Today's post is dedicated to a winery I visited last year in Brazil, Miolo. It was also the first winery I had ever heard about or tried a wine from in Brazil, starting back in 2013. It always stayed in my mind because of the Italian heritage of the family. The founder Giuseppe Miolo, immigrated... Continue Reading →
Join Us on #Winestudio at 9:00pm EDT for Val D’Oca Chat
Tonight I will be on #winestudio from 9:00 - 10:00 pm discussing Val D'Oca, an incredible cooperative winery from the Veneto that I have the privilege of working with to promote their Prosecco brands. Val D'Oca makes wines in five Prosecco denominations from Prosecco DOC to Cartizze and everything in-between. The winery has 600 member-growers... Continue Reading →
Atonement and Israeli Wine
Today, as some people know, is the holiest day of the Jewish Year, Yom Kippur, a day of atonement. I generally do not go to synagogue. I do mark the Jewish holidays in my own way though, by drinking and writing about Israeli wines. This year I have found a few that I truly enjoy,... Continue Reading →
Sat Sips:Austria’s Indigenous Reds- Blaufrankisch, St Laurent, Zweigelt
As I wait for the opportunity to go back to Europe, I watch movies that remind me of the beauty of those places and remember vacations past. Yesterday my son gave me a treat and watched The Sound of Music with me. I've probably seen it 20 times but each time, something new strikes me.... Continue Reading →
New York Climate Week: Webinar on Food and Climate
It's New York Climate Week and I am participating in on a conversation about climate change and food. It's super interesting to hear how changing our diets needs to be a part of our fight against climate change. Having been a meat eater all my life, the idea of being vegetarian was anathema to me... Continue Reading →
Italian Indigenous Varieties: Cornarea Nero from Piedmont
I was speaking about this grape variety today so I thought I would repost this article from some years ago. This week's indigenous grape variety entry will be a short one because I could find very little information on this variety on the internet or in other sources. The variety, Cornarea Nero, hails from Piedmont... Continue Reading →
Climate Change Top Of Mind
These past four or five days I can literally think of nothing else but climate change. That makes sense since it is Climate Week in New York. I've followed some of their webinars and the tone while fascinating is also terrifying about where we are now. Every story on the news, every wine discussion I... Continue Reading →
A Window Into The Côtes du Rhône Through Maison M. Chapoutier
While many people know of my connection to Italy, the real truth is that France and all things French were my first love. I lived in Dijon during University, was a French language and literature major in college and to this day associate much of my childhood with trips to France (read Dad’s love of... Continue Reading →
Happy New Year 5781!
What a year 2020 has been. Today is the first evening of the Jewish New Year 5781. I was going to write about the wine I drank tonight to celebrate the New Year but then I read about Ruth Bader Ginsburg's passing. I feel heartbroken and scared and sad. What a life she led and... Continue Reading →
Thirsty Thursday: Maker’s Mark
Every so often I reach for something in my glass that's not wine. Usually that means an Italian digestif - Amaro, Mirto, Limoncello maybe even a beer and very rarely Scotch. But drinking Bourbon is really out of character. That is since I'm an adult. I believe as a teen Bourbon was the source of... Continue Reading →