Posts Written OnApril 2008

Paumanok Vineyards and Wollfer Estate Announce Mediterranean Cruise in Summer 2009

Most wineries put on a plethora of events every summer. You have your live music in the vineyard. You have the wine dinner at a local restaurant. Now, thanks to Wolffer Estate and Paumanok Vineyards, you have a 10-Night Mediterranean Cruise on Oceania Cruises’ Insignia with stops in Greece, Malta, Italy, France, Morocco and Spain. The cruise will take place June 24 - July 4, 2009 and cabin prices begin at $3,349 per person, which may seem a little steep, but it includes round-trip air to Europe and all of your meals on the boat, which means that by 2009…

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WTN: Bedell Cellars 2005 Musee (North Fork of Long Island)

Bedell Cellars‘ 2005 Musee ($65) is a wine that I’ve gotten more emails about than any other in my three-plus years covering New York wines in earnest. I’ve had readers, friends, winemakers and wine salespeople all reach out to me wanting to know my opinion of Bedell’s new flagship red wine, which has replaced (I think and assume) the Cupola blend in the portfolio. Made with 78% merlot, 17% cabernet sauvignon and 5% petit verdot, it is a fine effort that does a nice job balancing the power and intensity of the dry, hot 2005 growing season with a bit…

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