Posts Written OnAugust 26, 2005

Tonight after work, I’m stopping at home for a glass of vino with Nena before heading to nearby Port Jefferson for the Greek Orthodox Church of the Assumption’s Greekfest 2005. I went to my first Greekfest four years ago…in fact, it was the first time I ever met Liz and John (a now-married couple who served as co-best man and co-matron of honor at our wedding. There’s Greek music, Greek dancing, craft vendors, carnival rides and (most importantly) homemade Greek food and pastries. Me…I’m a gyro fan from way back. But, as I peruse the online menu there are few…

Baldwin Vineyards, located in Pine Bush, NY, in the beautiful Hudson Valley region, is a small producer that makes wines from vinifera, hybrid and native grape varieties. But, it’s the fruit wines that owners and winemakers Pat and Jack Baldwin are most proud of.

Random House Webster’s Dictionary defines balance as “a state of equilibrium or equipoise; equal distribution of weight, amount, etc.” To wine lovers, the concept of balance isn’t all that much different. A wine is said to be balanced when all of its individual components — alcohol level, acidity, tannins (in red wine), flavors and sugars (if present) — are in perfect harmony and none overwhelms the others. At Castello di Borghese Vineyard and Winery in Cutchogue, winemaker Stan Schumacher is crafting just these types of wines — clean wines with class and poise. I recently sipped some of his latest…