Ep. 2190 Michela Muratori of Muratori winery | Wine, Food & Travel with Marc Millon

Welcome to episode 2190 of the Italian Wine Podcast, and episode 170 of Wine, Food & Travel with Marc Millon. Marc’s guest today is Michela Muratori of Muratori winery in Franciacorta, the district of Lombardy in northern Italy famed for its high-quality sparkling wines. More about today’s guest: Established in 1999 and now in its third generation, the Muratori family makes wine exclusively from its own grapes, with 54 hectares of vineyards that are approximately 25 years old. The Chardonnay, Pinot Noir and Pinot Bianco vineyards are located in six geographically diverse areas of Franciacorta with the aim of telling the story of the soil and climate variety of Franciacorta in every glass. Respect and enhancement of the territory are founding concepts for the family's philosophy. The cellar is an example of underground architecture at the service of sustainability: it extends almost 15 meters underground, covering a surface area of ​​approximately 15,000 square meters, which allows gravity to be used to move the musts during the harvest and guarantees a constant microclimate throughout the various periods of the year. The agrivoltaic system, suspended above one of the vineyards adjacent to the winery (one of the first built in Italy in 2011), will soon ensure energy self-sufficiency thanks to the expansion program, which includes a doubling of the electrical potential from 200 Kw/peak to 400 Kw/peak. Since the 2020 harvest, the famous winemaker Riccardo Cotarella and his team have overseen the entire line of Muratori wines. Connect Website: https://muratoriwine.it/en/ Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/muratoriwine/ Linkedin: https://www.linkedin.com/company/muratori-wine Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/muratoriwine/ More about the host Marc Millon: Marc Millon, VIA Italian Wine Ambassador 2021, has been travelling, eating, drinking, learning and writing about wine, food and travel for nearly 40 years. Born in Mexico, with a mother from Hawaii via Korea and an anthropologist father from New York via Paris, he was weaned on exotic and delicious foods. Marc and his photographer wife Kim are the authors of 14 books including a pioneering series of illustrated wine-food-travel books: The Wine Roads of Europe, The Wine Roads of France, The Wine Roads of Italy (Premio Barbi Colombini), and The Wine Roads of Spain. Other titles include The Wine and Food of Europe, The Food Lovers’ Companion Italy, The Food Lovers’ Companion France, Wine, a global history. Marc regularly lectures and hosts gastronomic cultural tours to Italy and France with Martin Randall Travel, the UK’s leading cultural travel specialist. He has also been the host of the ‘Wine, food and travel with Marc Millon’ series on the Italian Wine Podcast since 2021. When not on the road Marc lives on the River Exe in Devon, England. Connect: Website:  https://www.quaypress.uk   https://www.marcmillon.co.uk  https://www.vino.co.uk    https://www.quaypress.com  LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/marc-millon-50868624/ Twitter: https://www.twitter.com/Marc_Millon  _______________________________ 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! Thanks for listening! This show is all about food and wine pairings, and traveling through Italy with Marc. Join him on this food, wine and cultural journey!