Hello and a bit of an introduction!
So I wanted to take this opportunity to introduce myself as the New Community Manager here at Snooth. I have been a passionate wino for over 2 decades and am really excited to be starting out on this project with such a fine group of people.
I’ll be wearing many hats, you’ll be seeing a lot of me in the Forums, especially Wine Talk were I’ll be sharing many of my notes until I get a place to call my own, and in Food and Wine where I will use my 16 years experience as a chef to try and help on all sorts of food and wine questions.
In addition I’ll be working hard behind the scenes, finding great new wines for you to try, organizing exciting Snooth winetastings and dinners, and scouring the web for great deals from our retailing partners that I can pass on to you!
Just to give you an idea of some of the great events I am planning for this fall here are a few: a 1998 Barolo 10 year after retrospective dinner, Vertical tastings of Caymus, Burgess, And Robert Mondavi Reserve Cabernets from one of California’s golden ages, the late 1970’s to early 80’s, and a vertical Tasting of Trentinos San Leonardo with Proprietor Marchese Anselmo Guerrieri Gonzaga. In addition there will be plenty of blind panel tastings focusing on hot wines such as California Pinot Noir, Syrah of the world and, of course my favorite, Nebbiolo that will include members of the trade and a few lucky Snoothites to boot!
Just to give you a bit of information about my wine loves so that you can better judge what I will be writing about I have an Italophile palate! When I was a child, seems like yesterday, I spent all of my summers growing up on a farm in Northern Italy, Trentino to be exact. I have a soft spot for the acid driven, lean style of wines that recall the wines of my youth and am naturally driven the wines from that most noble grape Nebbiolo.
On the other hand I have an open mind and enjoy a broad range of wines but have on my short list of “today’s problems with wines”; too much alcohol, too much toasty oak, too much manipulation, and, well that’s the short list. I love wines that taste different as opposed to wines that taste alike. I am fundamentally against many of the so-called “flying winemaker” types of wines that speak more of the winemaker than of the grape and place. I can totally get into a big, even clumsy Zin with a hunk of charred meat just as easily as I can fawn over a mature Barolo with a simple plate of Tagliarini and White truffle. Wines are like shoes, sandals in the summer, boots in the winter and it all makes sense. That’s a rambling thought now isn’t it?
Anyway I leave you with a photo from last Sunday, which makes me a long suffering Mets fan, and a pair of links to two of my favorite wines. I hope to be seeing more of all of you in the coming months as we grow the Snooth Community together. If you would like to be notified about future Snooth events please sign on and make yourself a member. Invite me to be your friend and you’ll be included in all future invites.
2004 Marcarini La Serra Barolo
2005 Saxon Brown Flora Ranch Syrah
Happy Hunting!
Gregory Dal Piaz is the Community Manager at Snooth.com, an avid Wine Geek with a passion for things Italian, and a long suffering Mets fan.
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