A wine blog by Susannah Gold
As the year rolls on, everyone always talks about big reds as the winter approaches or sparkling wines. I like winter whites as an evergreen theme as well.Not only because I work with many white wine clients but because I like to pair white wines with a huge variety of foods. I will drink red... Continue Reading →
Today's Italian indigenous grape variety is Nocera which hails from Sicily. The flag above is called the Trinacria and is the Sicilian flag. The three legs symbolize the space of the Sicilian island and the red and yellow sections, Palermo and Corleone, respectively. Those two cities were crucial in the fight against foreign rule -... Continue Reading →
This week's indigenous variety is called Nigra and is a cross between Merlot and Barbera created by Italo Cosmo in the 1960s in Conegliano. The idea was to increase the acidity in Merlot which at times has a lack of it. It is only grown on some hectares around the city of Treviso. It is... Continue Reading →
I got a press release a few days ago about the formation of the San Casciano Classico Association. It was created to promote the wineries in the area of San Casciano in Val di Pesa, in the Chianti Classico production. It got my attention because I always loved that area near Florence. There were many amazing restaurants... Continue Reading →
Christmas season has officially begun for me. While I haven’t yet seen this gorgeous tree at the Met this year or Handel’s Messiah at Carnegie Hall, a tradition for a number of years, New York is filled with Christmas decorations. I am looking forward to toasting with sparkling wine. I love sparkling wine in all... Continue Reading →
Today's post is about some of the wonderful choices of wines from Lake Garda that you could pair with your holiday meal for Thanksgiving. The panorama is very large and one that is close to my heart. I've work with the Lugana DOC for a few years now and of course, I recommend their wines... Continue Reading →
My travels around Italy in search of indigenous grapes continues and once again, we are in Sardinia, a place I love. This week's grape is called Nieddu Mannu Nero and it comes from around Caligari. A rare grape, it is one of about 150 minor varieties that grow in Sardinia and are being studied. It... Continue Reading →
Today's post is about the wines I tasted from the Consorzio Vini Cortona this past February during the Anteprime Toscane week. I visited Cortona during the summer of 2016 when staying in Montepulciano at my friend, Susanna Crociani's agriturimo, Il Cantastorie. The town was incredibly interesting on very steep hills with an amazing Etruscan museum... Continue Reading →
This week's Italian indigenous variety is called Nieddera Nero and it hails from the island of Sardinia. It grows in the provinces of Cagliari, Nuoro and Oristano. It is used to make both red still and semi-sweet wines and also rosé. I have never had a wine made with this variety nor have I visited... Continue Reading →
