Posts Written OnNovember 07, 2006

New North Fork Winery: Clovis Point (Jamesport, NY)

It looks like the North Fork is home to yet another winery — Clovis Point. I had heard something about this a while back, but didn’t know they were finally open (meaning they just got their license) and selling wine. (Thanks, Sean, for the tip.) Clovis Point is named for sculpted tools found near their vineyard that were used by the earliest inhabitants of Long Island’s North Fork over 10,000 years ago. Clovis Point was founded in 2001 when proprietors Hal Ginsburg, Mary Bayno, Nasrallah Misk, Jonathan and Renae Pine, and Richard Frey bought ten acres of farm land on…

New York Magazine on Virginia Wine Country

This week’s New York Magazine includes a short story about Virginia Wine Country that is worth checking out. Too often, when East Coast wines are talked about it’s just about New York…I’m guilty of it myself. I’ve only sampled a handful of VA wines, but I was impressed by the quality and would like to explore the state more. What I found interesting about the story is how New York wines were mentioned: "Even wine snobs now admit that the Finger Lakes does a mean ice wine and that Long Island produces a number of decent Cab Francs." I’m not…

Chocolate & Zucchini Pre-Sale on Amazon.com

Back in August I was finally able to reveal what my "secret project" from earlier in the summer entailed. Basically, I helped Clotilde of Chocolate & Zucchini with her book by providing some wine pairings for the deliciously well-crafted recipes in her very first cookbook. She is happy to announce that the book is now available for pre-order on Amazon.com. I had a ton of fun working with Clotilde and learned a lot as I tasted through piles of wines to find just the right pairings. And let me just say this…this is going to be a great book. Anyone…