A wine blog by Susannah Gold
This week's wine Wednesday is dedicated to Re Manfredi's Aglianico del Vulture from Basilicata. The winery has 120 hectares and the vineyard that makes this wine is at 420 meters above sea level. I tasted it last at this year's Gambero Rosso Tre Bicchieri event. The woman who was showcasing the wine, Tiziana from GIV... Continue Reading →
Last week's Italian extravaganza of wines included some wines from the Valtellina in Lombardy, particularly this one from Nino Negri. I got about 10 text messages from a friend who lives in the Valtellina last week asking me if I had seen that Eric Asimov had finally taken note of Valtellina. Yes I had read... Continue Reading →
During the next two weeks, New York City will host so many Italian wine-focused events that everyone in the area has an opportunity to try Italian wines from producers they know and those that they don't. The week begins on Wednesday with the Slow Wine tour and continues next week with Vino 2016, Doctor Wine's... Continue Reading →
Umani Ronchi is certainly one of the most famous producers in Le Marche. In fact, it came as no surprise to me to see that they won a Tre Bicchieri award for their Castelli di Jesi Classico Verdicchio Plenio Riserva 2010. This was also a great occasion for me to once again taste some of... Continue Reading →
I'm running out soon to go to the Tre Bicchieri event soon. I want to say hi to some old friends and try a couple of new wines. This year, I'm interested in white blends, oddly enough. I really feel that they are coming into their own and have found some level of acceptance in... Continue Reading →
Today is the Tre Bicchieri tasting. Although people are constantly critical of these types of shows or of awards in general, no one can say they don't give us wine geeks the chance to try a lot of great wine. The show organized by Gambero Rosso gave out over 400 awards of three glasses,their top... Continue Reading →
Today was the Tre Bicchieri Tasting in New York. I didn't go. For the past few years I have worked at the event for a producer friend whose wines always win a Tre Bicchieri classification. This year, things were a bit different and I had too much to do to be able to go and... Continue Reading →
I'll be pouring Lis Neris' Picol Sauvignon Blanc 2006 tomorrow March 6, 2009 at the Tre Bicchieri event. I met Alvaro Pecorari, the owner and winemaker two years ago at Vinitaly. His wines are truly exceptional and this Sauvignon is as well. Made from 100% Sauvignon Blanc grapes that ferment for 10 months on their... Continue Reading →
