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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…

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.

VIA Community Guest Blog: Autochthony by Producer J
The professor breaks down the concept of autochthony.

VIA Community Guest Blog: Back to Our Roots by Rebecca Lawrence
Professor Scienza calls on the Heroes of Wine (HOW) to assemble!

VIA Community Guest Blog: Representing Italian Wine Culture by Susannah Gold
Vinitaly International Academy's mission.

VIA Community Guest Blog: Franciacorta and Erbamat by Tiziana Forni
Franciacorta, Erbamat, and climate change.

VIA Community Guest Blog: PIWI and the Future of Grapes by Francesco Marchio
PIWI varieties, climate, and the future of grapes.

VIA Community Guest Blog: MGAs by Ciro Pirone
On soils, Chianti Classico, and Menzioni Geografiche Aggiuntive.

VIA Community Guest Blog: The Next Scienza by Gianluca Queiroli
On anthropology and the basis of knowledge.