The Wine Pair Podcast
The Wine Pair Podcast
The Wine Pair
Italian Wine Adventure #26: Schiava! Sommeliers Love This Chillable Red!
44 minutes Posted Aug 23, 2026 at 9:00 am.
Introduction
Episode Overview and First Thoughts on Schiava
Topic: WTF is Schiava?
Schiava Wines We Chose for This Episode
2024 Alois Lageder Schiava Wine Tasting, Pairing, and Review
2022 Elena Walch Schiava Wine Tasting, Pairing, and Review
The Test: Did we nail the taste profiles expected from Schiava?
What is our verdict on Schiava?
Wine in the news this week: Andreola: the quiet exit from Prosecco
Listener Shoutouts
Wines coming up in future episodes in case you want to drink along with us
Outro and how to find The Wine Pair Podcast
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Chillable red wines are a thing right now, and we think we may have found the perfect chillable red wine for you to not only enjoy but wow your hipster friends, family, and coworkers with. In fact, this wine is becoming a darling of in-the-know sommeliers! Schiava comes from the Alto Adige region of Italy, and it has everything you are looking for in a chillable red wine: crunchy red fruit flavors, light body, low tannins, and moderate alcohol. And while the wine is sometimes called “weightle...