"Tazzelenghe, Pignolo, Schioppettino, all of these varieties have adapted and have survived for a reason."
"I always dreamt of living in a place where I could see snowcapped mountains from my house. And I'm living that dream right now."
"Being in the back of the pickup truck, going up the mountain with a couple friends through this misty coffee jungle...Like, this rules."
Bygone traditional foodways, virtually extinct, land on the holiday table and gleam with gravitas. These moments scream for wines high in acid, tannin, and flavor, to clean your mouth and prepare it for the next loaded, herby, spicy bite.
"For mezcal, it's all about the plant. I define mezcal more of a farmer's spirit than anything else."
"I think that maybe this this falcon was flying with him all his life. He put it in his alphabet. His favorite beloved falcon."
"The mountains are like an orientation. When you have those shapes and you live in those shapes, it's really profound."
"In Friuli...the quality of life is fantastic. Every day it's finished with a beautiful glass of wine in any place anywhere you are."
Ineza Karalashvili has been making wine in the Kakheti region of Georgia for over sixty years, together with her brother Tamaz.
"The key is to be able to use it every night and not buy something expensive that you feel like, 'Oh, I don't want to break this.'"
"So what we know is that the world is based on diversity. And when there is not diversity, there is a problem."