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Saturday, 19 January 2019 08:36

PODCAST: Ciro Pirone on Italian Sparkling Wine

Written by Pierre Freyermuth
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Ciro Pirone is the Director of Italian Wines for Horizon Beverage Group and will be teaching the next online Italian Wine Scholar course beginning in February. In under 30 minutes Ciro gives us the fascinating history of Italian sparkling wine production, and discusses key points on the spumante wines of Alta Langa. We also learn about the main grapes and styles of Lambrusco, and learn important distinctions between Asti DOCG and Moscato d’Asti DOCG. 

Produced by Valerie Caruso, DWS, CWE, FWS

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