Posts Written OnJune 2010

Photo courtesy of Shinn Estate Vineyards After a longer-than-it-needed-to-be battle, the wind turbine at Shinn Estate Vineyards has finally been installed. Congratulations to owners David Page and Barbara Shinn. If you're winery is doing alternative energy installations, let us know. We'd love to let our readers know about it.

By Lenn Thompson, Executive Editor With Long Island's incredible bounty — the fish, the fowl, the produce, the beer and of course the wine — it's actually a little baffling that an event like the  Long Island Wine & Food Festival will be happening for the first time on June 25-27. It's an event whose time has come and I'm glad that the organizers have taken it on and have gotten so many wineries, producers and restaurants involved.  There is a kickoff event at Roanoke Vineyards on Friday night that has sold out, but the bulk of the event will…

By Lenn Thompson, Executive Editor When you take a step back and look at a map, Long Island wine country (the two forks of eastern Long Island) really isn't that big. As such, there just isn't that much new vineyard-ready land available, but that doesn't mean that there isn't some, mostly small-scale, planting happening. At Raphael in Peconic, winemaker Rich Olsen-Harbich and vineyard manager Steve Mudd planted 4 and a half acres of riesling back in 2007 in a low, generally cooler spot at the back of the main vineyard.  This is the first riesling that Olsen-Harbich has made for…

By Evan Dawson, Managing Editor Photo courtesy of PhilaFoodie Imagine, for a moment, that you are on trial for a crime you did not commit. Sitting in court, before testimony even begins, the judge makes an announcement: He will rule on the case by talking to appropriate parties. Then he calls only the prosecutor forward and exits the courtroom. Is he going to base his ruling on private discussions with the prosecutor? It certainly appears that way. Now you know how some small wineries feel regarding HR 5034. Congressional representatives are learning about this bill, which was written by the…

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…