Posts Written OnAugust 24, 2010

Just a few wines to be tasted at this years Indy International Wine Competition Photo courtesy of Dave Falchek It’s official. We are done judging big, blind, medal-focused wine competitions. We did not arrive at this position without much thought and discussion. Ultimately, we believe that transparency and clarity are core values that should permeate the wine world — from the creation of wine, to the marketing of wine, to the writing about wine. Everything that happens in those areas should relate in some way to answering this question: Is this providing more transparency and clarity to the consumer, or less? We have decided that medal-focused competitions…

If Long Island has merlot and the Finger Lakes have riesling, then the Niagara U.S.A. region just might have pinot noir. It's of course way too early in this budding region's development to anoint any single grape as royalty, but Niagara pinot noir certainly shows promise. And just like every other New York wine region, differences in growing season conditions have a profound impact. Vintage matters in New York. It certainly did when I sat down to taste two vintages of estate pinot from Freedom Run Winery in Lockport, NY. Today, we'll focus on the Freedom Run Winery 2007 Estate…