Posts Written OnFebruary 10, 2011

The New York Cork Report 2010 Long Island Merlot of the Year: Paumanok Vineyards 2007 Tuthills Lane Vineyard Merlot

  By Lenn Thompson, Executive Editor At Paumanok Vineyards, there are two primary "labels," the standard line, known at the winery as the "white label" (which you can see here) and the Grand Vintage line of wines, only used during better years. Charles Massoud, who founded the winery in 1982 with his wife Ursula, compares the grand vintage designation with "declaring a vintage" but I prefer to think of it as a meaningful version of "reserve" — they only do it when it's warranted. It means something at Paumanok. On extremely rare occasions a stellar growing season will combine with…