Archive for May, 2012
The LENNDEVOURS Tasting Table (June 21, 2009)
I've been a bit slow tasting through samples of late, but here are a few wines that I have tasted but will not receive full published reviews. All five are varietal chardonnay, and while some are well made, none was particu...
Snapshot from Niagara Wine Country
By Bryan Calandrelli, Niagara Escarpment Correspondent I took this photo while heading towards Lewiston to pick up a picnic table for the farm. There are hundreds of scenes like this up here and I am finding new ones ev...
Video: Anthony Road Wine Co: Noble Rot, High Brix Levels Present in 2008 Dessert Wines
By Melissa Dobson, Finger Lakes News Correspondent Last Saturday, Rich and I attended the 7th Annual Martini-Reinhardt Selection Grazing Gala at Anthony Road Wine Company. From our first trip to visit the winery last fall, the ...
Shinn Estate Vineyards in the New York Times
By Lenn Thompson, Editor and Publisher Eric Asimov, chief wine critic for New York Times, has long been interested in Long Island wine, particularly Long Island merlot. He has previously said that Long Island makes some of the ...
Wine Blogging Wednesday #59 Announced: WBW #59: An Homage to Kushi no Kami
The 59th edition of Wine Blogging Wednesday, hosted by The Passionate Foodie, is an homage to Kushi no Kami. Not sure what that is? I have no idea what it is that's why it's just the kind of WBW theme that inspired the ...
What We Drank (6/16/09)
This week,we have four contributions to What We Drank, including the first from Sasha Smith. I wanted to mention something this week, badly, but there wasn't anything that I drank over the weekend that inspired me enough, s...
Paumanok Vineyards Protecting Consumers Against Counterfeit Wines
By Lenn Thompson, Editor and Publisher Today, Paumanok Vineyards and Applied DNA Sciences announced a partnership created with the goal of protecting consumers against the growing problem of counterfeit wines. From the press re...
Olde Saratoga IPA
By Kevin Burns, Beer Columnist While debating what beer I should review for my ignaugural LENNDEVOURS post, I decided to combine Lenn's love of India Pale Ales and my location in Albany, NY. With that in mind, I came up wit...
Shinn Estate Vineyards 2005 Nine Barrel Merlot
By Lenn Thompson, Editor and Publisher As you've read here and elsewhere, to tell the story of the 2005 vintage is really to tell two separate tales — one before the October deluge and one after. That deluge lasted ei...
Notes on Ravines and Wolffer at I Drink NY Astor Place Event
By Sasha Smith, New York City Correspondent Photo by Sasha Smith A few weeks ago I attended the first annual Winebow "I Drink New York" event at Astor Wines featuring Ravines Wine Cellars, Wolffer Estate Vineyards and...
