Posts Written OnAugust 17, 2009

What We Drank (8/17/09)

Once again, we have a wide array of wines — German riesling, Washington State cab, Finger Lakes riesling and a Blaufrankisch from Austria. Isn't wine fun? Bryan Calandrelli: S.A. Prum Wehlener 2001 Sonnenuhr Auslese  A coworker of mine has gotten into the habit of opening up a nice bottle of wine every time I back out of working a day I was scheduled for. This time I managed to find the remnants of this bottle before someone else finished it. He's always buying premium wines that come from respected Old World producers so anytime I get to taste them it's…

Peconic Bay Winery Welcomes John Pizzarelli (September 4)

By Lenn Thompson, Founder and Editor-in-Chief You've probably noticed that more wineries than ever are offering live music and other events on weekends — doing most anything they can to get people out to their tasting rooms, hopefully to buy wine. Some would argue that these performances are used partly to distract visitors from mediocre wines. In a few cases, it's impossible to argue. Typically, I'd write this event off as "just another winery with live music" but after doing a little research, it seems that John Pizzarelli and his quartet performing at Peconic Bay Winery on Friday, September 4…