Ep. 2082 Wim Sas | Everybody Needs A Bit Of Scienza

Welcome to Episode 2082, where Prof. Scienza takes questions from the wine community and answers them in his own inimitable way! These shows are generally in the Italian language. Today’s question comes from Wim Sas. 

Today’s question:  

There is some confusion about the pedigree of Sangiovese. Some believe Sangiovese is the father of Ciliegiolo, while other research shows Ciliegiolo (known as the grape producing the wine nero dolce) is the father of Sangiovese. Can you please give us your thoughts about this apparent paradox in the pedigrees?  

Italian: C'è una certa confusione riguardo al pedigree del Sangiovese. Alcuni credono che il Sangiovese sia il padre del Ciliegiolo, mentre altre ricerche mostrano che il Ciliegiolo (conosciuto come l'uva che produce il vino nero dolce) è il padre del Sangiovese. Puoi per favore darci i tuoi pensieri su questo apparente paradosso nei pedigree? 

The leading scientists mentioned by Professor Scienza in this episode are Claudio D'Onofrio from the Università di Pisa and Manna Crespan from CREA (Consiglio per la ricerca in agricoltura e l’analisi dell’economia agraria) 

If you want to learn more about the Professor: 

The one who checks all the facts and regulates when we mistakenly type “Verdicchio” in place of “Vermentino.” Attilio Scienza is a full professor at the University of Milan in the Department of Agricultural and Food Sciences where he teaches courses on genetic improvements to the vine; he also teaches Viticulture in the Master’s program of the University of Turin in Asti. He has been the lead for many national research projects in the field of physiology, agricultural techniques, and vine genetics. As the author of over 350 publications on vine and viticulture in national and international journals, you can bet he knows his stuff! 

To find out more about Attilio Scienza visit: 

https://www.vinitaly.com/formazione/vinitaly-international-academy/attilio-scienza/  

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