A wine blog by Susannah Gold
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 →
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 →
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 →
Today's Wine Wednesday is about a Cremant D'Alsace Gustave Lorentz Brut Rosé that I received as a sample as part of the French #winophiles group. I had the wine last week with my second Thanksgiving dinner and it was a perfect pairing for my Mom's turkey, stuffing and relish. Made with Pinot Noir it was... 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 →
