A wine blog by Susannah Gold
For this first month of January 2021, I am exploring one of Italy's most underrated white wines, Vernaccia di San Gimignano from Tuscany. Vernaccia di San Gimignano was the first Italian wine to receive a DOC denomination in 1966 as most students of Italian wine know. It was then given its DOCG designation in 1993.... Continue Reading →
This morning I walked a 10k to raise money for the Leukemia and Lymphoma society. The race was all women in Central Park. There were so many of us.over 8,000 and so many people cheering on Team In Training runners/walkers, etc that it felt really celebratory. Lots of people donated to my fundraising page and... Continue Reading →
Reading through my materials today, I decided to start a new section on my blog called Italian Wine Facts. Today's factoid is about the first Italian DOC wine. I was surprised to find out that it was Vernaccia di San Gimingnano in 1966. The wine received its DOCG designation in 1993. Vernaccia is not an... Continue Reading →
