It snuck up on me and then past me yet again. LENNDEVOURS turned 5 yesterday. When I think about this blog, what it started out as, and look at what it's become, I can't believe it. It seems like just yesterday I was excited when someone (other than a friend or family member) commented on something I had written here. Actually, it was just yesterday. I love when a winemaker chimes in to tell us more about how he or she made a wine and what framed the decisions. I love when someone tells me that they liked a wine…
Posts Written OnMarch 16, 2009
Cautiously Raising a Glass to Single-Vineyard Finger Lakes Wines
By Evan Dawson, Finger Lakes Correspondent Some of the best winemakers in the Finger Lakes are now making vineyard-specific wines, providing consumers with more information about what they're drinking, and allowing consumers to compare the different qualities delivered by different sites. Sounds like exactly what the Finger Lakes needs, right? Well, to a point. First, the good news: Many of the single-vineyard wines released from the 2007 vintage are intensely distinctive, and they stand as the model for what single-vineyard wines should be. They come from a perspicacious trio, three winemakers who prioritize site selection. LENNDEVOURS readers already know about…
Brooklyn Oenology Joines the Wine Blogosphere
Alie Shaper, proprietor of Brooklyn Oenology one of a couple wineries popping up in Brooklyn, sent me an email over the weekend letting me know that she's joined the wine blogosphere and is even posting some video to her blog. The one above is from the New York Wine Expo a few weeks ago. By the way, Alie makes her wines out here in Mattituck at Premium Wine Group with fruit she buys from the North Fork. One of the coolest things about BOE is their wine labels, which feature artwork from Brooklyn artists and are printed as stickers that…