Just a bit of what we're drinking this week… Lenn Thompson: Coors Light (Colorado) Yes, Coors Light. There are very few occasions during which I drink this (barely) beer-flavored water but the Annual Rocky Point St. Patrick's Day parade is one of them. This year's was actually the 60th annual, making it one of the oldest and largest St. Patrick's Day parades on Long Island. After brunch with friends who live in RP, we loaded up the wagons with the kids, battled the rain and cutting cold winds and had a great time anyway. How did the Coors Light taste?…
Posts Written OnMarch 15, 2010
Happy Birthday LENNDEVOURS — Now the New York Cork Report
By Lenn Thompson, Editor-in-Chief Six years ago today, I launched this website without any idea that it'd grow and evolve into what it is today. What started as a way for me to share — with friends and family — what Nena and I were cooking at home and tasting in Long Island wine country has become a bit of an obsession for me and my merry band of fellow New York wine enthusiasts. Six years. I think that puts me amongst the "old timers" of wine blogging but as I pause today to look back, I also want to…
Red Newt Cellars 2007 Sawmill Creek Vineyards Cabernet Franc
By Lenn Thompson, Editor-in-Chief David Whiting's single-vineyard program at Red Newt Cellars, where he is winemaker and co-owner, bears watching. Sure, the wines are priced too high for daily drinking — the cab francs, merlot and Gewurztraminers are all around $40. But, these are small-production wines that display nicely the difference that vineyard site can make in finished wines. Maybe they are a bit geeky in that way, but the wine inside is sure to appeal to any wine lover. Still, it's fun to taste the two cab francs or the two Gewurztraminers side-by-side. Really interesting. Busting with black cherries,…