Story and photo by Jim Silver, General Manager, Peconic Bay Winery I have been around the wine business long enough (22 years) to have seen many wine trends and fashions played out in the public arena: Australia's incredible rise and stunning fall; Germany's reawakening; France’s fall from grace; pinot grigio’s leap from obscurity to most popular import from Europe; California wines at 12.5% and now at 15.5% alcohol. There are others of course, but today's topic is that curious love-hate relationship some of us have with chardonnay. When I was a young tenderfoot in the wine business, I was fascinated…
Posts Written OnApril 09, 2010
Home Brewing in Ellenville
By Kevin Burns, Beer Columnist I grew up in tiny Ellenville, New York and while it is a great little town with lots of local attractions, it is not exactly a booming metropolis. Despite being a small town, there is a group of passionate craft beer drinkers who tour the country to visit breweries, drink from a world class beer lists, and most importantly homebrew. When the 18th Amendment to the U.S. Constitution was passed in 1919, prohibition banned the sale of alcohol but also made homebrewing illegal. When prohibition was lifted in 1933 with the passing of the 21st…
Next Week: A Write Up of the Per Se “American Table” Dinner Featuring Channing Daughters Winery
By Lenn Thompson, Editor-in-Chief A full write up is coming next week, but last night I was lucky enough to be a guest of Channing Daughters Winery at Per Se in Manhattan for their latest "American Table" dinner featuring Channing Daughters wines. I'll get into this more in the forthcoming post, but in many ways, this was a historic moment for New York — and really East Coast — wines. It's a big deal that a restaurant of this caliber chose to showcase winemaker Christopher Tracy's wines with its sophisticated, artfully prepared food. I'm glad I was able to be…