This week's WWD is a bit shorter than usual, but I'm sure we'll be back with more taking part next week. By Andy Freedman: Kluge Estate 2004 Albemarle 'Simply Red' Selecting my WWD this week was no easy task. I had some amazing beers, including a bottle of Tröegs Nugget Nectar and a Magic Hat Big 100 IBU IPA, and we also drank several great value wines from New Zealand, Argentina and Spain. But by far the most interesting wine I drank was a 2004 Albemarle 'Simply Red' from Virginia's Kluge Estate. Yes, Virginia. I just learned a couple of…
Posts Written OnJanuary 26, 2010
Shinn Estate Vineyards 2007 Cabernet Franc
By Lenn Thompson, Editor-in-Chief We still have plenty of NYCR Wines of the Year tasting coverage to come, but that won't stop our regular coverage of New York wines, including reviews. Plus, this was a finalist from Long Island and it showed extremely well in our blind flight or Long Island reds. As you'll no doubt see as more are released, these 2007 reds are big, mouth-filling and — in some cases — like nothing Long Island has seen before. This wine is one such wine. Shinn Estate Vineyards 2007 Cabernet Franc ($39) may well be a new benchmark for…