Archive for May, 2012
Another Look at Fall Beers
By Julia Burke, Beer Editor More fall seasonals are trickling into my local shops, so the search for the best examples continued this week with another opposite-ends-of-the-state comparison: Blue Point Oktoberfest and Southern ...
Byebrook Farm’s Raw Milk Gouda
By Aaron Estes, Cheese Editor I was not familiar with Byebrook Farms or its location, Bloomville, NY (in Delaware County) prior to this past weekend. However, after tasting one of their cheeses, I would like to lear...
Kelso of Brooklyn’s Kelly Taylor: The Beer Maestro of Brooklyn
By David Flaherty, NYC Correspondent After turning down a rather desolate block of Brooklyn, and not totally sure of my directions, I was greeted by a man wearing a t-shirt that said “Beer Helps.” I knew I was in the...
2010 Harvest Update: Sauvignon Blanc at Shinn Estate Vineyards
By Lenn Thompson Over the last two weeks, Shinn Estate Vineyards has done something that no one else has on Long Island — harvest their first 100% organically grown grapes — their first year working towards organic ...
What New York Wine Needs Now: “The Good News and the Bad” With Charles Massoud, Paumanok Vineyards
By Lenn Thompson, Executive Editor When Paumanok Vineyards' Charles Massoud planted his vineyard in 1982 with his wife Ursula, there were only a handful of vineyards on Long Island. Over the subsequent 20-plus years, Charle...
Peconic Bay Winery 2009 Riesling
By Lenn Thompson Back in July when I wrote about a 10-year riesling vertical tasting I attended at Peconic Bay Winery, I described riesling on Long Island as "a bit player, a character actor that will never take center sta...
The Science of Biodynamics, by Tom Mansell, Science Editor
Part 5: Field Spray Preparations: Stirring Controversy Part 4: Hidden Alchemy in Compost Part 3: Organic Viticulture in Long Island Part 2: Moonstones OR Gravitas Vos Liberabit Part 1: Ground Rules
Roanoke Vineyards 2007 Gabby’s Cabernet Franc
By Lenn Thompson Every wine has a story behind it. All too often, those narratives are joyless and dispiriting ones filled with nefarious characters, corner-cutting, over-manipulation and mass-production. Then there are the tal...
What We Drank (September 21, 2010)
This is what our editors and contributors were drinking last week…. Lenn Thompson: Wolffer Estate 2005 Reserve Chardonnay (Hamptons) If you have any of this knocking around in your cellar, chill it only lig...
McCall Vineyards 2007 Pinot Noir
Visitors to Long Island's North Fork have been driving right by the McCall family's Corchaug Estate for years — without even knowing it. Located directly across the road from Pellegrini Vineyards in Cutchog...
