Tasting the Valley: Judging the Hudson Valley Wine & Grape Association’s 5th Annual Hudson Valley Wine Competition
Tomorrow morning, I'll be up early to be in the car and on the road to Rhinebeck, NY in the Hudson Valley by 5:30 a.m.
Why on earth would I get up so early on a Saturday, especially now that Jackson typically sleeps in later than that? Well, there's a very good reason. One of the best reasons, actually — wine.
I'm honored to be judging the Hudson Valley Wine & Grape Association's 5th Annual Hudson Valley Wine Competition at Terrapin. The festivities begin at 9 a.m. sharp, and I certainly don't want to be late.
It will be a long day (we're going to wrap up around 3 p.m. or so) but it will be great to taste a bunch of Hudson Valley wines and also see/meet some of my favorite regional wine blog peeps, including Debbie, Tish and Brian.
Should be fun. Expect a report next week.
Thanks for the heads up. I think the Negress can do this.
Great can’t wait to read results! I don’t work in the valley much anymore but still follow events!
Lenn - good luck, and can you put me in touch with the right person so we can integrate the results onto Snooth?
Hey, you should swing out to Clinton Vineyards, Ill be working in the tasting room. They are open till 5pm. This contest should be fun, Id really be interested to hear your comparitive notes on three particular wines; all Seyval Blanc, from Glorie, Stoutridge, and Benmarl. They are pretty different wines, but they all come from Glories vineyard (actually im not sure about the 07 Stoutridge, I know their 06 was), so its an interesting study on the winemakers influence. anywho, it turns out that the non commercial wines will be judged by a group of winemakers from the various wineries up here, so alas you wont have the honor of awarding my plum wines first place lol. hope to see you at the tasting room,
PS. There are plenty of nice, child friendly hikes up here, if your spending some time I can advise.