Archive for May, 2012
Harvest 2011: Peconic Bay Winery Picks Chardonnay for Sparkling Wine
Assistant winemaker Zander Hargrave (l) and winemaker Greg Gove processing chardonnay this morning at Peconic Bay Winery. By Lenn Thompson, Executive Editor Peconic Bay Winery harvested about 3.5 tons of chardonnay this morning...
Riesling Hour to Celebrate 2010 Finger Lakes Rieslings
By Evan Dawson, Managing Editor and Lenn Thompson, Executive Editor It's not exactly Bordeaux's En Primeur, but in some small way, there are echoes of the vintage launch events that are celebrated around the world. Fing...
Custom Brewcrafters Signature Series: Krysztoff
By Julia Burke, Beer Editor Baltic porter is a beer style with a little mystery. Made as dark as the North Sea and strong enough to withstand the journey across its treacherous waters during the Industrial Revolution, this styl...
NY Craft Beer Week Starts Today
By David Flaherty, New York City Correspondent Like most great ideas, I am guessing it was born over a round of beers. But one thing I am sure of is that it wasn't born over a round of mass-produced swill. It had to be craf...
Getting to Know Brud Holland, Red Newt’s New Executive Chef
Red Newt Bistro's new executive chef, Brud Holland, working the line. By Rochelle Bilow, Finger Lakes Food Correspondent Though he has the credentials and skills to brag, Brud Holland is not an egotistical cook. The new exe...
Harvest 2011: Bedell Cellars’ Annual Indigenous Yeast Ceremony
By Lenn Thompson, Executive Editor Earlier today Rich Olsen-Harbich, winemaker at Bedell Cellars sent me the following email to describe the unique picture at right: "This is the second year of our annual indigenous yeast ...
Vineyard Visuals: A Foggy Morning at Schulze Winery
Our Niagara region editor, Bryan Calandrelli shares this picture from Schulze Winery on a foggy morning. These are some of the oldest cabernet franc vines in the region. This is actually a screen capture from footage Bryan is s...
Roanoke Vineyards 2009 ‘Rhyme and Meter’ Chardonnay
By Lenn Thompson, Executive Editor Much to my personal chagrin, barrel-fermented chardonnay isn't going to evaporate from the Long Island wine industry. I've come to grips with this fact over time, though I denied it fo...
The State of New York Cheese
By Aaron Estes, Cheese Editor Photo courtesy of newyorkcheese.org “Change is difficult. If it were easy, then everyone and everything would be perfect…” I have heard these words (or some variation) many times throu...
