Posts Written OnMarch 09, 2006

Now that the official press release has crossed the wire, I can finally formally announce that I’ve signed on with Appellation America as its regional correspondent/editor for my three local AVAs: Long Island, North Fork of Long Island and The Hamptons, Long Island. I’m excited about the opportunity to join an impressive roster of correspondent/editors and I look forward to helping them get their existing content up to date as well as providing my own content. You’ll notice that some of the pages are a bit sparse right now. That’s going to change greatly in coming weeks. For those of…

Long Island wine country is often compared to Bordeaux by many, and to Friuli by some but you rarely (okay, never) hear any Alsace comparisons…and with good reason. Riesling isn’t king here, merlot is…followed closely by non-Alsatian varieties like cabernet sauvignon, cabernet franc and chardonnay. But in a field on Oregon Road in bucolic Cutchogue, NY, you’ll find a 13 acres of what Lieb Family Cellars once thought to be chardonnay. Genetic technology has since proven that the grapes aren’t chardonnay at all. In fact, these vines, which were planted in 1983, are a much lesser-known variety in these parts…