By Evan Dawson, Managing Editor One day of rain can't ruin a year-long growing party, right? Despite the stellar conditions that have run from March to the fall, last Thursday's rains (up to four inches in parts of the Finger Lakes) threatened to soak the party. But at White Springs Winery on Seneca Lake, winemaker Derek Wilber explained why the rain is not likely to be enough to cause real trouble. "The real nightmare scenario is heavy rain followed by real warm temperatures," Wilber said at the end of a long harvest day in the winery. "Tropical storms can be…
Posts Written OnOctober 05, 2010
2010 Harvest Update: Niagara USA Early Harvest Report
By Bryan Calandrelli, Regional Editor Niagara Wine Country USA is in the middle of its most significant — and exciting — harvest to date. Never before has their been this many vineyards producing vinifera, hybrid and native grapes for wine. My first glimpse of this year’s crush was at Schulze Vineyards & Winery, where owner Martin Schulze was in the middle of crushing cabernet franc grown by one of the region’s newest vinifera growers, his longtime friend Kimball Paterson. Schulze usually produces a nouveau-style cabernet franc along with his reserve dry, so it should be fascinating to taste his estate-grown…
2010 Harvest Update: Sawmill Creek Vineyard Gewurztraminer for Red Newt Cellars
Video courtesy of Red Newt Cellars
What We Drank (October 5, 2010)
This is what our editors and contributors were drinking last week…. Bryan Calandrelli: Creekside Estate Winery Sauvignon Blanc 2008, Ontario When I think of Niagara — Ontario or New York — whites usually its chardonnay and riesling that come to mind. Both are obviously cool climate and are pretty consistent from winery to winery. That doesn't mean that grapes like sauvignon blanc, viognier and chenin blanc aren't common though. In fact the majority of Ontario wineries make a sauvignon blanc and many use oak aging as well. This Creekside Estate Sauvignon Blanc 2008 from Ontario is a fine example of…