Posts Written OnNovember 18, 2009

Library Fines: A Model On Long Island, and a Trend In the Finger Lakes

By Evan Dawson, Finger Lakes Editor Photographs show the Raphael wine library and Raphael barrel room Before New York state wines will be taken seriously by a wider swath of national and international consumers, they will have to show a track record of graceful aging. The problem is that most New York wine producers do not have a consistent library program. This is changing.  On a recent visit to Long Island's North Fork, I was smitten with the gorgeous and extensive library at Raphael. This is the standard to which many other wineries will aspire, but laying bottles down requires…

Q&A: Adam Ehmer, Slave to the Grape, Roanoke Vineyards

By Lenn Thompson, Editor-in-Chief I first met Adam Ehmer over a year ago at the first "quarterly" LENNDEVOURS wine bar event at Roanoke Vineyards where he pours in the tasting room and, of late, helps out in other facets as well. While most of his background is in academic ecology and biology, and he only joined the wine industry a little bit more than a year ago, right around when we met. His job at Roanoke started as a part-time, weekend "gig" while he was instructing courses at SUNY Southampton, but now he's postponed teaching to focus more on wine…