Posts Written OnApril 25, 2011

Bedell Cellars 2010 Taste Rose

By Lenn Thompson, Executive Editor Curious how Rich Olsen-Harbich with his terroir-driven, low-touch winemaking philosophy will change the portfolio at Bedell Cellars, where he took over head winemaking duties over the summer? The Bedell Cellars 2010 Taste Rose ($18) is your first opportunity to taste for yourself. This wine, which replaces the Domaine CC Rose in the Bedell/Corey Creek lineup is dominated by merlot (62%) with cabernet franc (27%), syrah (7%) and petit verdot (4%) — all intended for rose rather than saignee, whole-cluster pressed and fermented with ambient yeast. The nose bursts with a distinct passion fruit-meets-guava aroma with…

Images from the Sold-Out Book Launch Party at the NYWCC

By Evan Dawson, Finger Lakes EditorPhotos by Morgan Dawson Photography  Can you see how much fun we had on Saturday? We were overwhelmed with the turnout for the official book launch event at the New York Wine and Culinary Center for Summer in a Glass. That's Fred Merwarth of Hermann J. Wiemer on my left and Johannes Reinhardt of Anthony Road Wine Company on my right. Johannes and Fred kept the crowd entertained with stories of their personal journies (if you haven't heard it, you must ask Fred about Hermann's fib when Fred first went to work for Wiemer). There…