By Lenn Thompson, Founder and Editor-in-Chief The downfall of the 2009 Long Island wine vintage has been greatly exaggerated. Especially with regard to quality-focused producers. Yes, 2009 has been a difficult year for grape growers on Long Island. Very difficult. So difficult in fact that David Page, co-owner of Shinn Estate Vineyards told me that “there has never been a more frustrating spring since we started growing grapes.” A Smaller Crop That cool, rainy spring — particularly an overcast June lowlighted by 20-plus days of rain — wreaked havoc on flowering vines and invited a condition known as coulure. Caused…
Posts Written OnSeptember 01, 2009
What We Drank (8/31/09)
Evan Dawson: Jaquesson 1996 Champagne Thank you Alice Feiring. See, my wife grew up in a family that drinks Champagne at every holiday. Christmas. Thanksgiving. Easter. Arbor Day. Bastille Day. So, she enjoys sparkling wines more than I do, but she wanted to break into a different realm. That's where the wine world's most ardent naturalist came in. After reading Alice's book I tried to track down any of the small production, more natural Champagnes mentioned in her book. This was the only one I could find, and even then I had to have it shipped from NYC. It was…