Archive for May, 2012
WineBar at The Portly Grape: Well Worth the Drive for Good Food and Local Wine
By Dave Seel, Long Island Food Correspondent My recent trip to WineBar was certainly a drive — it's out in Greenport after all — but checking out the new hybrid wine bar and tasting room inside the Portly Grape ...
Vineyard Visuals: Freedom Run Winery Drying Grapes for Appassimento wines
By Bryan Calandrelli, Niagara Editor Here are a couple pictures of Larry Manning from Freedom Run Winery as he prepares racks of cabernet sauvignon, cabernet franc and merlot grapes that will air dry in the estate’s 190-y...
Most Demanding Vintage Ever? Sounds Like Hyperbole, but in the Finger Lakes, 2011 Just Might Be
By Evan Dawson, Finger Lakes Editor Photos courtesy Lakewood Vineyards. Above: Vineyard Manager Dave Stamp rides the harvester on a gloomy harvest day. Below: Early October riesling grapes at Lakewood showed clean fruit with oc...
Horseheads Brewing Company Brings the Heat
By Julia Burke, Beer Editor Little Horseheads Brewing, located an hour from Ithaca in beautiful Horseheads, New York, might be the state's hottest brewery — literally. I made a visit for the first time last week after...
In Geneva, Opus Wine & Espresso Bar Gives Small-Town Dining New Meaning
By Rochelle Bilow, Finger Lakes Food Correspondent Photos by Stu Gallagher Passing through Geneva, one might be inclined to write off Opus Espresso and Wine Bar as just another eatery in a college town already saturated with pi...
Video: 93 Days in Europe… in 3 Minutes
Yes, I know that it's Regional Wine Week, but this video has absolutely nothing to do with local wine. But, it does feature our man on the ground in New York City, David Flaherty, and his lovely wife as they condense their ...
Shinn Estate Vineyards 2008 Wild Boar Doe
By Lenn Thompson, Executive Editor The name of Shinn Estate Vineyards 2008 Wild Boar Doe ($30) serves two purposes. It is at once a playful homage to the Bordeaux-style blend and also a food pairing tip — because lean wil...
Bloomer Creek Vineyards 2009 Auten Vineyard First Harvest Riesling
By Lenn Thompson, Executive Editor When my colleague Evan Dawson first introduced us to Bloomer Creek, I only knew Bloomer Creek Vineyard as the winery that shared a parking lot with one of my favorite places to eat in the Fing...
Views from a Southern Finger Lakes Beer Adventure
By Julia Burke, Beer Editor Over the weekend I headed to the southern Finger Lakes area to visit friends; as always, the trip was essentially a beer pilgrimage. Though I came seeking the enigmatic Ithaca Beer Company Brute (it ...
