A wine blog by Susannah Gold
February on Avvinare was all about love. March will be a month of "madness" where I will write about some of the lesser known wines I have tasted and the experiences linked to those. Not all the wines I write about, especially since this is now a daily wine blog, will be lesser known but... Continue Reading →
I first visited Valtellina with someone whose family had a home there in 1998. We went to Sondrio, drove around and visited wineries. The views were incredible and the terracing spectacular. I wasn't yet working in the wine business but I was studying wine in Milan at a local wine school. This wasn't primarily a... Continue Reading →
Italian Food, Wine and Travel Travels to the Valtellina region in Lombardy this weekend. This Saturday February 3nd you’ll get a sampling of what our Italian bloggers group has to offer and here is a preview below. Make sure to also join our live Twitter chat at 11am ET on #ItalianFWT. Valtellina is a physically... Continue Reading →
Italy is an incredibly beautiful country, with 20 regions, many which have Alpine wines thanks to the presence of two mountain ranges, the Alps and the Apennine Mountains which run 1000 km from North to South through the peninsula. Today, I am looking to the smallest region in the North, the Valle d’Aosta. The tag... Continue Reading →
This week’s wine is from the Aosta valley. I'm thinking about Alpine wines this week for the monthly Italian food Wine Travel blogger chat on Saturday. While I haven't skied in a while since I ripped my ACL, I do miss life on the slopes, all of it. I always remember the panini with speck... Continue Reading →
