This month's selections: Red Newt Cellars 2007 Sawmill Creek Cabernet Franc and Lucas Vineyards 2008 Dry Riesling By Lenn Thompson, Editor-in-Chief Today I'm happy to announce our New York Cork Club selections for March: Red Newt Cellars 2007 Sawmill Creek Cabernet Franc and Lucas Vineyards 2008 Dry Riesling. If you read this site, you've probably already seen the reviews (here and here) so I won't go into the notes again, but I will say that I'm proud to have each in the club. Not familiar with the New York Cork Club? You can read about it, but the quick and…
Posts Written OnMarch 30, 2010
Technical Sheets for TasteLive Finger Lakes Pinot Noirs
By Lenn Thompson, Editor-in-Chief So that participants have ready access to the technical/winemaker's notes on our five wines, we've uploaded them to the site. Atwater Estate Vineyards 2007 Pinot Noir Damiani Wine Cellars 2008 Pinot Noir Hazlitt 1852 Vineyards 2008 Pinot Noir Heart & Hands Wine Company 2008 Pinot Noir Ravines Wine Cellars 2007 Pinot Noir We'll see you tomorrow night at 8:00 p.m. ET, so make sure that you join us on Twitter and on the Finger Lakes Wine Country TasteLive Site.
At Jamesport Vineyards Empty Local Wine Bottles = Free Tastings and Discounts
By Lenn Thompson, Editor-in-Chief All those empty wine bottles at your house? They could mean free and discounted wine. If you're like me — and I know many of you are — you've got a lot of empty wine bottles to deal with, many of them local. At my house, we're diligent about recycling (and I hope you are too) but Jamesport Vineyards has launched a program that might change where we do your recycling. Bring your empty Long Island wine bottles to Jamesport and depending on how many you lug with you, you can get free tastings and discounts…
Les Howard to Host Barrel Tastings at Pindar Vineyards
By Lenn Thompson, Editor-in-Chief When Pindar Vineyards hired Les Howard as its new winemaker in the summer of 2008, I wrote on this site that "If Les is given the freedom to make the wines that he wants to make, we can expect a sharp increase in the quality of wines coming out of Pindar's winery, which would be a very good thing." His now-sold out 2008 Viognier was among the best whites to come out of the North Fork's largest producer, but it's time to see if he's been able to up the ante with their reds as well.…