You’d think after almost a week in the Finger Lakes, I’d be ready for a break from their riesling. You’d be wrong though. This Thursday, I’m taking the train into Manhattan to attend a media and trade tasting hosted by the Finger Lakes Wine Alliance at the Astor Center.

Joshua Greene, editor of Wine
& Spirits magazine will lead a guided
tasting of 10 2006 Finger Lakes rieslings and discuss the effects slate, snow and deep-water lakes had on the wines. The 10 wines will be those from Buttonwood Grove, Treleaven/King Ferry,
Dr. Konstantin Frank, Standing Stone, Chateau Lafayette Reneau, Red
Newt Cellars, White Springs, Fox Run, Hermann J. Wiemer and Sheldrake Point.

There will also be a walk-around tasting of twenty-two
Finger Lakes wineries showcasing their 2006 and 2007 Rieslings.

The
2007 harvest, which everyone’s favorite wine magazine, Wine Spectator, scored an A-, is one of the best
vintages in history for the Finger Lakes. The additional wineries
featured in on Thursday include Ravines, Anthony Road,
Lakewood, Wagner, Fulkerson’s, Atwater, Rooster Hill, Casa Larga,
Swedish Hill, Thirsty Owl, Hazlitt’s, and Glenora. Four of the Finger
Lakes top chefs from the Inn at Glenora Wine Cellars, Fox Run, Red Newt
Bistro, and Simply Red Bistro will be preparing Riesling-friendly foods
including locally raised pork, rabbit, venison, beef, ramps and cheese.

It should be a fun event. And yes, I know that I’m behind on my Finger Lakes postings…but they are coming. I promise.