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Podcast: Heritage Radio Network On Tour
Episode: RAW WINE NY 2019: Natural Wine Legends: Celebrating the life of Ernesto Cattel, CostadilÃ
Description: This talk was recorded by Heritage Radio Network as a part of RAW Wine NYC 2019's Speakers' Corner - with Martina Celi (Costadilà ), who worked alongside Ernesto for years, in conversation with Megan Krigbaum (PUNCH).One of the pioneers of natural Prosecco, Ernesto Cattel became a posterboy for artisanal winemaking in a region whose international success in the early 2000s saw both the vineyard and cellar become industrialised. As the demand for Prosecco grew internationally, growers abandoned their old hillside vineyards in favour of the easily mechanisable, easily sprayable, high-yielding valley floors. In 2005, Ernesto and a group o...