Posts Written OnDecember 14, 2010

Duncan Ross, owner and winemaker of Arrowhead Spring Vineyards, pours his new reds. By Bryan Calandrelli, Niagara Region Editor Arrowhead Spring Vineyards billed their last tasting event at the winery as a “Release Event Special.” The tasting, which included five new reds grown in the winery’s own vineyard and one pinot noir sourced from Demaison Vineyard just down the road, wasn’t hyped as their first big estate-grown-red release, but that’s exactly what it was in my view. Since many wineries are still buying grapes outside the county here, any time a winery releases the first wines made from their own…

By Lenn Thompson, Executive Editor The IT-to-wine career path isn't unique to Paul Deninno, Bashakill Vineyards' owner and winemaker, but his mechanic-to-IT-to-wine journey is a new one for me. Paul grew up in Mahwah, NJ, and graduated from Bergen Catholic High School, later attending Bergen Tech before spending seven years as an auto and diesel mechanic. But, after suffering a crane accident on the job, he changed careers — for the first time — attending night school for computer science. He then spent the next seven years as an IT manager, during which time in 2001 he moved to Wurtsboro,…