Winecast: The Valle d'Aosta

Cast on the Val d'Aosta and its little known but impressive wines. My coverage of grapes and labeling laws in this cast is particularly indebted to Broggi's (see Sources, below) excellent schematization of indigenous/traditional vs. Italian/international varieties and of possibilities for labeling DOC wines. The Italian Wine Scholar is proving to be an excellent, well thought out curriculum.

Sources:

Broggi, Maurizio, ed. Italian Wine Scholar Unti 1: The Wines of Northern Italy. 1st ed., Wine Scholar Guild, n.d.

Robinson, Jancis, editor. The Oxford Companion to Wine. 4th ed., Oxford University Press, 2015.

Stevenson, Tom, editor. The New Sotheby's Wine Encyclopedia. 3rd American ed. DK Publishing, 2001.

[matthewharting]

Thank you for the video sir. My wife and I are going to this region this weekend and I'm excited to try a few red wines.

[mtwehr]

Studying for the Italian Wine Scholar certification ... this is a great help. Their text mentions that the Torrette Petit Rouge accounts for the majority of the production in the region. Your pronunciation was helpful. Thanks!

[alinemanino]

Really cool video! I live in Aosta Valley and i can confirm, we do take wine production very seriously. I know many vignerons (in our dialect they are the people who work their own vineyards) who work really hard each year to sell their wine as DOC. I know that in the cities located in the central part of the VDA, the Grado Babo of the red wines- such as Fumin, Torrette, etc.. - has to be 17.50 (this is the quantity of sugar measured in the must for the wine to be considered DOC and not as a simple "vino da tavola" - table wine). If you ever visit this city, I would definitely recommend trying the wine of "La Cave des Onze Communes" in Aymavilles, when my grandfather and great grandfather still had their vineyards they brought their production there.

[emilienrebeilleau]

Great video, for such a small region you gave us a lot of infos. Thanks and please keep doing it

[andrewgould]

Studying for the Italian Wine Scholar certification. Thank you!

[VincentSandfordofSEOsynovation]

Excellent grape/wine analysis of the region. Its a beautiful part of Italy well deserving a visit

[WineOnTheDime]

I learned a ton from this winecast! Thanks!

[maxgilbane]

Keep 'em coming man. Your videos have been huge in helping me expand my knowledge. Cheers!

[michaelfrantz]

Great video on a region I didnt even know existed. Any chance you might do a cast on Sicilian wines? Apparently this is the next big popular region for up and coming italian wine.

[Goodwin]

Wonderful as always! Any chance you would be willing to tackle Portugal soon? I’d love to hear your breakdown on the regions! Thank you as always!

[ReverendGuyWallis]

awesome videos, just subbed to your channel :)

[jingwang]

Amazing!! is there also some information about Japanese Sake?

[mixdberries]

Looking forward to some other regions. Especially Sicily.