Italian Wine Adventure #8: Orvieto (Summer sipper, a perfect wine for fish, Umbrian wine, Grechetto and Trebbiano Toscano grapes, a strange cork label mystery!)

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We are off on another Italian Wine Adventure, and this time we bring you a wonderful white wine from Umbria called Orvieto. Wait, what’s that you say? You’ve never heard of Orvieto? Well, we need to change that! Orvieto is a white wine made from a blend of grapes - most predominantly Grechettto and Trebbiano Toscano (aka Procanico and Ugni Bianco) - and that blend of grapes can vary quite a bit! As a result, we found the taste of these wines to be quite different from each other - which is a really fun and exciting experience! One of the wines we thought would be good for the Chardonnay lover, while another we found to be much more of a crisp, refreshing summer sipper. Join us as we learn about this Italian classic, and try to uncover the mystery of a very strangely labled cork - hey, is something nefarious afoot?!? Wines reviewed in this episode: 2021 Ruffino Orvieto Classico, 2022 Bellini Orvieto Classico, and 2021 Roio Orvieto Classico.

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1. Introduction, and why we love these Italian Wine Adventures (00:00:00)

2. WTF is Orvieto Wine? (00:09:24)

3. Orvieto Wines We Chose for this Episode (00:16:50)

4. Orvieto Wine Pairing and Tasting Review (00:21:45)

5. Bellini Orvieto Classico Wine Pairing and Tasting Review (00:27:33)

6. Roio Orvieto Classico Wine Pairing and Tasting Review (00:32:43)

7. Taste profile expected from Orvieto (00:39:50)

8. Outro and how to find The Wine Pair Podcast (00:42:29)