\/strong>– this region is known for more easy drinking, quaffable wines and is mostly dominated by white wines. The wine region is located in the Castelli Romani in the Alban hills. Top Grapes of Lazio:<\/p>\n