A wine blog by Susannah Gold
This month's #ItalianFWT is focusing on Super-Tuscans thanks to Jill Barth of L'Occasion. Here is the preview post where she explains what brought her to want to write about this topic. I'm glad that she decided to shine a light on these wines again because it's something I have been thinking about too. For starters,... Continue Reading →
This used to be my idea of a seminar room. Now it's my small screen on my iPad with many faces in their own space and people looking out from the comforters of their own homes. Often people are poised in front of a bookshelf to show how many books they own it seems or... Continue Reading →
This month the #winophiles traveled to Champagne for unexpected pleasures tour. thanks to Gwendolyn of Wine Predator. Her preview post is here. Her second post about the area is here and so resonated with me when thinking about experiences in the Champagne region. Champagne was the first wine region that I visited on a quest to... Continue Reading →
This month's #WinePW blogging group went to the Finger Lakes. Thanks to Linda Whipple who hosts this month's chat, many of us received a host of wonderful samples to try. Click here to read Linda's preview post on the region. I was lucky enough to visit the Finger Lakes in 2018 when I attended the... Continue Reading →
Sangiovese is as we know the premier red grape variety of Central Italy. While Tuscany is the region most associated with it, Emilia Romagna is not far behind. I love Emilia Romagna and spent a great year of my life in graduate school there at SAIS in Bologna. Romagna Sangiovese comes from seven towns around... Continue Reading →
Last week should have been the US Trade Tasting but it has been canceled until next year. Thinking of the last time I attended in 2017, I thought I would repost this about the seminar I in 2017 on wines from Chateau Rongzi. I admit, I went because I thought it was a curiosity not... Continue Reading →
Today's grape is Bombino Bianco, a white grape variety which grows in Apulia and some other regions surrounding that part of the Italian boot. Bombino Bianco is cultivated both in the area around the city of Bari as well as the Salento, lower down in Apulia near the city of Lecce. This grape variety has... Continue Reading →
Domaine Roy was the first winery I visited in Portland, Oregon in 2017 during the Society of Wine Educators conference. I was surprised at the size of the winery and sleek nature of the winery. I didn't know much about it before we arrived and found the visit truly eye-opening. We tasted the Pinot Noir... Continue Reading →
Mannucci Droandi is a winery in the Valdarno area of Tuscany near the town of Montevarchi. The Valdarno is an ancient wine making region and is part of the province of Arezzo. Wine has been part of Arezzo’s history for centuries. The Greeks were the first to bring the vine to Italy. After the Greeks,... Continue Reading →
