A wine blog by Susannah Gold
Today's Wine Wednesday is a marvelous sparkling wine I recently discovered from Enrico Serafino. It's an Alta Langa DOCG wine, a category I wrote about a couple of weeks ago in this post. This particular winery has been active since 1878. The grapes for these wines are harvested from Barolo, Langhe, Roero and Monferrato, Unesco... Continue Reading →
Ferraro Family Despite the domestic terrorism witnessed in our Capital today, I am continuing with my exploration of Italian sparkling denominations and wines. This Wine Wednesday is dedicated to Asolo Prosecco Superiore DOCG wines and one specifically from Bele Castel. I didn't know much about Prosecco from Asolo Prosecco Superiore DOCG previously so I was... Continue Reading →
Donelli Continuing with our exploration of sparkling wine, today I am looking at Lambrusco. This week's Wine Wednesday focuses on a wine from Donelli. It's a Lambrusco Amabile is made from 90% Lambrusco Grasparossa and 10% Malbo Gentile. The vines are grown on Calcareous clay. The grapes are hand harvested in September and then taken... Continue Reading →
This week's Wine Wednesday is about Rosu de Purcari from Chateau Purcari in Moldova. Purcari is an historic winery in Moldova and "in 1827, Emperor of Russia Nicholas I issued a special decree granting Purcari the status of the first specialized winery in Bessarabia." They make many wines among them, this one which is a... Continue Reading →
Today's Wine Wednesday is dedicated to a grape and a wine - Donnafugata's Mille e Una Notte and a region - La Sicilia. Sicily, wow, I haven’t been back in so many years. I must correct that as soon as I am able to. What I have been able to do however, is drink... Continue Reading →
Today I am about to talk about two indigenous varieties from Sardinia. Caddiu Nero, usually used in a blend with other indigenous varieties such as Bovale and Monica. The specific area where it grows is called the lower Tirso Valley. If you have never spent any time in Sardinia, you have a real treat in... Continue Reading →
This week's Wine Wednesday post is about Cantina del Nebbiolo. I was introduced to this winery at the Barolo and Barbaresco tasting in February. Specifically February 4th. That seems like a century ago. In any event, the winery was founded in 1959. It was created by 23 members in the Roero area. The winery now... Continue Reading →
Today is Wine Wednesday and I am writing about a wine I tasted at a recent seminar on Barbera d'Asti from the Nizza DOCG area specifically. This wine is from Michele Chiarlo. The wines are brought in by Kobrand. I did a few projects for Kobrand years ago and am quite familiar with their amazing... Continue Reading →
This week's Wine Wednesday is dedicated to a Cru wine from Mamete Prevostini, a producer I am fond of from the Valtellina. This wine is called San Lorenzo Superiore Sassella DOCG. San Lorenzo is the name of a convent near the city of Sondrio. The vineyard is within it's walls at 450 meters above sea... Continue Reading →
I wrote this post some years ago but I thought I would repost it because they make wines from Roccamonfina IGP, the third area in the Alto Casertano that I wanted to mention. The Roccamonfina is an extinct Volcano. The area has been an IGT since 1995. The wines are made from Aglianico, Piedirosso, and... Continue Reading →
