A couple bits of news from the world of New York wine this week: Hudson Valley New Wine Trail Spans NY and MAIn establishing The Hudson-Berkshire Beverage Trail Carlo DeVito, owner of Hudson-Chatham Winery, has created a unique trail that brings together wine, cider, beer and spirits — as well as two states. Tucked between the Hudson River and the Berkshires, the Trail extends from southeast of Albany down to Germantown, New York, and out to Richmond, Massachusetts in the Berkshires. The trail's founding members are Brookview Station Winery(NY), Chatham Brewing (NY), Furnace Brook Winery (MA), Harvest Spirits (NY), Tousey…
Posts Written OnMarch 08, 2010
Heron Hill Winery 2007 Old Vines Riesling
By Lenn Thompson, Editor-in-Chief Vintage variation is a fact of life in any cool-climate region, including the Finger Lakes. And now that I've tasted several vintages of Finger Lakes riesling, it never ceases to fascinate me how apparent those variations are in these wines. Riesling is a direct window into the vintage. I tasted this Heron Hill Winery 2007 Old Vines Riesling ($25) not long after tasting a set of 2008s from the region and the differences were almost jarring. This wine's nose still had significant citrus character, but it was overlaid with ripe, almost overripe, peach aromas with lemon…
What We Drank (March 8, 2010)
Just like every other week, there's a great deal of diversity in what our editors and contributors are drinking. We're geeks. That's what we do. Evan Dawson: Paolo Bea 2007 Santa Chiara, Montefalco (Umbria, Italy) Equal parts Grachetto, Garganega, Chardonnay, Sauvignon Blanc, and Malvasia If you truly value character and you like a wine that's unique, here you go. It smells like a Lopez de Heredia, but with a science experiment edge added in. You've got the baked peach, caramel, almond paste… and then a fascinating layer of sun-dried tomato bread. It's like the professor stepped out of the lab…
Missing the New York State of Mind in South Africa
By Julia Burke, Niagara Correspondent I think I’m the only person I know who actually enjoys visiting wineries alone. To me, there’s nothing better than taking off in my car with no agenda, stopping wherever I want, chatting with the employees and making new friends. Sure, tasting with friends is fun. But aside from a few fellow wine geeks with whom I’ll drop everything for a wine tasting jaunt, I genuinely prefer going solo. Part of it is the fact that I’ve been writing for a long time and I’m used to doing interviews and research solo. Furthermore, I genuinely…