Suzanne’s Blog

"Whosoever saves a single life, saves an entire universe" Mishnah, Sanhedrin 4:5 Beatrice Rizzolio, Righteous Among the Nations and nonna of Giovanna Rizzolio of Cascina delle Rose. On January 23, 1975, the State of Israel honored Beatrice Rizzollio, Carlo and...

Summer is coming, and it’s time to start planning your summer escape in the Alps. I highly recommend a retreat from the world — digital and otherwise — with a trip to Des Martin’s Rifugio Valliera in Castelmagno. Located high in the Valle Grana of...

THE Place to be in Barbaresco When I first drove into Barbaresco two decades ago this autumn, the village was cloaked in thick, bone-chilling fog. I soon learned the mantle covering the village was emblematic of Langhe in November. Barbaresco was a ghost...

Recently, I posted on Facebook a photo Chiara Boschis sent me of her mother with Maria and Cesare Borgogno. Oh how I wish I had had that photo for my book, Labor of Love: Wine Family Women of Piemonte.  Ida Chiavassa Boschis with her aunt and uncle Maria and Cesare...