The New York Drinks New York program, started by the New York Wine and Grape Foundation, continues its successes. This is a very important step in the evolution of the New York wine industry. Never before has New York produced so many good wines. But the cosmopolitan New Yorker seems virtually unaware. That is because [...]
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Below is a piece form Jim Trezise, of the New York Wine and Grape Foundation. It is about a new program, which has started to gell, of pitching New York wines in New York City. New York City is the grand stage of wine, one of the true Broadway of the world where wine is [...]
Michael Schnelle is the other half of the dynamic duo that is Red Tail Ridge Vineyards along with his famous winemaker wife Nancy Irelan. Last week, while my own wife was attending classes at the Geneva Experiment Station, I drove around the Finger Lakes visiting tastingrooms on a Tuesday morning. It was great. Few wineries [...]
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Sparkling Pointe winery is dedicated solely to sparkling wine. That’s the first thing you need to know. I’ve read about them from afar, but have not had the opportunity to taste their wines….until now. Friend and Editor-in-Chief of the New York Cork Report Lenn Thompson brought over a bottle for me to try recently, bringing [...]
So, the Peconic Bay Winery Lowerre Family Estate 2007 won the prestigous Wine of the Year from the New York Cork Report. Hmmmm. How good was it? This question had been on my mind since the wine won the award a little less than a month ago at this point…or thereabouts. So when Lenn Thompson, [...]
In the March-May 2012 issue of The Valley Table, Steven Kolpan stresses to Hudson Valley winemakers to celebrate their region. Promote the “Hudson River Region” AVA when making estate wines and wines made from Hudson Valley fruit. “Last year, when I judged the Hudson Valley Wine Competition, I was happy to see far more labels [...]
So there I was at Dinosaur BBQ staring down a mountainous plate of Memphis-styled ribs, with coleslaw and whipped sweet potatoes and corn bread. Ah, is this heaven? But what to wash down this lusty dinner with? How about an Old Burneside Dity Penny Ale. Old Burneside is one of the more colorful east coast [...]
Derek Grout of Harvest Spirits in Valatie, New York, loves to fool around. With tousled blonde hair, and turtleneck sweater, he looks like a guy who just walked out of an LL Bean catalog or into a ski lodge. And he’s got a pleasant disposition to boot. He is confident and cheerful, with a wry [...]