A wine blog by Susannah Gold
Raising a glass of this Brut Rosé bubbly from Graham Beck today for #CapClassiqueDay. I loved its salmon hue and fruity notes together with a nice perlage, structure and length. It’s a blend of Chardonnay and Pinot Noir from their properties in Robertson and Stellenbosch. The wine is made using whole cluster pressing. The winemaker Pieter... Continue Reading →
Today I am writing about Crémant de Bordeaux even if I am not drinking it. My title is the unexpected pleasure that one finds in a Crémant de Bordeaux. I mean that in two ways, one that it's not the first wine you think of when you think of Bordeaux and two, thinking about bubbles... Continue Reading →
This week's Wine Wednesday is about a wonderful Crémant D'Alsace. While most people who know me, think of me as an Italophile, the truth is long before I fell in love with Italy, I was a Francophile. I even majored in French in college and considered becoming a French professor so these virtual trips to France... Continue Reading →
Christmas season has officially begun for me. While I haven’t yet seen the gorgeous tree at the Met this year, I saw Handel’s Messiah at Carnegie Hall last night, a tradition for a number of years. I am looking forward to celebrating the holiday with sparkling wine. I love sparkling wine in all of it’s... Continue Reading →
This week I have been thinking about wine as a holiday gift. I always bring wine when going to a dinner party or when invited to someone's home but I don't always give it as a gift. When I do gift a wine, it's usually because I know someone is a fan of a particular... Continue Reading →
Happy New Year to all. Felice Anno Nuovo. As 2015 draws to a close, we reflect on the past year and what we expect to see in Italian wine & spirits trends in 2016. Our top five trends follow, mind you we may be wrong but we think these items will become ever more important... Continue Reading →
My wine of the week this time around is a Cremant de Limoux, another sparkler that I think is worthy of note. I tried this brut version at a restaurant in Philadelphia, Petruce, a great place for an eclectic meal and funky wines The wine hails from the Domaine du Collin. Cremant de Limoux can... Continue Reading →
It's a new year and today finally feels like the first day of work. As always, until the Befana - January 6 - (the Epiphany), I never feel like the holiday season has ended. I like to start the year with sparkling wine and today's wine of the week is Undurraga Brut from Chile, a... Continue Reading →
Avvinare started as a blog about Italian women in wine, a subject that has fascinated me for many years. As always happens, you start in one area and end up writing about many other areas as well but my 2013 resolution is to make posts about women in wine one of the main series on... Continue Reading →
I participated in a Snooth virtual tasting the other evening and was very pleasantly surprised by one of the wines that I tried, the Rotari Brut. I had of course seen Rotari in my years in Italy and in the US as well. This very nicely priced wine is a cuvée of Chardonnay grapes grown... Continue Reading →
