By Evan Dawson, Finger Lakes Editor Photos by Morgan Dawson Photography If you're the type of wine drinker who tunes out when people start talking about "dessert wine," I'm going to ask you to abandon your prejudice. This is the story of a wine that is way beyond a simple after-dinner drink. With apologies to the many nicely made ice and dessert wines in New York state, the TBA is so much more than that. And in this case, it's a wine that a German-born winemaker Johannes Reinhardt dreamt about for years, wondering if he'd even get the chance to…
Posts Written OnSeptember 08, 2009
TasteNY on Long Island’s North Fork Tomorrow Night
By Lenn Thompson, Publisher and Editor-in-Chief Tomorrow night, I'll be co-hosting, with the folks at Peconic Bay Winery, a tasting of nearly 20 rieslings as a part of the TasteNY project I kicked off several months ago. I'll be joined by several local winemakers, including Anthony Nappa (Shinn Estate), Juan Micieli-Martinez (Martha Clara Vineyards), Greg Gove (Peconic Bay Winery), Kareem Massoud (Paumanok Vineyards), Kelly Urbanik (Bedell Cellars), Miguel Martin (Palmer Vineyards) and Rich Olsen-Harbich (Raphael). Jim Silver from Peconic Bay has pulled together some 'ringer' wines — well-rated wines from Washington State, Germany, France and Austria — and several of…
Pindar Vineyards’ Les Howard Announces Winemaker’s Cruise in Mediterranean
By Lenn Thompson, Long Island Editor and Editor-in-Chief Not only is Les Howard, a Long Island native and winemaker at Pindar Vineyards, improving the wines at the winery, he's organizing some unique promotions for wine lovers. He has just announced that he has partnered with with Crystal Cruises and Food and Wine Travels to create “Wines and Food of the Mediterranean,” an exclusive Winemaker’s Cruise that sets sail on May 25, 2010 from Venice to Barcelona for twelve days aboard the six-star Crystal Serenity. The Winemaker’s Cruise includes educational wine tastings and seminars, a winemaker’s dinner, a private shore excursion…