WSG Confidential with Gaia Gaja

A Family Legend in Piemonte
With Andrew Jefford, Gaia Gaja
Thursday Apr 22 2021

Summary: 

The guest for our fourth edition of WSG Live will be Gaia Gaja, one of the three children of legendary Piedmont producer Angelo Gaja, and already a familiar face to fans of Gaja wines worldwide. 

Born in 1979, Gaia says she has worked in the winery 'since she was a child': her parents always included all the children in decisions made about the future of the winery.  From 2004, she began to travel the world as the family's International Brand Ambassador -- but is also very much involved with decisions made at home about both vineyards and wines with her sister Rossana and brother Giovanni.  The Gaja family now has vineyards not only in Piedmont but in Tuscany (Montalcino and Bolgheri) and in Etna, too. 

Join Andrew Jefford to hear Gaia talk about these zones, about the future of Italian fine wine, about her family, about climate change and about diversity in the wine world.



WSG Live: Andrew Jefford hosts Gaia Gaja

Other WSG Replays with Andrew Jefford and/or Gaia Gaja

Alsace: A Journey Through Terroir and Tradition
Alsace: A Journey Through Terroir and Tradition
With Andrew Jefford
Tasting and Judging at the World's Biggest Wine Competition
Tasting and Judging at the World's Biggest Wine Competition
With Andrew Jefford, Caro Maurer MW, James Tidwell MS
Study Abroad: a Virtual Journey
Study Abroad: Join us on a virtual journey
With Andrew Jefford, Mary Kirk
Meeting of the Minds: Typicity
Meeting of the Minds: Typicity
With Andrew Jefford, Simon J. Woolf, Louis Barruol, Sarah Jane Evans MW
WSG Confidential with Andrew Jefford and Pascaline Lepeltier
WSG Confidential with Pascaline Lepeltier
With Andrew Jefford, Pascaline Lepeltier MOF
WSG CONFIDENTIAL: Andrew Jefford Hosts Raimonds Tomsons, World's Best Sommelier 2023
WSG Confidential with Raimonds Tomsons
With Andrew Jefford, Raimonds Tomsons
Meeting of the Minds: Heroic Viticulture
Meeting of the Minds: Heroic Viticulture
With Andrew Jefford, Caro Maurer MW, Paul Symington
Uncorked with Andrew Jefford
Uncorked with Andrew Jefford
With Andrew Jefford
WSG CONFIDENTIAL: Andrew Jefford Hosts Dermot Sugrue
WSG Confidential with Dermot Sugrue
With Andrew Jefford, Dermot Sugrue
Meeting of the Minds: French Wine Classifications
French Wine Classifications
With Andrew Jefford, Charles Curtis MW, Jon Bonné, Robin Kick MW
WSG CONFIDENTIAL: Andrew Jefford Hosts Laura Catena
WSG Confidential with Laura Catena
With Andrew Jefford, Dr. Laura Catena
Drinking With the Valkyries : Writings On Wine with Andrew Jefford and Mary Kirk
Mary Kirk Interviews Andrew Jefford
With Andrew Jefford, Mary Kirk
Meeting of the Minds: Climate Change
Climate Change
With Andrew Jefford, Josep Maria Ribas Portella, Michelle Bouffard
WSG CONFIDENTIAL: Andrew Jefford Hosts Elaine Chukan Brown
WSG Confidential with Elaine Chukan Brown
With Andrew Jefford, Elaine Chukan Brown
Meeting of the Minds: Bordeaux Classifications: Asset or Liability?
Bordeaux Classifications: Asset or Liability?
With Andrew Jefford, Fiona Morrison MW, Jeffrey Davies, Stephen Browett
WSG Live: Andrew Jefford hosts Louis Barruol
WSG Confidential
With Andrew Jefford, Louis Barruol
Have Your Say: Tasting Notes, Wine Descriptions, Wine Scores and Wine Criticism with Andrew Jefford and Dr. William Kelley
Wine Scores & Wine Criticism
With Andrew Jefford, Dr. William Kelley
Meeting of the Minds: Evolution in Wine-Making Aesthetics and Wine-Making Trends
Wine-Making Aesthetics & Wine-Making Trends
With Alberto Antonini, Andrew Jefford, Fiona Morrison MW, Pedro Ballesteros MW, Rosemary Cakebread
WSG Live: Andrew Jefford hosts Dirk Niepoort
WSG Confidential with Dirk Niepoort
With Andrew Jefford, Dirk Niepoort
Science Of Wine Tasting Final Panel Discussion
Science of Wine Tasting
With Andrew Jefford, Gabriel Lepousez PhD, Jamie Goode, François Chartier, Nick Jackson MW
Have Your Say: Ripeness and Balance with Andrew Jefford and Julia Harding MW
Ripeness and Balance
With Andrew Jefford, Julia Harding MW
WSG Live: Andrew Jefford Hosts Ian D'Agata
WSG Confidential
With Andrew Jefford, Ian D'Agata
WSG Live: Andrew Jefford hosts Dr Pedro Parra
WSG Confidential with Pedro Parra
With Andrew Jefford, Pedro Parra
Have Your Say: The Future of Appellations with Andrew Jefford and Robert Joseph
The Future of Appellations
With Andrew Jefford, Robert Joseph
Meeting of the Minds - A New Wine Landscape: Covid and After
The Post-Pandemic Wine Landscape
With Andrew Jefford, Eric Asimov, Philippe Guigal, Steve Charters MW
WSG Live: Andrew Jefford Hosts Alessandro Masnaghetti
WSG Confidential with Masnaghetti
With Alessandro Masnaghetti, Andrew Jefford
Have Your Say: Natural Wine with Andrew Jefford and Simon J. Woolf
Natural Wine
With Andrew Jefford, Simon J. Woolf
Meeting of the Minds - Taste and Terroir
Taste and Terroir
With Alex Maltman, Andrew Jefford, Hildegarde Heymann, Jamie Goode, Olivier Humbrecht MW
WSG Live: Andrew Jefford Hosts Christian Moueix
WSG Confidential with Christian Moueix
With Andrew Jefford, Christian Moueix
WSG Live: Andrew Jefford Hosts Jancis Robinson MW
WSG Confidential with Jancis Robinson MW
With Andrew Jefford, Jancis Robinson MW
Meeting of the Minds - A World of Tasting Methods
A World of Tasting Methods
With Andrew Jefford, Barry Smith, Julien Boulard MW, Matthew Stubbs MW, Pascaline Lepeltier MOF