A wine blog by Susannah Gold
As I read all the articles about the big push to visit Milan for the Expo, I am reflecting on all the years I spent there and how often people overlooked not just Lombardy (Milan is the capital) but the wines from the region, the food and well, almost everything. I had the pleasure of... Continue Reading →
This week's winery of the week is Gualdo del Re, a winery in Suvereto. Barbara Tamburini, the lovely lady in the photo is their amazing winemaker and a friend of mine who will be here next week for Vino! While organic and biodynamic viniculture is more widespread in Italy than people realize, most producers who... Continue Reading →
Today is called Il Giorno della Memoria in Italy. On January 27, 1945, the Soviet Army entered and liberated Auschwitz. In 2000, Italy, France and Germany established this day as a day of remembrance. As always on this day, my Italian friends, one in particular, write to me. I will never forget the day that... Continue Reading →
This week's wine of the week is Taurasi DOCG from 2008 made by Feudi di San Gregorio. I had the wine at home with a friend over the weekend. I was surprised at how lovely it was perhaps because I forget how much I like drinking older Aglianico. It had softened a bit but still... Continue Reading →
This week's indigenous grape hails from Sardinia, a beautiful region in Italy and one that should be on everyone's bucket list. I have never seen such beautiful water as off the coast of Northern Sardinia near the Maddalena. I went on a fabulous sailing trip there some years ago but my photos aren't digital so... Continue Reading →
After a week like this one, I don't have the heart to write about wine today although I do believe in carrying on with our lives as a way of fighting back. I am, as most are, shocked and sad about what happened in Paris, both at the newspaper, to the police and in the... Continue Reading →
Today's post is about a special wine family from the Veneto. I drank a wonderful Ripasso from the Veneto to celebrate the New Year yesterday and realized that I had never posted this story I wrote earlier this year about Sartori. Anyone who has every met Andrea Sartori would be hard pressed to immediately guess... Continue Reading →
