A wine blog by Susannah Gold
I recently wrote a post in which I erroneously said that Lacryma Christi was a grape variety, a reader pointed out to me. Lacrima is a grape from Campania but Lacryma Christi is a wine made from another indigenous variety, usually made from Piedirosso and Aglianico or 100% Piedirosso. The wine above is from Enodelta... Continue Reading →
This week's variety hails Le Marche under the name, Lacrima di Morro d'Alba. I work with a great producer of these wines in Le Marche, Velenosi Vini. I don't write about producers that I promote however but I will link to another person's article on the wines.
Often I taste wines in on occasion or another, write copious notes and plan my posts about them only to let 12 months go by before I actually end up writing anything, hence the title, follow-up Fridays. When not writing about Women in Wine, I will be dedicating Fridays to following up on posts that... Continue Reading →
I had lunch with someone from Campania today and was happily reminded of this fantastic grape, Coda di Volpe. 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... 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 grape variety is Falanghina. I'm going back to the beginning of the "F" series because I skipped over this variety as I was looking for something particular related to it. Falanghina as we know hails from Campania and was first mentioned in 1825. In the past this vine was attached to spikes which... Continue Reading →
I have some gorgeous photos of a sailing trip to Ischia that I took years ago but they aren't digital and thus, here I am left with my trusty map of Italy. This week's grape variety hails from Ischia in the Campania region of Italy. Ischia is the largest of the Isole Flegree or the... Continue Reading →
This week's wine of the week is Terra di Lavoro from Campania. The wine is the only one that the Galardi family makes on its estate. The estate was created in 1991 by four cousins. The family hired Riccardo Cotarella and the first vintage was made in 1994, just 600 bottles of the wine were... Continue Reading →
One of the truly great places to be at Christmas, if not skiing somewhere exciting, sunning somewhere warm or sailing in the Caribbean, is New York City. The city is festooned with beautiful Christmas lights and alive with wonderful Christmas shows. I love Christmas and all that it brings, including for me, a trip to... Continue Reading →
