A wine blog by Susannah Gold
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 →
Climate change is in the news this week because of the meetings in Paris. It has been on the minds of vintners throughout the wine world for a long time as well. This week I have decided to write about some wineries that I know well that are serious about sustainable viticulture and vinification. I... Continue Reading →
Today is International women's day. It is the 100th anniversary and a perfect moment to speak about women in wine, one of the key topics for this blog. Here's some information on the day that I got from the website: "Following the decision agreed at Copenhagen in 1911, International Women's Day (IWD) was honored the... Continue Reading →
Vino 2011 or Italian Wine Week is here and I am truly excited. I'll be taking part in some of the initiatives but couldn't get into some great seminars. Everything filled up so quickly. I guess that's a testament to just how interested people continue to be in Italian wine. That's no surprise to me... Continue Reading →
The first time I tried this indigenous grape, I was in Montalcino visiting the Mocali winery. Alessandra the owner told me about this indigenous grape from the area that they were bringing back. I liked it then and I also enjoyed it at a recent event at Accademia di Vino featuring wines from Banfi. I'm... Continue Reading →
