Archive for May, 2012
Breuckelen Gin: The Soul is in the Grain
By David Flaherty, New York City Correspondent In the heart of Brooklyn, Brad Estabrooke is making gin that channels the spirit and soul of New York. When I approached the storefront in Brooklyn, well after dark, I began to won...
A Feather in Their Caps: Experimenting with closures at Paumanok
By Tom Mansell, Science Editor In our annual wines of the year tasting, the NYCR staff tasted many, many delicious wines. One of the big winners of the day was Paumanok Vineyards, whose wines swept the three Long Is...
Who is Brian Sedgwick and How Well Do New York Wineries Respond to Email Inquiries?
By Lenn Thompson, Executive Editor For a significant portion of their potential customer base, a winery's website is the first point of contact and communication. It's the front lines in the battle for mind share and do...
Roanoke Vineyards Hosts its Own “March Madness”
By Lenn Thompson, Executive Editor Photos courtesy of North Fork Patch and Roanoke Vineyards With events like The Judgment of Riverhead and its "Smackdown" series, Roanoke Vineyards has been putting on some of the Nor...
Bedell Cellars 2009 Cabernet Franc
By Lenn Thompson, Executive Editor Bedell Cellars' red wine program focuses mainly on blends — First Crush Red, Taste Red and Musee — and two consistently good merlots. But, as anyone who knows him will tell you...
Wine Blogging Wendesday #71 “Rhone Not From Rhone”: Bonny Doon Vineyards 2005 Cigare Volant
By Lenn Thompson, Executive Editor I don't drink a lot of Rhone wines. It's not because I don't like them — I do actually — but it's just not a region that is well represented in my cellar or in any ...
Wit, Wisdom… and a Creative Sense of Mischief at Lakewood Vineyards
By Evan Dawson, Finger Lakes Editor Chris Stamp wants to show me something, but he wants to keep it a secret, and he knows I'm a writer. I'm here to chat, to taste his 2010 wines, to understand how a guy like him can ca...
Keeley’s Cheese Co: A New Voice For New York Cheese
By Aaron Estes, Cheese Editor Outside of the state, New York is known for your basic white cheddar. Nothing complex, nothing earth shattering
A Look Back on Seven Years of New York Cork Report
By Lenn Thompson, Executive Editor The New York Cork Report (formerly known as LENNDEVOURS) turns seven today. That's 2,959 posts and 9,354 comments worth. Wow. Seven years of New York wine, beer, food and spirits — a...
Brock Expert’s Tasting: Chardonnay as the Canvas for Niagara
By Bryan Calandrelli, Niagara Region Editor The keynote speech at this year
