A wine blog by Susannah Gold
The Society of Wine Educators held a dinner last night at Jiko - The Cooking Place. The theme was South African wines and African inspired dishes. This dish was a delicious fusion of ingredients that included a revisited spanakopita with curry vinaigrette, a delicious "Mozambique-style" Tomato Salad and a crispy beef "Bobotie" Roll. The Chef... Continue Reading →
I'm in Orlando, Florida for my first leg of the marathon that is the Society of Wine Educators conference (SWE). I am a big fan of the SWE, their classes, approach and staff alike. This is my fifth conference and at the gym this morning I already noted some familiar faces. I'm looking forward to... Continue Reading →
Finally back from a wonderful trip to Italy over the last two weeks, I am trying to settle into the New York scene. I was helped along by the discovery of a wonderful wine thanks to Tracy Ellen Kamens - friend and wine colleague - and her husband Jared. The wine in question was the... Continue Reading →
Today is a beautiful day in Cortina without a cloud in the sky. VinoVip 2013 has an interesting program of seminars and tastings. I opted for the blind tasting this morning and seminars in the afternoon. It will be interesting to see how I do in this competition.
I arrived in Cortina last night for the 9th edition of vinovipcortina.it, an Italian wine event that takes place every two years in this gorgeous location in the Dolomites. The event is a three day extravagance with wine tastings at mountain "rifugi" at 2500 meters above sea level with Jancis Robinson, MW as keynote speaker.... Continue Reading →
I had never heard of this grape before Vinitaly this year. Within Vinitaly there was a special section of "natural" wines called Vivit. Many of the producers in that section seemed to be from Tuscany, Trentino or more familiar regions but I did happen upon one from Emilia Romagna called Fondo San Giuseppe which made... Continue Reading →
I have been very lucky to work on an exceptional project with 20 great Italian producers these past six weeks as the show has been touring US cities. Tomorrow, they will be in Chicago and last week some of the wines were shown during the Fancy Food show. Among the producers, was the winery Cantina... Continue Reading →
Everyone seems to be talking about California wines these days and as I prepare for the upcoming Society of Wine Conference meeting later this July, I am looking through my notes from previous seminars and have noticed how many classes I have taken on California wines as part of my conference experience. Last year I... Continue Reading →
On the weekends, sometimes I splurge and have something other than wine as an alcoholic beverage. Rarely do I drink vodka however. I know that sounds strange as it is the most popular spirit but I've just never been that taken with vodka. Last year, I had the occasion to try a vodka which did... Continue Reading →
