By David Flaherty, New York City Correspondent In the heart of Brooklyn, Brad Estabrooke is making gin that channels the spirit and soul of New York. When I approached the storefront in Brooklyn, well after dark, I began to wonder if I should pull out my walkie-talkie and call for backup
Posts Written OnMarch 22, 2011
A Feather in Their Caps: Experimenting with closures at Paumanok
By Tom Mansell, Science Editor In our annual wines of the year tasting, the NYCR staff tasted many, many delicious wines. One of the big winners of the day was Paumanok Vineyards, whose wines swept the three Long Island categories in which they were nominated — Merlot, White Wine and Ice/Dessert Wine). Interestingly, all three of the winning wines (and a fourth wine that was also nominated in the white category) were bottled under screwcap closures. All of the submitted wines showed interesting and in some cases unique aromas and flavors, often bordering on exotic and tropical. The Wines The NYCR tasting…