Posts Written OnNovember 19, 2007

November 29: Organic Wine Tasting at Huntington Cinema Arts Centre

Please join canvas Magazine and the Long Island Sierra Club for an organic wine tasting on November 29 from 6:30-9:00 p.m. at the Huntigton Cinema Arts Centre (423 Park Avenue). For a $25 donation, you can taste 12 (5 whites and 7 reds) "green" wines, nibble on some snacks from Whole Foods, listen to live jazz, and themingle with like-minded people.. You can either pay at the door, or send you $25 check to Long Island Sierra Club, PO Box 210m Syosset NY 11791-0210. For more info or to rsvp, contact Long Island Sierra Club Chairperson FrankMorris at frankmorris@ecologicinvestor.com or…

LENNDEVOURS Mentioned in Newsday

A reader tipped me off to the fact that LENNDEVOURS was mentioned is Newsday today. The topic of the short piece is Paumanok Vineyards’ being the first Long Island winery to employ screwcaps. I let you guys know about this back in August and I’m quoted in Mark Harrington’s piece. A comment that Bill of Loving Long Island left on my original post was also quoted. I didn’t know that buyers of wine futures can opt to have their wines bottled under cork or screwcap. That’s a pretty interesting thing. I’m curious to hear how many buyers choose the screwcaps.…

What is Jason Feulner Doing for Thanksgiving?

As I promised last week, the next few days on LENNDEVOURS will feature a look inside the Thanksgiving plans of our contributors and readers. Kicking off the week is Jason Feulner, our Finger Lakes Correspondent: My Thanksgiving plans will place me in a position where the choices of wine will be less than spectacular.  As a guest at my in-laws, I will be subject to a choice between a mass produced, generic California wine or a mass produced, generic Australian wine.  Most of these wines are not awful by any stretch, but there is nothing special about them even when…