Archive for May, 2012
Don’t Forget to Vote for NYCR in 2011 Wine Blog Awards
By Lenn Thompson, Executive Editor In case you missed it, the NYCR is a finalist in the "Best Single Subject Wine Blog" category in this years Wine Blog Awards. We're honored but quick to remind you that NYCR isn&...
Empire State Cellars, a New York Wine Superstore, to Open in Riverhead
By Lenn Thompson, Executive Editor The Long Island Wine Council estimates that 1.2 million people visited Long Island wine country last year. The Finger Lakes Wine Country promotion group estimates that 750,000 visited wineries...
7 Questions with… Jerol Rickard, Tasting Room Manager, Lenz Winery
By Lenn Thompson, Executive Editor The Lenz Winery in Peconic has a new tasting room manager. His name is Jerol Rickard and he brings experience in project management, market research and litigation to the job — experienc...
Terroir’s Summer of Riesling Goes National
Video courtesy of The Feast By Lenn Thompson, Executive Editor Now that summer is upon is, Terroir Wine Bar's annual Summer of Riesling program back — and bigger than ever. The brain child of Terroir's Wine Direct...
Vote for the NYCR in the 2011 Wine Blog Awards
By Lenn Thompson, Executive Editor It is with great humility that I announce that the NYCR is a finalist in the "Best Single Subject Wine Blog" category in this years Wine Blog Awards. Obviously our team doesn't d...
“Taking Off the Uniform”: Anthony Road Prepares to Release Riesling Made with Native Yeast
By Evan Dawson, Finger Lakes Editor On special occasions, Anthony Road Wine Company winemaker Johannes Reinhardt hauls out a long, unlabeled bottle. It's marked only with the letters "SP." Those letters represent ...
The New York Cork Report Tasting Table — June 21, 2011
By Lenn Thompson, Executive Editor These are tasting notes for some wines that have graced the NYCR tasting table recently but won't be reviewed in standalone posts. Lucas Vineyards 2009 Dry Riesling ($14): Intense fennel f...
July 11: NYCR New York Artisan Dinner With Heart & Hands Wine Company
By Lenn Thompson, Executive Editor To build on the success of the first of our "New York Beverage Artisan Dinners" at Luce & Hawkins, we knew we wanted to do a wine dinner — but not just any wine dinner. And...
A First Impression of the Hudson Valley Wine Country, Part 1
By Julia Burke, Beer Editor I had absolutely no expectations as I drove east on the thruway on my very first trip to the Hudson Valley wine country. David Jackson of Hudson-Chatham Winery and his wife Kathy were kind enough to ...
