By Lenn Thompson, Editor-in-Chief Hot on the heels of an extremely successful pinot noir event last week, the fourth in a series of Finger Lakes-themed Taste Live events will take place next week on Wednesday, on April 14 at 8 p.m. ET. I'll be moderating again on behalf of Finger Lakes Wine Country (FLWC). For April's event, we'll be comparing four Finger Lakes-made Gewurztraminers: Keuka Spring Vineyards 2008 Gewurztraminer Lakewood Vineyards 2007 Gewurztraminer Red Newt Cellars 2007 Sawmill Creek Vineyards Gewurztraminer Sheldrake Point Vineyards 2008 Gewurztraminer Riesling gets all of the attention in the Finger Lakes, but it's far from…
Posts Written OnApril 05, 2010
Guest Post: A Bottle’s 20-Year Journey Reflects the Wisdom of Patience, the Resilience of Friendship
Editor's note: We encourage guest posts and op-eds from any member of the New York wine community. We thought that Morten's story so strongly exemplified the power wine can have on our lives that it would make for a lovely guest post. By Morten Hallgren, Owner and Winemaker, Ravine Wine Cellars Back in 1990 while a graduate student in Boston, I purchased two magnums of Chateau Palmer 1981 (AOC Margaux). One bottle I put in my wine cellar for future consumption. The other bottle I gave as a birthday present to my friend, Hernan, from Mexico City. Months later, a thief broke into…