Posts Written OnJune 2008

By Jason Feulner, Finger Lakes Correspondent At the end of May, the Seneca Lake Wine Trail hosted the 3rd Annual Golden Nose Awards in Corning, my home town. The Golden Nose is a wine- tasting and judging event that utilizes the noses of the participants, who are trained and led by experts to make judgments about wine. The event was held at the Rockwell Museum of Western Art and the Corning Museum of Glass, two amazing venues that I would highly recommend for a visit any time you happen to be in the Finger Lakes/Corning area. Our friend the Finger…

Pindar Vineyards, Long Island’s largest winery, has hired a new winemaker, Les Howard, most recently of Jamesport Vineyards. Les, a Long Island native, started his winemaking career at Pindar almost 15 years ago when he had a summer job on the bottling line. Now he’s back, as head winemaker. He made a lot of delicious wines at Jamesport, and many more will be released after he’s gone. He’s also a great guy who I’ve enjoyed talking with over the years. There are going to be many challenges moving from a winery like Jamesport to one like Pindar, challenges beyond the…

I know that I sound like a broken record, but the more North Fork sauvignon blanc that I taste, the more I’m convinced that wineries should (will?) rip out some of their endless chardonnay plantings and plant more sauvignon blanc. These are the most exciting varietal white wines being made here, bar none. Macari Vineyards, a winery in Mattituck that somehow remains just off of many peoples’ radar, has made deliciously fresh sauvignon for many years, and their 2007 vintage may be the best yet. It pours an extremely pale greenish-yellow in the glass and offers intense aromas of grapefruit,…

By Jason Feulner, Finger Lakes Correspondent I was working on a post about Finger Lakes wine late on Wednesday night, but then my wife decided it was time to go into labor! Our little daughter, Elizabeth Delia Feulner, was born Thursday morning at 6 lbs. 10-1/2 oz. She was 4 weeks early but seems to be doing just fine. My wife, Katie, is beaming and is recovering well. We are very excited and I’m sure I’ll be all the more inspired to drink good wine in celebration-especially when she’s a teenager!

I heard about this documentary just the other day. It’s definitely worth checking out. Now I can start working to get them to come to Long Island, which would be fun, no?

I’m a Howard Stern fan and have been for years. I think I was just finishing high school when I heard him for the first time. And, Nena bought me a Sirius radio just so I could listen every day. Of course, now that Jackson repeats much of what he hears, I don’t listen as often on the way into work (because he comes here with me for school). But, I can listen to the replay on my way home, so I can still keep up with what’s going on on the show. Wait, how the heck is this wine…