Bonnie Pysher, the chief winemaker at a favorite local winery in the Lehigh Valley, tells how she got into the business and continues to make award-winning wines. Meet Franklin Hill Vineyard’s WinemakerBy Anthony RandoJanuary 25, 2012Nazareth Patch One of the things that Bonnie Pysher stressed in her interview with Patch is that she has no [...]
While we were near Canandaigua, we decided to visit the Heron Hill tastingroom in Bristol. I have long been a fan of Bernard Cannac. After getting an Associates Degree in the Food Industry, he went back to his passion, making wine. He graduated from The University of Bordeaux in 1995 with a Bachelors Degree in [...]
The Poverty Lane Orchards and Farnum Hill Ciders are owned by Stephen M. Wood and Louisa D. Spencer, and are made with the help of their crew which includes Brenda Bailey, Fitzgerald Campbell, Jenny Daniel, Brian Goodwin, Lucas Kleinhans, Nicole LeGrand Leibon, Jacques Tourville, Jeff Williams, and Corrie Wolosin. Farnum Hill Ciders are dry and [...]
Today, Tug Hill Vineyards in the North Country unveiled the wines from its first vintage, continuing the trend of new wineries opening in unlikely places. I had the honor of uncorking the first bottle. First, some basic geography: “Tug Hill” is a very large geographic region well north of Syracuse and southeast of Watertown. It [...]