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 →
I just got home from a holiday party held at Loi Estiatorio for Les Dames d’Escoffier. Maria Loi the owner is a dame of long standing. I was nominated and accepted into the organization in 2014. I'm thrilled to be part of this group and enjoy promoting its mission. The beginning of the holiday season... Continue Reading →
One of the parts of Italian life I miss most is the concept of "ponti" or long weekends where you go on a "gita fuori porta" meaning you take a brief but exciting trip to another city or country. At the beginning of the year, everyone begins counting how many long "ponti" there are in... Continue Reading →
I love sweet wines of all kinds. The wine pictured above was my first oak aged ice wine and it came from Peller Estates in Canada. I tried it this past summer during the Society of Wine Educators conference which was held in Rochester, New York. This wine is made from a grape I have... Continue Reading →
Tonight I am going to spend the evening tasting some great wines and eating marvelous food. I'm involved in a project thanks to my friend Roberto Cipresso who I met 11 years ago in Argentina by chance. My friend was looking to import Argentinean wines into Italy so we had the pleasure of meeting with... Continue Reading →
Today is #CabernetFranc day I found out from my friend Lauren Walsh of The Swirling Dervish. Let's be clear, I am not drinking Cheval Blanc as I write this post but remember a small and exquisite taste I had of it at the New York Wine Experience held by the Wine Spectator this past October.... Continue Reading →
I received this refreshing rosé as a sample from the lovely Li Valentine of The Wining Hour. This wine from Rioja is a blend of 75% Tempranillo and Garnacha with a touch of Garnacha Blanca. The addition of Garnacha blanc is new. Vivanco has recently added the white grape to the blend. They note on... 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 →
Today's Monday musings concern Tawny ports. I am thinking about them not only because I love them but because Eric Asimov wrote an article about them this week for the New York Times. I wrote about this topic here about a year ago. At that time, I wondered if there is any data about how... Continue Reading →
