A wine blog by Susannah Gold
Today is #worldmalbecday, April 17th. I’m reposting a piece I wrote a number of years ago about Argentina and Malbec with tango mixed in. As any tango dancer worth their salt knows, Pablo Varron starred in the 1997 movie The Tango Lesson directed by Sally Potter as well as many other famous shows. That movie... Continue Reading →
This week's Wine Wednesday is dedicated to the Disznókō Tokaji Aszú 5 Puttonyos wine that I tried a couple of weeks ago. These wines mean a lot to me not only because I am partly Hungarian but because they were some of the first wines I tried when I received my Italian Sommelier Certificate in... Continue Reading →
This week's variety hails from Piedmont, specifically from an area near the town of Cuneo. The variety come from the town of Novello. It was discovered in the 1800s. Today, a number of producers are making wines using this variety, perhaps the most famous of all are Elvio Cogno and Braida. Cogno's wine Anas-Cëtta is... Continue Reading →
I just got back from a wonderful press trip to Campania. It had many parts to it including two very big tasting days on wines from Campania. They gave us the chance to taste the wines blind or choosing looking at the producers. I knew a few of the producers so I decided to taste... Continue Reading →
Muller Thurgau is a variety that was created in the 1880s in Germany by Hermann Müller who was Swiss at Geisenheim. He was from Thurgau in Switzerland, hence the name of the variety. It came to Italy in 1939 in the Trentino Alto Adige. The parents of the variety seem to be Riesling and a... Continue Reading →
I have been carrying meaning to write about this winery, RoncSoreli, for over a year I tasted their wines last February at Vino 2017 in New York. I met a lovely woman at the stand who told me all about the area of Prepotto in Friuli Venezia Giulia. It's famous for its Schioppettino, a red... Continue Reading →
On a recent trip to Tuscany for the Anteprime, I learned how much I still need to know about Italian wines and Italian DOCs. Everytime you think you know a lot about something like Italian wine, you are endlessly surprised to learn about producers and regions one didn't know about. That's the beauty of Italian... Continue Reading →
Domaine Roy was the first winery I visited in Portland, Oregon last summer 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 the winery before we arrived and found the visit truly eye-opening. Today's wine is the... Continue Reading →
This week's Italian indigenous variety is Mostosa Bianco erroneously confused in the past with Bombino Bianco but thought to be it's own variety. This grape is often seen on the Adriatic coast, such as in Abruzzo, Emilia-Romagna, Lazio,and Le Marche. It's quite a vigor variety and produces a large quantity of grapes. It is often... Continue Reading →
