Italian Wine Podcast

Welcome to Clubhouse’s Ambassadors’ Corner and Episode 2607 of the Italian Wine Podcast. In this episode, Stephanie Johnson IWE interviews Matej Skerlj of Skerlj winery in Carso, Friuli-Venezia Giulia. The conversation explores the challenges for growing wine grapes in the Carso, the region’s main grape varieties and styles of wine, and the cultural traditions of the region. These sessions are recorded from Clubhouse and reproduced here for the Italian Wine Podcast.  Key Learning Objectives: Understand the challenges for growing wine grapes in the Carso area. Recognise the region’s  main grape varieties and styles of wine. Appreciate the cultural traditions of the region. More about today’s host:  As well as being a certified Italian Wine Expert (IWE), Stephanie Johnson holds a WSET Diploma in Wine & Spirits. Her wine career spans the journalism, retail and restaurant sectors. She joined Wine & Spirits Magazine in 2013 and later served as Italian Wine Editor from 2016 to 2024. Stephanie has