Posts Written OnApril 05, 2011

By Lenn Thompson, Executive Editor Today I'm proud to announce that the next installment of our Twitter-based virtual wine tasting, TasteNY, will take place on Monday, April 11 at 8 p.m. ET This time around, we'll be featuring two baco noirs from Hudson-Chatham Winery in Ghent, NY.: 2009 Baco Noir Old Vines 2009 Baco Noir Reserve Casscles Vineyard I know that it's late notice, but if you're interested in joining us, the fine folks at H-C are offering these wines as a TasteNY pack for $38, including shipping.    Call the winery at 518.392 wine to get your TasteNY pack.…

By Lenn Thompson, Executive Editor Bronchitis has kept me from doing any tasting over the last week or so, but on Sunday we stopped by Channing Daughters to pick up some wines — including Long Island's first-ever Lagrein. It was a gorgeous-but-chilly day — perfect for wine tasting had I been feeling better.  

By Lenn Thompson, Executive Editor Unless you're living under a rock, you've no doubt heard that my friend and colleague Evan Dawson has written a book about Finger Lakes wines and the people behind them, Summer in a Glass. Well, it's been a long time coming, but today is the official released day, and the entire NYCR staff would like to congratulate our brother in wine on the success he's already had and is sure to have with this book. It is virtually impossible for any of us to write an unbiased review of the book, so there won't be…