Archive for May, 2012
Tasting the Valley: Judging the Hudson Valley Wine & Grape Association’s 5th Annual Hudson Valley Wine Competition
Tomorrow morning, I'll be up early to be in the car and on the road to Rhinebeck, NY in the Hudson Valley by 5:30 a.m. Why on earth would I get up so early on a Saturday, especially now that Jackson typically sleeps in late...
Osprey’s Dominion Vineyards 2007 Pinot Noir
By Lenn Thompson, Editor and Publisher Of the 40 or so producers on Long Island, only a handful make pinot noir, and of that handful and even smaller group does it well. Osprey's Dominion Vineyards made one of the best in t...
2009 Golden Nose Awards Suspended
By Melissa Dobson, Finger Lakes News Correspondent The Seneca Lake Wine Trail has quietly suspended one of their most popular events of the year, the 2009 Golden Nose Awards Weekend, scheduled for May 30, 2009. “Despite how e...
Martha Clara Vineyards’ Juan E. Micieli-Martinez is the Juan-Maker
Slowly but surely, Long Island wineries are getting into social media. There still aren't any blogs worth noting, but Juan E. Micieli-Martinez, the winemaker at Martha Clara Vineyards has launched a new YouTube video series...
Fred Frank: We’re Open For Business Despite Fire
By Evan Dawson, Finger Lakes Correspondent Frederick Frank, the president of Dr. Konstantin Frank Wine Cellars, said this morning that the loss of a spill-over tasting room to fire does not change day-to-day business. "We&...
What do Wine Critics and Bloggers “Owe” Wineries That Send Them Samples?
By Lenn Thompson, Editor and Publisher If you're in the wine industry and you're not on Twitter yet, I won't call you an idiot, but you're really missing out. There are great discussions going on almost e...
Fire at Dr. Konstantin Frank Vinifera Wine Cellars
Fire damage at Dr. Konstantin Frank Vinifera Wine Cellars (Photo by Mike Linehan) By Lenn Thompson, Editor and Publisher I just got an email telling me that there was a fire at Dr. Konstantin Frank Vinifera Wine Cellars today t...
Spring Brings Some Niagara Region News
By Bryan Calandrelli, Niagara Correspondent With only twelve wineries in the Niagara region, news just doesn’t happen everyday. During most of the winter, a few wineries may only open on weekends, or in one case, one weekend ...
Red Newt Cellars 2007 Curry Creek Vineyards Gewurztraminer
By Lenn Thompson, Editor and Publisher I had a feeling that the new Gewurztraminers from Red Newt Cellars would illicit a response from a few readers. I just knew that some people would have a negative reaction to the prices, r...
