A wine blog by Susannah Gold
Tonight I am fulfilling a promise to my nephew and taking him to the Lion King. It's been a long time coming, maybe four years but the cost of the show seemed so outrageous. Earlier on it would have been two tickets but now it's three since my five year old is of course coming... Continue Reading →
Gearing up for the end of the winter holidays, everyone makes numerous resolutions, including me. One of mine is to write more copy on this blog and posting on other people's blogs. Thank goodness for the blogging groups I participate in #ItalianFWT, #WinePW, #Winophiles, without which I think I may have stopped writing. I love... Continue Reading →
Happy New Year. This will be my first post of 2020 and it is fitting that it should be part of the #ItalianFWT blogging circle which this month is dedicated to introducing Italian Wine to a curious friend. Nothing could be more up my alley since I've spent 23 years studying Italian wine formally, 12 working... Continue Reading →
As many in the industry and in the wider consumer market know, big changes are underway in our industry. I got this yesterday from Alice Feiring's Newsletter and decided to repost it here. She makes the following case which I agree with 100%: There’s a serious situation brewing in the wine industry that you might... Continue Reading →
This month's #WinePW is about pet-nat wines or wines that are pétillant-naturel. Since I love sparkling wines of all kinds I was excited. What I didn't realize was how hard it would be to find a Blanquette de Limoux méthode ancestrale from Languedoc. I did find one made in the traditional method. Blanquette di Limoux... 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 →
I’ve always had a thing about Basilicata. Many people know the region because it is home to the city of Matera, a beautiful city and absolutely worth a visit. Sadly Matera has been in terrible straights these past few weeks because of flooding. Matera was as badly hit as Venice but we didn't hear about... Continue Reading →
It is hard to believe it is December and almost the holiday season. In Italy, the holidays beginning this weekend with the Immaculate or the Immaculate Conception on Sunday, December 8. It seems a perfect time to explore some of the areas of Italy that we haven't discussed this year and that's why, this month's... Continue Reading →
