A wine blog by Susannah Gold
This week's wine of the week is Tikves Vranec Special Selection from Macedonia. Vranec is apparently the most widely grown grape in Macedonia, a tiny nation in the Balkans, landlocked between Greece, Serbia, Albania, Bulgaria and Kosovo. Apparently I am not the first to discover this wine from Macedonia's oldest winery. The grape also grows... Continue Reading →
Sometimes I come upon a grape I have never heard of and am really surprised to learn its history. This time around it was a wine made from Enantio that surprised me. This wine was from Cantina Valdadige . Apparently Enantio is also sometimes called Lambrusco a foglia frastagliata but is not genetically related to... Continue Reading →
"The Napa Valley, Then and Now: The Evoltion of Grapegrowing and Winemaking" was the title of a seminar I took this past summer at the Society of Wine Educators Conference in Orlando, Florida with Barry Wiss. With the cold weather outside, I am channeling summer and warmth and so Napa came to mind. The seminar... Continue Reading →
Santa Lucia is a holiday in many parts of the world including some towns in Italy, particularly in the Veneto and two towns in Lombardy, Crema and Cremona. The latter is a very famous city for its liutai or lute makers as well. Many don't read Italian, I know, but here is an interesting explanation... Continue Reading →
Coda di Volpe is a grape that hails from the Campania region. There are both white and red grapes with this name, although the red is much more rare. I have had the white version often but have never tried the red version of this grape variety. Apparently, according to sources, Pliny gave the grape... Continue Reading →
This week's wine of the week is Edelzwicker from the Domaine of Mittnacht-klack in Alsace. This $15 bottle of wine is a perfect blend of grapes that was a very pleasurable aperitif before going to see the Rigoletto a few weeks ago. The wine can be found here. I had it as an aperitif before... Continue Reading →
Like much of the world, I have been watching hours of programs about Nelson Mandela's life and his example. He is so inspiring that one can only try to be joyous and cheerful when thinking about his spirit despite the fact that he has left our earthly domain. As this is a wine blog, of... Continue Reading →
I just got back to my office and heard the sad news about Mandela's passing. We have all lost an icon, a hero and a leader in the true sense of the word. I have a quote from him above my desk that I look at every morning: “I learned that courage is not the... Continue Reading →
Two Italians come to town and the issue is always what and where are we eating. It's no fun to take them only to Italian places so if they are close friends I take them to certain places that I particularly like and think they will enjoy. Once such place is Ed's Lobster Bar. I... Continue Reading →
Last week Peter Mondavi of Charles Krug Winery turned 99, a venerable age for a remarkable man. I had the good fortune to meet Mr. Mondavi last year in October together with Giacomo Pondini from the Consorzio di Tutela del Morellino di Scansano and Karen MacKenzie of the eponymous agency. The Wine Spectator wrote a... Continue Reading →
