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Find transcripts of Italian Wine Essentials episodes, podcast updates, guest blog posts from the amazing Vinitaly International Academy (VIA) community, and occasional ramblings of the show’s producers and creators…

In praise of flysch – and of the Vinitaly International Academy
Strolling English beaches with Marc Millon, talking about history, wine and flysch!

朋友、你最近在听啥呢?
VIA Ambassador Xiaowen Du shared her experience and recommendation on listening to the Italian Wine Podcast with Chinese audiences. This blog article is in Chinese.

Gill Gordon-Smith Interviews Rocco Toscani on Ambassadors Corner by Cynthia Chaplin IWA
VIA Ambassador Cynthia Chaplin introduces the new episode of the Ambassador's Corner Clubhouse where Gill Gordon-Smith interviews Rocco Toscani.

Discovering Elena Fucci by Cynthia Chaplin IWA
VIA Ambassador Cynthia Chaplin explores the wines of Elena Fucci, before the Ambassador's Corner Clubhouse in which Xiaowen Du will Interview Fucci live.

VIA Community Guest Blog: Scienza’s Age by Anna Carnera
Erik Klein asks about the Professor's favorite easy-drinking wines.

VIA Community Guest Blog: Scienza Sings by Anna Carnera
Carrie Wong asks the professor what profession he dreamed of pursuing as a child.

VIA Community Guest Blog: Massaretta, Pugnitello, and Grillo by Anna Carnera
Irving So seeks background information on some interesting bottles he's recently tasted.

VIA Community Guest Blog: Gita Scolastica by Anna Carnera
The team takes a question on Cannonau from the pod's number one listener.

VIA Community Guest Blog: Epistemi (ἐπιστήμη) by Anna Carnera
We thought we were going to get an answer to Amy Ezrin's question but we got the origins of the name "Scienza."

VIA Community Guest Blog: Scienza Time by Anna Carnera
Does he sleep on a bed of flysch or volcanic ash?

VIA Community Guest Blog: Wine Yeasts and Genetic Recombination in Vines by Anna Carnera
Scienza doing Scienza things.

VIA Community Guest Blog: Yeast Selection by Cynthia Chaplin
Wild vs. selected yeasts in winemaking.