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Hudson-Berkshire Wine & Food Festival This Weekend
People often debate whether “local” is measured by state or by miles. The Hudson-Berkshire Beverage Trail measures it in miles. Tucked in between the northern-most portion of the Hudson Valley and the Berkshire Mountains,...
5 Questions with… Lisa Donneson, Owner, Bouke and Bouquet Wines
Lisa Donneson founded Bouké in 2007, and produces eight aromatic, fruit-forward, affordable wines. Bouké (her dry wines) and Bouquet (her sweet wines) aim to be “a pleasure for all the senses – the eye, the nose, and ...
Red Tail Ridge Winery 2010 “RTR Vineyard” Teroldego
I don’t have a lot of experience with the teroldego grape. In fact, the first one I ever tasted was the sparkling rendition Nancy Irelan makes at Red Tail Ridge Winery. So, it was with a completely blank slate that I appr...
Sheldrake Point’s Madill Joins Team at Red Newt Cellars Too
Bob Madill, one of the founders of Sheldrake Point Vineyards on Cayuga Lake, has accepted a new role as Wine Director of Red Newt Cellars on Seneca Lake. Madill, the longtime general manager at Sheldrake, says he will perform d...
Event: Celebrate Mother’s Day with Roanoke on Love Lane
Roanoke Vineyards realizes that there’s nothing a mother deserves more than a good meal and some good wine. In this spirit, they are hosting a Stroll Down Love Lane this Friday evening, May 10, in celebration of Mother&...
No Shortcuts: Villa Bellangelo Steams Forward with Ambitious Plan to Establish a New Sense of Place
Editor’s Note: This is a guest post by Lindsay Prichard, an avid NYCR reader who wanted to share his passion for Finger Lakes wines with other readers. The long, cold weeks of winter provide a well-deserved rest between...
The NYCR Preview to Long Island Craft Beer Week
The Third Annual Long Island Craft Beer Week is actually 10 days if you count the pregame, and I don’t mind that at all. From May 10 through the 19 expect to see plenty of alehouses and beer-centric watering holes promoti...
Red Tail Ridge Winery 2010 Blaufrankisch
Red Tail Ridge Winery 2010 Blaufrankisch ($23) is another wine that supports the case for Blaufrankisch in the Finger Lakes, even if it’s completely different from the one I reviewed yesterday. Made from fruit grown just ...
Vineyard Visuals: Southold Farm + Cellar Begins to Plant its Vineyard — with “Weird Grapes”
The folks at Southold Farm + Cellar, they of the successful Kickstarter campaign, started planting their vineyard yesterday and co-owner Regan Meador sent me a few photos of the action. “We’re going to end up with a...
The Red Hook Winery 2009 Pier Forty-One
I’ve had a difficult time finding much information online (or anywhere else) about this Red Hook Winery 2009 Pier Forty-One ($25), but from the front label I know that it is made by Robert Foley, one of two partners/consu...
