By Lenn Thompson, Executive Editor Before bloggers and social media-interested winos took their virtual wine tastings to Twitter, there was Wine Blogging Wednesday, the monthly tasting I created back in 2004 (after being inspired by a similarly styled food blog event). As an online wine community, we worked our way through 69 straight months of themes, hosts and wines. Then, somewhat abruptly, we went on an unannounced hiatus. Personally, I think the proliferation of winery-, importer-, PR agency-driven (and thus free sample-driven) Twitter-based tasting events pushed WBW interest to the side. People will taste anything if they don't have to…
Posts Written OnJanuary 13, 2011
Video: The Promise of this Hillside: Ravines Wine Cellars’ Next Vineyard
By Evan Dawson, Finger Lakes Editor Tom Petty once mused that the waiting is the hardest part, and perhaps no one knows that better than a winemaker. A great vintage can require years before it can be enjoyed. And planting vines, well, pull up a chair. It's going to be a while. Morten Hallgren, owner and winemaker of Ravines Wine Cellars, is hoping that the wait will end in the next couple of harvests. He planted a vineyard behind his tasting room, but only after re-working the site and carefully considering the property. The six acres of vines now planted…