Posts Written OnDecember 16, 2009

By Lenn Thompson, Editor-in-Chief  Nominations closed last night at midnight for the New York Cork Club 2009 Readers' Choice Awards. All told, over 150 New York wines were nominated by you, our readers and after tallying them up, we have our 5 finalists from the Finger Lakes and 5 from Long Island. Unfortunately, no other region received enough nominations to choose finalists. The finalist are: Finger Lakes Anthony Road Wine Company 2008 Semi-Dry Riesling Hazlitt 1852 Vineyards Red Cat Heart & Hands Wine Company 2007 Barrel Select Pinot Noir Hermann J. Wiemer 2007 Dry Riesling Swedish Hill Winery Svenska Red…

By Lenn Thompson, Editor-in-Chief   I'm excited to announce today that, starting with our January selections, I'll be partnering with BacchusWineOnline.com for The New York Cork Club, the one-of-a-kind wine club featuring wines that I hand-pick every month. Before telling you a bit about the new partnership, I'd like to thank Greene Grape, a great little wine shop in Brooklyn for all of their help and support to this point with the NYCC. But, as a smaller wine shop not necessarily focused on New York wines, Greene Grape was no longer the perfect fit for the club. Bacchus however, is…