Archive for July, 2012
Lost and Found Pop-Up Restaurant: 3 Local Chefs Look to Reclaim “Farm to Table”
Kyle Fiasconaro and Dan Shannon and Doug Weiler, the three local chefs behind Lost and Found are on a mission — a mission to make “farm to table” mean something again. “Many restaurants claim to be ...
Benmarl Winery 2009 Slate Hill White
You don’t see many blends of chardonnay, riesling and traminette, but that’s what Benmarl Winery puts together to create it’s Benmarl Winery 2009 Slate Hill White ($17). The riesling (30%) and traminette (5%) ...
Finally! A Good Reason to Open Cab Franc Ice Wine
I’m probably being a bit unfair in the title of this post. After all, some of the region’s top producers make a cabernet franc ice wine. And on occasion, it’s nicely made, drinkable. The problem is that too of...
Peak Organic Brewing Company Local Series: New York
Peak Organic Brewing Company isn’t a New York brewery –– it calls Portland, Maine, home. But their beers are so consistently good that I forgive them. Now they’ve gone and made a beer with New York ingredients, which, f...
Hunt Country Vineyards 2010 Cayuga White
Aromas of sweet candied lemons and and dried apricots lead into an extremely fruity palate oozing with lemon and peach candy and just a hint of foxiness. Though off-dry (2.5% RS), crunchy acidity (9 g/L) brings solid balance. S...
Blind Bat Brewery and the New York Cork Report Announce Series of Unique Collaboration Ales
Collaboration beers are hot right now. It seems like I can find a handful of them at each of my local beer shops. Breweries large and small are teaming up to brew some unique, interesting, and often delicious beers. The idea of...
Macari Vineyards 2009 Chardonnay
I seem to have built up a backlog of chardonnays that need to make their way to the NYCR tasting table. So, over the next couple of weeks, you can expect it to be a focus of reviews — along with some roses, some newly rel...
Sprout Creek Creamy and Sixpoint Craft Ales Join Forces to Produce “Point of Origin”
Beer and cheese make a perfect pair. I have said it many, many times here at the NYCR, behind the counter at a cheese shop, and talking with other cheese geeks. It is pretty universal that when these two are brought together,...
Restaurant Week in the Finger Lakes: Local Food, Large Crowds
On the first night that acclaimed restaurant Suzanne Fine Regional Cuisine was open during Finger Lakes Restaurant Week, owner Bob Stack found that nearly half his customers had ordered the all-local Restaurant Week menu. Some ...
Rocky Point Artisan Brewers Gets Microbrewery License
Editor’s Note: The story was written by our friend Alan Wax and published on his blog Corks, Caps and Taps. No. 1260239. This number means everything to Mike Voight and Donavan Hall, principals of Long Island’s Rocky...
