Archive for November 11th, 2009
Tear Down This (Wine) Wall! Supporting NY Wine Means All Parts of NY State
Kristin Vanden Brul shows off her new offerings from Long Island By Evan Dawson, Finger Lakes Editor If you walk into a wine shop on Long Island, will you find Finger Lakes wines? How about the other way around - do you e...
Local With Local (Long Island): Sherwood House Vineyards 2007 Oregon Road Chardonnay and Peconic Bay Scallop Chowder
By David Page, Shinn Estate Vineyards and Shinn Farmhouse I first tasted Peconic Bay Scallops in the early 1990s on a weekend getaway to the North Fork. In late autumn, Barbara and I would leave our restaurant after dinner serv...
2009 Harvest Update: Dropping Fruit Brings In Grapes “On Target” at Keuka Spring
By Evan Dawson, Finger Lakes Editor Photos courtesy of Keuka Spring Vineyards By late August it was obvious to the Wiltberger family at Keuka Spring Vineyards that 2009 had become a challenging vintage. They had to make decisio...
2009 Harvest Update: A Typically Surreal Day at Hunt Country Vineyards
By Evan Dawson, Finger Lakes Editor Photo, of grapes ripening before harvest, courtesy of Hunt Country Vineyards What is harvest like as we cross into November? Hunt Country Vineyards owner Art Hunt wrote about the back-breakin...
2009 Harvest Update: Letting it All Hang Out at Roanoke Vineyards
Roanoke Vineyards' Rich Pisacano looking out over the vineyard he manages at Wolffer Estate By Lenn Thompson, Editor-in-Chief Frost hit Long Island wine country again late last week, this time impacting just about every gro...
