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Continue reading →: Awaiting Vinitaly…The big 50th Annual Vinitaly is about to begin, and this is my beverage of choice these days: That great variety that is Italian wine – 440 varietals, more than 330 DOC wines, 74 DOCG – will be on display, and I am going to do my best to sip…
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Continue reading →: Under the Siena SunMeandering through Tuscany in the almost-springtime is something I suggest everyone do at some point in their lives. I was in Siena the other day, exploring a place called the Enoteca Italiana. While I’ve been to Siena more times than I can count, I’d never found my way into this…
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Continue reading →: Super Tuscan SuperstarStars are born, and stars are made. Lucky us, to have lived to see the meteoric passing of winemaker Giacomo Tachis who died last week at the age of 82 in San Casciano Val di Pesa outside Florence. Crazy thing is, I’d passed through San Casciano myself, just two days earlier. I…
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Continue reading →: Arti-Choke Me!On a recent jaunt to Rome, I nearly OD’d on artichokes. I know, I know, do I have no self-control? It’s just that Rome is more than the capital of Italy… It’s the capital of artichokes! The Roman dialect word for artichokes is cimaroli, also called mammole, and this tender…
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Continue reading →: 2015 in review
The WordPress.com stats helper monkeys prepared a 2015 annual report for this blog. Here’s an excerpt: A New York City subway train holds 1,200 people. This blog was viewed about 3,900 times in 2015. If it were a NYC subway train, it would take about 3 trips to carry that…
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Continue reading →: Even the Sommeliers…Celebrate, good times, come on! The Genoa chapter of the Italian Association of Sommeliers (AIS) held its annual Christmas Party in Palazzo Imperiale’s prestigious Salone delle Feste (if the building is called the ‘Imperial Palace’ and the room is ‘the big room of parties’, how can you go wrong? You can’t!)…
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Continue reading →: Woman2Woman, Wine2WineWhen women get together, great things happen! Don’t take my word for it, just take a look at what was shaking at this week’s Verona super-event, Wine2Wine. When you have the chance to listen to Jancis Robinson live and up close, well, you listen! Her core message? Italy has terroir,…
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Continue reading →: Wine2Wine Too!Back in Verona for two days of conferencing about wine, trends in the market, marketing, Italian wine… It is the Wine2Wine sponsored by VeronaFiere and Vinitaly, an event for people in the field. Sorry if the photos aren’t sexy, this is serious business! It’s post-vendemmia, let’s-get-down-to-business planning, strategising, networking.…
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Continue reading →: Expo Exposé“You did it! You did it! You said that you would do it, and indeed you did!” as they sing in My Fair Lady. The doubts were many, skepticism abounded. The challenges were remarkable, and yet… the Milan Expo 2015 was a success. Come on, it was! Millions of people visited, the…
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Continue reading →: The Must is a Must!It’s that time of year… When driving along country roads, drinking in views of castles and spent vineyards, you reflect on the summer that was and the fall that is, and the wine that will be… And it’s a time to taste the must. I know, the white looks like chicken…
Suzanne Branciforte
has one foot firmly planted on either continent
is New York born and Harvard educated
is Italian and American and Italian-American
has resided on the Italian Riviera for the past 15 years
has a Masters degree and a Ph.D. from UCLA
is a writer, translator and interpreter
interpreted for the President of the Bundesbank and Nobel Prize winning economists and authors
is the author of the international best-selling textbook Parliamo italiano!
has lived extensively in California, France and Italy
knows that good wine doesn’t grow in ugly places
is convinced that living is your greatest work of art
Suzanne Branciforte's Italian Grapevine 