Alessio Planeta's guest appearances

Alessio Planeta

Wine for Normal People

Italian Wine Podcast

Il Quartino di Intravino

Filippo Bartolotta

Victor Urrutia

Isabelle Legeron

Richard Betts

Massimo Bottura

Vanessa Conlin

Madeline Puckette

Jane Anson

Giusto Occhipinti

Jim Morris

Laura Maniec

George Christie

Rasteau La Domeliere

Benjamin Zidarich

Joe Bastianich

OwlTail

Il Quartino #07 con Alessio Planeta

While I was in Verona at Wine2Wine, I had the chance to speak with Alessio Planeta, President at Assovini Sicilia and Owner at Planeta Winery. For five centuries and through seventeen generations, Planeta has been active in changing and improving agriculture in Sicily. Alessio Planeta has spent his life dedicated to the study of Sicily and figuring out how to make it a significant force in world wine. With his family, Alessio now has six wineries around Sicily, and they have almost single-handedly put Sicily on the map as a quality player.   Planeta continues its mission to show what Sicily can do and what it’s forgotten varietals can bring to the world of wine. They are one of the big reasons we have access to excellent Sicilian wine today.   Here are the notes:  Alessio tells us about Sicily, the history of his family, and how Planeta evolved to become a significant force in the wine world, putting Sicily on the world wine map of quality We discuss the quality revolution in Sicily, begun, in part by Diego Planeta, Alessio's uncle Alessio tells us about the amazing conditions of Sicily  -- the diverse terrain, vast number of native grapes, the skilled workers, the excellent climate, that makes it a garden ideal for viticulture We learn about how the innovative nature of the Planeta family. Alessio discusses their desire to find talent from outside the island (including Giacomo Tachis, Carlo Corino, Giampaolo Fabris and Attilio Scienza) the openness to using "international" grapes, and then the slow introduction of the indigenous wines of Sicily created a category for Nero d'Avola, Grillo, Carricante, Nerello Mascalese and others that is booming!  Alessio addresses the fact that people may still underestimate Sicily and talks about the bright future of Sicilian wine     Thanks to Wine2Wine Verona for inviting me to speak and for allowing me the opportunity to meet Gaia Gaja and share this show with all of you!   Don't forget to order your  Wine For Normal People book today!!  _______ Thanks to our sponsors this week:  Thanks to YOU! The podcast supporters on Patreon, who are helping us to make the podcast possible and who we give goodies in return for their help! Check it out today: https://www.patreon.com/winefornormalpeople And to sign up for classes, please go to www.winefornormalpeople.com/classes!    Last Bottle  I love this service!! Last Bottle Wines finds great wines and offers them at a one time discount. Last Bottle Wines:  Is a fun way to discover the best wines at the lowest prices Maintains relationships with producers in the most prestigious wine regions around the world and traveling to Europe several times each year to eat with, stay with, drink with, walk the vineyards with the people who make the wines. Offer a range of prices from low end to high end $9 to $99 and the wines range from the lesser known kinds like Albariño and Bläufrankish to Cabernet, Merlot and Chardonnay.  Visit: http://lastbottlewines.com/normal and join to get a $10 instant credit to use toward your first order. Invite your wine drinking pals and they’ll get $10 instantly and you get $30 when they make their first buy. 

