A wine blog by Susannah Gold
Today’s Monday musing is about the place of cooperatives in the wine space. The photo above is of the growers at La Clavesana a cooperative in Piedmont that makes an amazing Dolcetto. For many years I have pondered cooperatives and their reputation and like many others I have set them in a separate category and... Continue Reading →
Today's musings are about receiving wine samples and how to declare that they are samples. These pictures are of bottles that I put together when I make my wines. Sometimes I out labels on them but often I do not. If I give them to someone, I declare it's home made. These are my Super-Teaneck... Continue Reading →
I have not written a Monday Musings post in a bit because I am filled with so many ideas about what may or may not happen that its hard to put them down.While we don't know what the world will look like really, one thing we do know is that things will not be the... Continue Reading →
While some in the media portray the wine industry as overwrought with much ado about nothing as it contemplates 100% Tariffs on European wines, others take a more nuanced approach such as Jon Bonné in this recent piece on CNN.com. Where he talks about the economic harm that the tariffs will create in terms of... Continue Reading →
Today's Monday musings is about aging white wines. During a recent class from the Vinitaly International Academy, part of our exam was to choose three Italian white varieties to watch. To me that also meant three Italian varieties that can age. My group choose our three - Garganega, Fiano and Verdicchio. In keeping with that... Continue Reading →
On Earth day last year, together with 15,000 other people, we went to the Bronx Botanical Gardens. It was a perfect day weather wise and fun was had by all. They put out a great huge balloon of the Earth, let people picnic on the grounds which is usually forbidden and generally pulled out the... Continue Reading →
This photo is of the set up for Vinitaly before the fair begins but I am using it to make a larger point about waste. I always think about all the garbage and all of the materials that go into wine packaging and shipping. As the holidays come around, I am even more mindful of... Continue Reading →
Last week I wrote about using corks or screw caps as closures and which one was more environmentally sound. This week, my Monday musing is about buying very heavy wine bottles for making one's own wine or buying wines that are sold in very heavy bottles. When I made wine this year, I used bottles... Continue Reading →
I've been thinking a lot about climate change. I'm sure I am not alone. It's sweltering outside, almost 99%, and its been raining everyday since the end of July, more or less. If I lived in an area where this was normal - somewhere where monsoons were common - or even in Florida, I might... Continue Reading →
Monday musings today are about what to drink on different occasions and why wine professionals must be well-versed in mass market wines. This past weekend at my college reunion I was confronted with the usual challenge - drink average wine or switch to something else, in this instance average beer. While it usually is a... Continue Reading →
