From reader, fellow blogger and co-founder of Grand Cru Classes, Jared Skolnick: My favorite, mostly due to effective delivery, was at Borghese. Three young ladies were doing a tasting flight and they were novices having fun and asking questions – precisely the kind of audience you want. The guy on staff was engaged with them and doing a great job of keeping it light while still educating and marketing at the same time. They finished the flight and one asked, timidly, "I’d really like to try the Chardonnay again. Is it against the rules to go back to white…
Posts Written OnAugust 28, 2007
Anthony Nappa Joins Shinn Estate Vineyards
As reported here on LENNDEVOURS a little over a month ago, Juan Micieli-Martinez is leaving Shinn Estate Vineyards to join Martha Clara Vineyards. And now, I can tell you who will replace him at Shinn. His name is Anthony Nappa and he brings a diverse winemaking background to the North Fork. Most recently, Nappa worked at Monterey Wine in California, but prior to that he worked in Italy, Massachusetts and New Zealand. I’ve only tasted wines from two of his previous stops, Westport Rivers in MA and Goldwater Estate in NZ, but it should be interesting to see how he…
WTN: Bedell Cellars 2005 Reserve Merlot (North Fork of Long Islandd)
Long Island’s 2005 vintage was one for the record books–on a couple fronts. There was the rain. Some vineyard locations received 17 inches of rain an eight-day period–an eight-day period that happened to coincide with with the grape harvest. Most of the white grapes has come in already, but most reds had not. And there were the near-drought conditions before the rain (less than two inches over three months). Those conditions led to smaller-than-usual fruit and some of the most intense fruit ripness in Long Island’s short wine-producing history. Those 17 inches of rain wreaked havoc and several vineyards sustained…