Orvieto: Wine Built this City, Paid Painters, and Bathed Popes | S20E5

Orvieto is a clifftop city, a wine region, and a wine culture all its own with a rich history loaded with silly anecdotes. When your host says there's more in a glass of wine than fermented grape juice, she's not kidding, and Orvieto is an excellent example of that.  Resources from this episode: Books:  The Oxford Companion to Wine [5th Edition, Kindle Edition], Harding, J., Robinson, J., Thomas, T. (2023) Wine Grapes: A Complete Guide to 1,368 Vine Varieties, Including Their Origins and Flavours [Kindle Edition], Robinson, J., Harding, J., Vouillamoz, J. (2013) Websites:  Antinori: Cervaro della Sala https://www.antinori.it/en/vino/cervaro-della-sala-en/ Britannica: Orvieto https://www.britannica.com/place/Orvieto Consorzio Vino Orvieto: http://www.consorziovinidiorvieto.it Italian Wine Central: Orvieto https://italianwinecentral.com/denomination/orvieto-doc/ Madonna del Latte: https://www.madonnadellatte.it/en/products/item/orvieto-doc Orvieto Viva: The History of Orvieto https://www.orvietoviva.com/en/orvieto-history/   Glass in Session Episodes Referenced in this Episode:   S2E2: Behind Botrytis - Beautiful Wines from Ugly Grapes https://glassinsession.libsyn.com/s2e2-behind-botrytis-beautiful-wines-from-ugly-grapes S10E5: Montefalco Sagrantino - Wine, Birds, and the King of Everything https://glassinsession.libsyn.com/s10e5-montefalco-sagrantino-wine-birds-the-king-of-everything   Glass in Session® swag mentioned in this show: https://www.teepublic.com/user/glass-in-session   Glass in Session® is a registered trademark of Vino With Val, LLC. Music:  "Write Your Story" by Joystock (Jamendo.com cc_Standard License, Jamendo S.A.)