While I was in <a href="https://www.wine2wine.net" rel="noopener nofollow" target="_blank">Verona at Wine2Wine</a>, I had the chance to speak with Alessio Planeta, President at Assovini Sicilia and Owner at <a href="https://planeta.it/en/" rel="noopener nofollow" target="_blank">Planeta Winery</a>. For five centuries and through seventeen generations, Planeta has<a href="https://planeta.it/en/" rel="noopener nofollow" target="_blank"></a> been active in changing and improving agriculture in Sicily. Alessio Planeta has spent his life dedicated to the study of Sicily and figuring out how to make it a significant force in world wine. With his family, Alessio now has six wineries around Sicily, and they have almost single-handedly put Sicily on the map as a quality player. <a href="https://planeta.it/en/" rel="noopener nofollow" target="_blank"></a><a href="https://planeta.it/en/" rel="noopener nofollow" target="_blank">Planeta</a> continues its mission to show what Sicily can do and what it’s forgotten varietals can bring to the world of wine. They are one of the big reasons we have access to excellent Sicilian wine today. Here are the notes: <ul> <li>Alessio tells us about Sicily, the history of his family, and how Planeta evolved to become a significant force in the wine world, putting Sicily on the world wine map of quality</li> <li>We discuss the quality revolution in Sicily, begun, in part by Diego Planeta, Alessio's uncle</li> <li>Alessio tells us about the amazing conditions of Sicily  -- the diverse terrain, vast number of native grapes, the skilled workers, the excellent climate, that makes it a garden ideal for viticulture</li> <li>We learn about how the innovative nature of the Planeta family. Alessio discusses their desire to find talent from outside the island (including Giacomo Tachis, Carlo Corino, Giampaolo Fabris and Attilio Scienza) the openness to using "international" grapes, and then the slow introduction of the indigenous wines of Sicily created a category for Nero d'Avola, Grillo, Carricante, Nerello Mascalese and others that is booming! </li> <li>Alessio addresses the fact that people may still underestimate Sicily and talks about the bright future of Sicilian wine</li> </ul> <a href="https://www.wine2wine.net" rel="noopener nofollow" target="_blank"></a> Thanks to <a href="https://www.wine2wine.net" rel="noopener nofollow" target="_blank">Wine2Wine Verona</a> for inviting me to speak and for allowing me the opportunity to meet Gaia Gaja and share this show with all of you! Don't forget to order your <a href="https://www.amazon.com/Wine-Normal-People-Guide-Snobbery/dp/1452171343/ref=as_li_ss_tl?keywords=Wine+for+Normal+People&amp;qid=1554503084&amp;s=gateway&amp;sr=8-1&amp;linkCode=ll1&amp;tag=chroniclebo02-20&amp;linkId=188dd4a708b4379dbe3319278bb13413&amp;language=en_US" rel="nofollow" target="_blank"> Wine For Normal People book</a> today!! _______ Thanks to our sponsors this week: <a href="https://www.patreon.com/winefornormalpeople" rel="nofollow" target="_blank"></a> Thanks to YOU! The podcast supporters on Patreon, who are helping us to make the podcast possible and who we give goodies in return for their help! Check it out today: <a href="https://www.patreon.com/winefornormalpeople" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">https://www.patreon.com/winefornormalpeople</a> And to sign up for classes, please go to <a href="http://www.winefornormalpeople.com/classes!" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">www.winefornormalpeople.com/classes!</a> <a href="http://lastbottlewines.com/normal" rel="noopener nofollow" target="_blank">Last Bottle </a><a href="http://lastbottlewines.com/normal" rel="noopener nofollow" target="_blank"></a> I love this service!! Last Bottle Wines finds great wines and offers them at a one time discount. Last Bottle Wines: <ul> <li>Is a fun way to discover the best wines at the lowest prices</li> <li>Maintains relationships with producers in the most prestigious wine regions around the world and traveling to Europe several times each year to eat with, stay with, drink with, walk the vineyards with the people who make the wines.</li> <li>Offer a range of prices from low end to high end $9 to $99 and the wines range from the lesser known kinds like Albariño and Bläufrankish to Cabernet, Merlot and Chardonnay.</li> </ul> Visit: <a href="http://lastbottlewines.com/normal" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">http://lastbottlewines.com/normal </a>and join to get a $10 instant credit to use toward your first order. Invite your wine drinking pals and they’ll get $10 instantly and you get $30 when they make their first buy.

Ep 306: Planeta and the story of modern Sicilian wine with Alessio Planeta