By Lenn Thompson, Editor-in-Chief Okay, so between TasteCamp and an insane day job schedule the last week-plus, I just haven't had the time to write a riesling review (and a rose review) every day. The perils of a hobbyist blogger I suppose. But, we're going to do a lot of roses and rieslings the rest of the month. We'll catch up. As you may have noticed earlier today, Hermann J. Wiemer was one of the favorite visits of TasteCamp and with good reason — Fred Merwarth makes some of the best wines in the region. His Hermann J. Wiemer 2008…
Posts Written OnMay 14, 2010
TasteCamp 2010: A Very Wiemer Saturday
By Julia Burke, Niagara Correspondent When a winemaker asks if you need to be anywhere, the answer should probably be “no.” When that winemaker is Fred Merwarth (pictured above left) of Hermann J. Wiemer Vineyard, the answer is always “no.” Of the many surprises I encountered at my very first TasteCamp, this was perhaps the best – the fact that the head winemaking staff at one of the most famous and respected wineries in the Finger Lakes took time out of his day to personally take us through a flight of young and aged Wiemer wines was exciting enough for…