A wine blog by Susannah Gold
Continuing with my exploration of sparkling wines from Italy, today is the turn of Alta Langa DOCG wines which are sparkling wines made in the classical method in Piedmont. These wines are available in the US but are still somewhat hard to find but I predict we will see more of them in 2021. Here... Continue Reading →
Today's post is about Dolcetto, a grape most widely grown in Piedmont but also seen in Liguria under the name Ormeasco and in the Oltrepo’Pavese. It tends to make easy to drink, friendly red wines as well as wines that can age with a hint of almond and liquorice on the nose and palate. It... Continue Reading →
For today's #ItalianFWT online conversation, we are dishing about Brachetto d’Acqui , a D.O.C.G from Piedmont which finds its maximum espression around the town of Acqui Terme. The Grape and the Wine The grape is called Brachetto and is used to make the wine called Brachetto d’Acqui. The grape is native to Piedmont, in particular... 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, July 7th, was the birthday of someone I was close to. He passed away 10 years ago and would have been 91 today. His name was Sergio and he really started me out on my Italian wine journey. When he died he was 80 and ill but nonetheless, you always want the people you... Continue Reading →
This week's Italian indigenous variety hails from the region of Piedmont, near the city of Torino. It is called Neretto di Bairo and it's a local red variety that is used in the blends allowed Valsusa DOC and Pinerolese DOC. It brings full body and color to a blend but little alcohol. The great website... Continue Reading →
Rather than discuss the exciting events of last night's James Beard Awards which I attended for the first time, I am going to continue down my own path and write about this week's Italian indigenous grape varieties. I am putting three varieties together not because they are related but because of limited information on each... Continue Reading →
I've spent the last hour looking for a good photo of the Cortese grape, the provinces of Asti and Alessandria in Piedmont and bottles of Gavi di Gavi D.O.C.G. because we all know that pictures are fundamental on Social Media. I have found nothing that I can use shockingly so am opting for the map... Continue Reading →
This week's indigenous grape variety entry will be a short one because I could find very little information on this variety on the internet or in other sources. The variety, Cornarea Nero, hails from Piedmont in the North-West corner of Italy. It is a cross created by Giovanni Dalmasso in 1936 between Barbera and Nebbiolo.... Continue Reading →
My wine of the week for this Wine Wednesday is Il Clou di Clavesana 2010 which I had the pleasure of tasting with the Director Anna Bracco a couple of week's ago. She has worked at the Cantina since 1975. The wine was gorgeous, sleek and supple on the nose and on the palate. I... Continue Reading →
