Posts Written OnJune 24, 2008

Today is the day for the  third edition of Wine Book Club, and hey, I’m hosting! The book I selected is George Taber’s To Cork or Not To Cork: Tradition, Romance, Science, and the Battle for the Wine Bottle. As I said when I announced the book, the whole cork/Stelvin/Zork topic is one that I’ve found myself getting more and more interested in, so this was a book I really wanted to read. And I still do… and will. What do I mean? Well, I’m apparently not a great host. I only made it about half way through the book.…

This review is going to be a quick one. I’ve enjoyed Raphael’s sauvignon blanc for several years. It always seems to capture Long Island style (or terroir if you prefer) — straddling the line between Old World and New World. It typically has the minerally character you’d expect from a Loire Valley rendition and some, but not all, of the intensely grassy components that make New Zealand sauvignons so unique. So how does the 2007 release stack up? Pretty well. The nose is classic sauvignon blanc — bright grapefruit, lemon, kiwi and lemongrass aromas. The palate, which is on the…

Eileen Duffy is well known on Long Island’s East End. She co-owns a wine shop in Westhampton, has been a writer and editor for a local newspaper and, now, is the Sommelier at The Frisky Oyster (beware: annoying website) in Greenport, NY. And now, she’s joined the blogging world with Cellarette. Her foray into blogging will chronicle her work at ‘the Frisky’, her journey on the way to a Master of wine, and (we can hope) a lot of information on local wines. She has also inspired me to bring back the LENNDEVOURS Q&A series, where I ask a few…