Posts Written OnJune 01, 2010

Rescheduled for June 16: Finger Lakes Riesling Taste Live Event

By Lenn Thompson, Executive Editor Because of some holiday-related shipping delays, we've had to reschedule that our next Taste Live event from tomorrow to Wednesday, June 16 at  at 8 p.m. ET. I'll be moderating again on behalf of Finger Lakes Wine Country (FLWC). The wines remain the same: Ravines Wine Cellars 2008 Dry Riesling (Keuka Lake) Heron Hill Wine Cellars 2007 Ingle Vineyard Riesling (Keuka Lake) Fox Run Vineyards 2008 Reserve Riesling (Seneca Lake) Lamoreaux Landing 2009 Yellow Dog Vineyard Riesling (Seneca Lake) Swedish Hill 2009 Riesling (Cayuga Lake) Sheldrake Point Vineyard 2006 Reserve Riesling (Cayuga Lake) If you…

Guest Post: A Drier Style of Riesling at Ravines Wine Cellars (Rick Van Sickle, Wines In Niagara)

By Rick Van Sickle, Wines In Niagara Photos by Morgan Dawson Reflecting back on what truly was a startling discovery of New York’s Finger Lakes wine region during TasteCamp EAST 2010, one aspect of the vino-soaked weekend that I will never forget was our visit to Ravines Wine Cellars. If I had to pick an experience that changed my mind about how I perceived Finger Lakes from what little exposure I’ve had it would be the very instant that Morten Hallgren (pictured at right) began talking to our group in his no-surrender tone in defense of his wines — not…