A wine blog by Susannah Gold
As the weather warms up and we go from winter to summer on the East Coast, Vermentino seems ever more a perfect topic to discuss this weekend for the monthly #ItalianFWT twitter chat. I'm really looking forward to our discussion about this exciting grape that grows throughout the Italian regions - Liguria, Tuscany and Sardinia... Continue Reading →
Here goes, this is the second time writing this post which I finished this am at 6:00 promptly posted and somehow got overwritten. In any event, what I said originally was that when Jeff of Food Wine Click proposed this topic, I was thrilled. I love Aglianico and it was a great time to... Continue Reading →
I first visited Valtellina with someone whose family had a home there in 1998. We went to Sondrio, drove around and visited wineries. The views were incredible and the terracing spectacular. I wasn't yet working in the wine business but I was studying wine in Milan at a local wine school. This wasn't primarily a... Continue Reading →
Italian Food, Wine and Travel Travels to the Valtellina region in Lombardy this weekend. This Saturday February 3nd you’ll get a sampling of what our Italian bloggers group has to offer and here is a preview below. Make sure to also join our live Twitter chat at 11am ET on #ItalianFWT. Valtellina is a physically... Continue Reading →
Puglia or Apulia as we would say in English is a beautiful part of Italy. This long region is among the top wine producing regions in Italy. A large part of the wines are made with indigenous varieties such as Primitivo and Negroamaro, two red grapes that many people know and have tasted in various... Continue Reading →
I love sweet wines so when I saw that the French Winophiles group was writing about French dessert wines, I thought I would join for the first time. I'm part of a blogging circle about Italian wines but thus far haven't join the Francophiles. In truth, I am a Francophile of longstanding. I majored in... Continue Reading →
Italian sweet wines and more are the topic of this month's twitter chat. Join my fellow bloggers below and if you catch us in time, chat with us live on Twitter this Saturday June 3rd at 11am EST #ItalianFWT. Italian sweet wines don't get their fair share of attention in my view and it's a... Continue Reading →
I have had the pleasure of spending Easter in Rome a number of times. The city is very crowded with tourists and often school children. "La Settimana Santa" or the Holy Week is considered a perfect time to visit the Eternal City. Many hope to see the Pope who is in residence and gives Mass... Continue Reading →
I first heard of Tasca d'Almerita many, many years ago. I knew it was one of Sicily's great wineries with a long and noble past and family behind it. What I didn't know was how innovative the winery is as well. Tasca d'Almerita is its 8th generation of their history. They have five estates and... Continue Reading →
