Posts Written OnJanuary 18, 2011

The New York Cork Report 2010 Wines of the Year

Photo by Morgan Dawson Photography By Lenn Thompson, Executive Editor Almost the entire New York Cork Report team gathered on the snow-covered North Fork this past weekend to taste through the finalists in our "Wines of the Year" program — which also included beer this year. We tasted a seemingly endless lineup of distinctive and delicious New York wines — both during the tasting and during various meals and winery visits. Not that we needed it, but this weekend served as a reminder of just how good the best New York wines are. I think we've all grown tired of…

Are Small Wineries in Danger? Craig Wolf Discusses HR 5034, Consumer Choice, Dangers to Children and More

By Evan Dawson, Managing Editor If you care, even a little, about New York State wines, you need to follow the developments of HR 5034, a bill that Congress could address this year.There is already a wealth of background reporting on the bill, but we'll sum up the bill this way: It's written by the wholesalers and small wine producers are concerned that it could destroy their business by eventually making it illegal for consumers to get wine directly from the winery. Want to buy wine from California? Opponents of the bill fear it won't be that easy if HR…