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Welcome to Episode 2082, where Prof. Scienza takes questions from the wine community and answers them in his own inimitable way! These shows are generally in the Italian language. Today\u2019s question comes from Wim Sas.\xa0\n\n\xa0\n\nToday\u2019s question:\xa0\xa0\n\nThere is some confusion about the pedigree of Sangiovese. Some believe Sangiovese is the father of Ciliegiolo, while other research shows Ciliegiolo (known as the grape producing the wine nero dolce) is the father of Sangiovese. Can you please give us your thoughts about this apparent paradox in the pedigrees?\xa0\xa0\n\n\xa0\xa0\n\nItalian: C'\xe8 una certa confusione riguardo al pedigree del Sangiovese. Alcuni credono che il Sangiovese sia il padre del Ciliegiolo, mentre altre ricerche mostrano che il Ciliegiolo (conosciuto come l'uva che produce il vino nero dolce) \xe8 il padre del Sangiovese. Puoi per favore darci i tuoi pensieri su questo apparente paradosso nei pedigree?\xa0\n\n\xa0\n\nThe leading scientists mentioned by Professor Scienza in this episode are Claudio D'Onofrio from the Universit\xe0 di Pisa and Manna Crespan from CREA (Consiglio per la ricerca in agricoltura e l\u2019analisi dell\u2019economia agraria)\xa0\n\n\xa0\n\nIf you want to learn more about the Professor:\xa0\nThe one who checks all the facts and regulates when we mistakenly type \u201cVerdicchio\u201d in place of \u201cVermentino.\u201d Attilio Scienza is a full professor at the University of Milan in the Department of Agricultural and Food Sciences where he teaches courses on genetic improvements to the vine; he also teaches Viticulture in the Master\u2019s program of the University of Turin in Asti. He has been the lead for many national research projects in the field of physiology, agricultural techniques, and vine genetics. As the author of over 350 publications on vine and viticulture in national and international journals, you can bet he knows his stuff!\xa0\n\nTo find out more about Attilio Scienza visit:\xa0\nhttps://www.vinitaly.com/formazione/vinitaly-international-academy/attilio-scienza/\xa0\xa0\n\n\xa0\n\n_______________________________\xa0\n\nLet's keep in touch! Follow Italian Wine Podcast on our social media channels:\xa0\n\nInstagram www.instagram.com/italianwinepodcast/\xa0\xa0\n\nFacebook www.facebook.com/ItalianWinePodcast\xa0\xa0\n\nTwitter www.twitter.com/itawinepodcast\xa0\xa0\n\nTiktok www.tiktok.com/@mammajumboshrimp\xa0\xa0\n\nLinkedIn www.linkedin.com/company/italianwinepodcast\xa0\xa0\n\nIf you feel like helping us, donate here www.italianwinepodcast.com/donate-to-show/\xa0\n\n\xa0\n\nUntil next time, Cin Cin!\xa0\n\n\xa0\n\nShare your love for our lovely Professor if you are a true Italian Wine Geek :)