Pietro Buttitta
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Let's spend an hour discussing volcanic wines with winemaker and vignaiolo Pietro Buttitta of Prima Materia Winery and the Ancient Wine Guys. While tasting through wines grown in volcanic climates from Etna, the Canary Islands, and Pietro's own
This was a great opportunity to talk about the wine industry in Lake County, Ca., its relationship to Napa, and other wine industry elements in an interview that I did with Paul K. for his Wine of the Month Podcast. Many things like natural win
Want to be a small winery in the large wine world? This talk covers the business aspect of starting up, different models, choices that producers must make, vineyard economics and choices from business entities to marketing and labels. This is a
This 2.5 hour wine class is built around the things that I wish I had been told when I got into wine. After a little history, vineyard, and winery talk we get into wine tasting with acid and tannin perception, the aroma wheel, how the nose and
Aglianico goes back millennia, and has only recently been appearing on the radar in the United States. I grow an acre of it and it is one of my most important wines. Here in California it is of particular interest due to its ability to tolerate
In this episode we tackle Sagrantino - Umbria's big red, and arguably Italy's most boisterous. It also isn't really Cabernet like to be honest. With a relatively short history as a red wine, here we discuss Paolo Bea and Arnoldo Caprai and Sag
Rosé (and Rosato) has finally shot into the spotlight after years of disrespect. Here, through a focus on wines from Southern Italy, we discuss the history of rosé in France and Italy, in the vineyard, and I go deep into saignée versus direct p
Sangiovese is a very complicated grape, both in Italy and historically in California. It is a balancing act between acid and tannin, but very sensitive to climate and soil. It promises so much, but is famously fickle in delivery. It is superior
Episode 16 - All about Barbera, from Italy, vineyards, and winery practices to California and beyond
Everything you need to know about Barbera! This group Zoom discussion was put on by sommelier and wine educator Paul Robinson of Bottivino, and Pietro Buttitta, owner/winemaker of Prima Materia Winery. We take a 2-hour deep dive into the histor
Although this episode was technically focused on the topic of Southern Italian rosé, it managed to become more expansive, discussing some French rosé history, breaking down the technical aspects of saignée versus direct press or vin gris, and t
This was a fun discussion with Deborah Parker Wong, editor of the U.S. Slow Wine Guide which includes my Prima Materia Winery. We discuss Lake County, a bit of Alchemy, soils, and then take a deep tasting dive into our Sagrantino, Refosco, and
This is a deep dive into all things Barbera wine with Paul Robinson of Bottivino and Pietro Buttitta of Prima Materia. We held a 2-hour online tasting that generated a lot of discussion and questions as people tasted along. Paul handles the som
We tackle Sangiovese in our ongoing series, talking about soil types, how California besmirched this beautiful grape in to 90's, why it is so challenging in the vineyard, and what the future may hold. You can learn more about our specific bottl
Barbera is a unique grape with special qualities that make it quite suited to California. Here we talk about it in the vineyard, a little about it in the Old County, its nature in California's sunny climates and its odd history as well. You can
We dive deep into our newest wine club release, talking about vineyard and winery practices and tasting our newest club selection with owner, winemaker, and grower Pietro Buttitta. Take a deep dive into Negroamaro, Grenache, Chardonnay, a red b
This informal "class" traces the general history of Italian grapevine planting in California, both North and South, with part 1 focusing on Sangiovese, Barbera and Nebbiolo, the importance of the Italian Swiss Colony, the work of the UC system
Part 2 continues our wine-based historical narrative from Prohibition on, and includes comparative tastings of Primitivo, Refosco, and Aglianico. Thanks for listening and you can check out the wines at www.prima-materia.comwww.pietrobuttitta.
Big thanks to Dan Dawson the Wine Advisor (www.dawsonwineadvisor.com) for hosting a night with Prima Materia at the Napa Valley Wine Academy. We spend some time discussing the unique attributes of Lake County as a growing region and then get in
An early-morning checkin covering the 2019 wine vintage thus far in Lake County, discussing harvesting and approaches to making rosé, heat and viticulture, stem inclusion in fermentation, Aglianico clonal differences, the 2018 vintage and smoke
This episode is a deep dive into sulfur use at the crusher, during aging and at bottling with some contestation of both commodity winemaking and natural wine. As a note, yes I do make some sulfur-free wines, yes Prima Materia definitely embrace
In the final part of the seminar we start talking more about wine itself, sugars, oak, the confusing complexity of alcohol, winemaking tricks and defects, and then unfortunately a very rushed survey of wine and food pairing, special wines and t
In this second part of the wine seminar we discuss tasting wine specifically, varietal trademarks, looking at wine, how your nose works, what our palate sensations are like, building a vocabulary and other related sensory issues.
This episode is part one of a 3-hour wine seminar I present to a group of mid-level wine enthusiasts. In this part we cover a bit of wine history and context, tasting descriptors, types of wine tasters and their predispositions, and then a cond
Thanks for tuning in - this is an early-morning episode on a bottling day where I'll be discussing bottling preparation, Chardonnay, sulfur-free wine, and the 2018 grape harvest in Lake County.
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