New wine blogs

Remember when I asked about blog fatigue -- blog-writing fatigue -- several weeks ago?  Well, boy, have I got it now.  It's been quite some time since it hit me, but it's here, really here. 

Ken's been saying all day, "You haven't posted.  You haven't posted.  You still haven't posted."  He was subtly reminding me, "Your multitude of fans are craving their daily mondosapore fix."  I bow to Duty; at heart I am a Victorian.  (A dirty one but still a Victorian.)

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One way to combat said fatigue and stay involved in the wine memesphere [a neologism!] is to delve into fresh new blogs and related websites.  Just the thing when you're too busy or tired to actually get up and go somewhere and do something.

First let me mention a brand-new blog that talks about the wine biz in terms of research numbers, trends, and so forth.  Italian Wine News is the brainchild of "gattorosso" (red cat, not to be confused with Ken's "Gattonero"), a journalist based in Milan.  Gattorosso does us English-speaking lovers of Italian wine the great service of translating from Italian significant pieces of research that point to trends in wine consumption and production.  He also provides links to English-language sites that themselves present news in the language of Shakespeare and Tracy Morgan. Vinowire is one such.

Less new but interesting and knowledgeable -- and very plugged in to the Tuscan wine scene "on the ground" -- is the young sommelier Andrea Gori, whose Vino da Burde deals with wine encounters in many parts of Italy and in Germany (his wife's homeland).  Several of his posts are available in English.  I'll be printing some interesting things from him quite soon.

Finally, I have "met" at last the ubiquitous Neville Blech, a frequent commenter on Jancis Robinson's site.  Neville and his wife Sonia, who is French and Italian, have been immersed in the wine and food scene in Britain for many years. And not just in Britain. 

Neville and Sonia were just in Ronda, Spain for the Wine Creator meeting, where Carlo Ferrini was given an award and had some interesting things to say about the Brunello scandal.  I expect to be meeting Neville at Filippo Ronco's Terroir Vino wine exposition in Genoa on June 16.  And here is his web site, which he shares with Sonia.  Great perspectives on wine, restaurants and lodgings in some of the best, most interesting places.

Comments

[andrea gori]

thx fot the review Terry!

[fortunato]

you still haven't posted terry. :)

[TH]

:((( !!

Technically I have. Squarciaballe!

[fortunato]

auhauhauhauhauhuahau

i'll fastly let you know about the XXX
'night, my favourite victorian POSTER