By Tom Mansell, Science Editor Tonight at 7 p.m., at Ithaca geek haven Pixel Lounge, a unique and interesting gathering of ideas will occur. According to the website… IGNITE ITHACA is a high-energy evening of 5-minute talks by people who have an idea–and the guts to get onstage and share it with their hometown crowd. Run by local volunteers who are connected through the global IGNITE network, IGNITE is a force for raising the collective IQ and building connections. Some of the scheduled talks include: “Grand Theft Faust — Illegal File Sharing at the Dawn of Print” “Ithacka: Why Ithaca…
Posts Written OnApril 15, 2010
Vineyard Visuals: Merlot Vines at Sheldrake Point Vineyards
Photo courtesy of Sheldrake Point Vineyard
The New York Cork Club’s April 2010 Selections
This month's selections: Hermann J. Wiemer Vineyard 2008 Dry Riesling and Pellegrini Vineyards 2005 Merlot By Lenn Thompson, Editor-in-Chief Despite my lack of a good picture of one, today I'm happy to announce our New York Cork Club selections for April: Hermann J. Wiemer Vineyard 2008 Dry Riesling and Pellegrini Vineyards 2005 Merlot. If you read this site, you've probably already our review of the Wiemer so I won't go into the notes again. The Pellegrini review will be published next week, but needless to say, I like it quite a bit to include it in the club. Not familiar…
Wine Blogging Wednesday #68: Got Gamay?
By Lenn Thompson, Editor-in-Chief I don't write about it as often here on NYCR as I used to (or maybe should) but the Wine Blogging Wednesday train continues on, with next week's edition marking the 68th virtual wine tasting. The theme is Got Gamay? and it's being hosted by Frank Morgan of Drink What You Like, a blog with a decided drink local slant (Virginia wines). There's very little gamay grown in New York, and what is grown and made here isn't all that interesting to me, so I'll likely be looking to two of my favorite non-NY regions: Beaujolais…
New York Cork Report Tasting Table: April 14, 2010
By Lenn Thompson, Editor-in-Chief Here are some wines that have crossed the NYCR tasting table over the past couple of weeks but won't be reviewed as standalone posts. For this edition, we welcome some fruit (non-grape that is) wines for the first time. There will be more coverage of that category going forward as well. Brookview Station Winery NV Oh What Pear!, Hudson River Valley ($16): Light nose of under-ripe pear and pear cider. Medium bodied with a lightly oily texture on the mid-palate, it's a little sugary at first but finishes fairly clean. Subtle pear skin note brings a…