Ep. 2217 Alberto Martinez-Interiano interviews Matteo Marenda of Sesta Di Sopra | Clubhouse Ambassadors’ Corner

Welcome to Episode 2217 of the Italian Wine Podcast and Stevie Kim’s Ambassadors’ Corner on Clubhouse. In this episode Alberto Martinez-Interiano IWA interviews Matteo Marenda of Sesta Di Sopra winery. Today’s learning objectives: Brush up on Brunello di Montalcino, with a deep dive on the southeastern sub-zones of Castelnuovo dell’Abate and Sant’Angelo in Colle. Learn about the dynamic process of generational transition in a family-owned winery, balancing tradition and innovation.  Hear inspiring anecdotes from Ettore and Matteo’s experiences, challenges and successes in continuing the winery’s legacy Co-Moderator – Alberto Martinez-Interiano Alberto is a wine educator, writer, and communicator based in Seattle. He teaches WSET and Wine Scholar Guild courses in both Seattle and Portland, Oregon. He also judges at international wine competitions, and his work has been featured in industry and trade publications such as SOMMTV, The Vintner Project, and The Italian Wine Podcast. Alberto holds the WSET Diploma and is a Vinitaly International IWA. He’s passionate about traveling to the wine regions of Italy (14 of the 20 so far), and is particularly fond of old Barolo, Brunello, and all things sparkling.  To learn more, visit his wine and travel blog at www.vinointeriano.com and follow him on Instagram @vinointeriano. Connect: Website: https://vinointeriano.wordpress.com/ Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/vinointeriano/?hl=en Linkedin: https://www.linkedin.com/in/albertomartinezinteriano/  Guest Bio – Matteo Marenda  Sesta di Sopra is an estate of 44 hectares located south of Montalcino, 4 km from Castelnuovo dell'Abate. It was purchased in 1980. After restoring the farmhouse, almost certainly an ancient watchtower, two hectares of olive groves were recovered, followed by the planting of a first vineyard and then a second for a total of 2.8 hectares. The farm has a favourable position for soil composition and microclimate. Careful family management has given particular importance to the planting of the vineyards, in order to follow the most modern viticultural techniques.The vineyards, planted in the early 1990s with a selection of Sangiovese Grosso clones, are trained (spurred cordon system) on medium-textured soils, tending to be calcareous, which give reduced vigour to the plants with low production yields and high-quality grapes. The company owns about 4 hectares of vineyards. The oldest vineyard, from which we produce the Brunello, is 29 years old, while the remaining part has an average age of 10 years. Connect: Website: https://www.sestadisopra.it/ Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/sestadisopra/?hl=it LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/company/sestadisopra  Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/sesta.di.sopra/?locale=it_IT _______________________________ Let's keep in touch! Follow Italian Wine Podcast on our social media channels:  Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/italianwinepodcast/  Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/ItalianWinePodcast  Twitter: https://www.twitter.com/itawinepodcast  Tiktok: https://www.tiktok.com/@mammajumboshrimp  LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/company/italianwinepodcast  If you feel like helping us, donate here: https://www.italianwinepodcast.com/donate-to-show/  Until next time, Cin Cin! Follow Italian Wine Podcast for more great content – winery interviews from the Clubhouse sessions!  Psssst…FYI this show is our most popular show, find out why by tuning-in!