Posts Written OnMay 21, 2007

Latest Dinner Party: Salad Course

Saturday night, we had a dinner party with a few good friends. We call it our "Long Distance Supper Club" because two attendees live up in Poughkeepsie, NY (about 2.5 hours from our house) and my sister in-law and her husband usually come–and they live up near Albany, a full four hours away. The family wasn’t represented for this party, but the usual suspects were, including T and M and M’s brother K who was in town from Colorado. I guess the "Long Distance" took on a whole new geography this time out. We forgot to take pictures of my…

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Vineyard Visuals: Between Two Posts

This is a shot taken in the Hamptons at Wolffer Estate’s vineyard on Sunday morning by our resident photographer, Ellen Watson. "I stopped on 27, away from the buildings, etc. of the winery.  I love this image between the two posts. I think I will document this spot throughout the season to see how it changes with time." Note: If you want to use this image as a desktop background, click on the image above for the full-size one.

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LENNDEVOURS Q&A: Trent Preszler, COO for Bedell Cellars

Today marks the beginning of yet another new feature here at LENNDEVOURS, the "LENNDEVOURS Q&A." (Catchy name, no?) Briefly, I’m going to ask the same 7 questions to people throughout the New York wine industry (with minor tweaks depending on the person’s role). And, I won’t limit this to winery owners or winemakers. There are a lot more people behind the scenes that don’t get the attention they deserve. We start this new project with Trent Preszler, chief operating officer for Bedell Cellars. What (and where) was the first bottle of wine you remember drinking? When I was ten years…

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Idiots in Tasting Rooms

I’m way behind on my posting, but we had a dinner party Saturday night and I spent much of the tail end of last week preparing for it. Yes, I’ll have some pictures of the party soon. Yesterday afternoon, we took a quick trip to the North Fork with some friends who were in town for the weekend. We stopped a couple wineries and it ended up being a beautiful day. But, I was disturbed at the behavior of one tasting room visitor at Corey Creek Vineyards, which has become a frequent stop for us because of their beautiful back…

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