Posts Written OnJuly 05, 2007

We Interrupt this Wine Blog for Some Music News

You probably know that Mrs. LENNDEVOURS is music teacher and choral director. But what you might not know is that she is also classically trained mezzo-soprano who has performed with several groups here on Long Island and in upstate New York. Not enough people get to hear her sing, so it’s fun that the group she sings with (or did pre-Jackson anyway), the Stony Brook University Camerata Singers, is releasing a new CD at the end of the month. They worked very hard and spent many hours in the studio putting it together. I’ve heard at least half of the…

A Forgotten Winemaking Past in Central New York

By Finger Lakes Correspondent Jason Feulner Wine is found in many interesting places, and sometimes it says more than we expect. Every 4th of July, my wife’s extended family on her father’s side has a large picnic at The Farm, referred to as such because it is the origin of her family’s history in Central New York. Just after the turn-of-the-century, the Sgroi family migrated to the Canastota, New York farm and took up a living as onion farmers, owing their trade to the muck lands that abound in the area.  The family’s language was Italian, and the first generation…