A wine blog by Susannah Gold
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 →
Yesterday I went to the Guia Penin tasting to work at the table of a winery I represent, Eccoci Wines. I didn't taste too many wines but I did get to try one made from an indigenous variety from Spain called Vijiriega that sparked my interest. It also had 10% Chardonnay I read in their... Continue Reading →
I am jumping out of my skin today. Partly because it's snowing, it should be spring and because I am participating in the New York Half Marathon tomorrow. No I am not running, I am walking it as part of Team in Training's team that raises money for the Leukemia and Lymphoma Society (LLS). The... Continue Reading →
As 2013 begins, I have unfinished business from 2012 to attend to, none more than three articles which never got written in 2012 thanks to too much work, too little time and life in general. I was happy to see a post bemoaning similar pieces almost not written in 2012 by Alice Feiring who is... Continue Reading →
Have you ever noticed that wines from Molise just don't there fair shake? I know I have. Molise may not have any DOCG wines, a list which has seen its members swell exponentially in recent month but it does have three DOC wines that should be on your radar: Biferno DOC made around Campobasso, Pentro... Continue Reading →
It's Thursday and that means indigenous varieties over here at Avvinare. The latest grape that I've learned about is called Bonamico nero. It hails from Tuscany, specifically from the area around Pisa. It tends to be cultivated in the plains and lower hills. It is a blending grape that is quite vigorous but has little... Continue Reading →
As some of you know, I was a francophile before losing my heart to Italy lo those many years ago. I was a French major in college and lived in France during my junior year. My father is obsessed with France and when I was a child, France was considered the bastion of civility for... Continue Reading →
Life is sometimes stranger than fiction and this past weekend it seemed that many of my different lives came together in a strange union of coincidences. As I mentioned when I changed the theme on my blog some months ago, art and Italian art specifically, is one of the things that have been most central... Continue Reading →
One of the things I find so hard these days is trying to stay on top of everyone's writing. I get irritated when I can't read the entire New York Times or never finish a New Yorker or my latest and favorite subscription to the Financial Times. I haven't even gotten into the wine publications,... Continue Reading →
Yesterday was one of those magical days when the stars are aligned and everything seems just right in the world. The morning was taken up with the very lovely tasting seminar run by Lucio Caputo of the Italian Institute of Food and Wine which was focused on Sicilian and Tuscan Wines with a delicious Amarone... Continue Reading →
