A wine blog by Susannah Gold
I wrote this post about Susanna many years ago. I am reposting it today because it is her birthday today and because I would have just seen her had I been at the Anteprime Toscane. It's been a year since we last saw each other but what's a year among friends. We've been friends now... Continue Reading →
This week's indigenous varieties are all ones that I had never heard of and first met in a book I own on indigenous varieties in Italy. Goldtraminer as you might expect is a cross created in 1947 by Rebo Rigotti at San Michele all'Adige between Traminer and Garganega. The grape is aromatic and is especially... Continue Reading →
I'm starting a new series on this blog, not an exhaustive one, but a smattering of information about the 20 regions of Italy. To start, naturally I am looking to the smallest region in the North, the Valle d'Aosta. The tag line they use is "Un Cuore di Natura." Anyone who has ever been to... Continue Reading →
Today's post is dedicated to a winery I visited last year in Brazil, Miolo. It was also the first winery I had ever heard about or tried a wine from in Brazil, starting back in 2013. It always stayed in my mind because of the Italian heritage of the family. The founder Giuseppe Miolo, immigrated... Continue Reading →
Tonight I will be on #winestudio from 9:00 - 10:00 pm discussing Val D'Oca, an incredible cooperative winery from the Veneto that I have the privilege of working with to promote their Prosecco brands. Val D'Oca makes wines in five Prosecco denominations from Prosecco DOC to Cartizze and everything in-between. The winery has 600 member-growers... Continue Reading →
Today, as some people know, is the holiest day of the Jewish Year, Yom Kippur, a day of atonement. I generally do not go to synagogue. I do mark the Jewish holidays in my own way though, by drinking and writing about Israeli wines. This year I have found a few that I truly enjoy,... Continue Reading →
As I wait for the opportunity to go back to Europe, I watch movies that remind me of the beauty of those places and remember vacations past. Yesterday my son gave me a treat and watched The Sound of Music with me. I've probably seen it 20 times but each time, something new strikes me.... Continue Reading →
I was speaking about this grape variety today so I thought I would repost this article from some years ago. This week's indigenous grape variety entry will be a short one because I could find very little information on this variety on the internet or in other sources. The variety, Cornarea Nero, hails from Piedmont... Continue Reading →
These past four or five days I can literally think of nothing else but climate change. That makes sense since it is Climate Week in New York. I've followed some of their webinars and the tone while fascinating is also terrifying about where we are now. Every story on the news, every wine discussion I... Continue Reading →
While many people know of my connection to Italy, the real truth is that France and all things French were my first love. I lived in Dijon during University, was a French language and literature major in college and to this day associate much of my childhood with trips to France (read Dad’s love of... Continue Reading →
