By Lenn Thompson, Executive Editor At Paumanok Vineyards, there are two primary "labels," the standard line, known at the winery as the "white label" (which you can see here) and the Grand Vintage line of wines, only used during better years. Charles Massoud, who founded the winery in 1982 with his wife Ursula, compares the grand vintage designation with "declaring a vintage" but I prefer to think of it as a meaningful version of "reserve" — they only do it when it's warranted. It means something at Paumanok. On extremely rare occasions a stellar growing season will combine with…
Posts Written OnFebruary 10, 2011
Video: Red New Cellars Rieslings from MyWineWords.com
From time to time, we stumble upon some really outstanding New York wine-focused videos, and the latest from Peter and Allie over at MyWineWords.com certainly qualifies. In this episode, they taste a selection of rieslings from Red Newt Cellars. Check it out above and I encourage you to check out their blog, which is extremely well done.