Leo Manno, wholesale manager at Sparkling Pointe, tells us that harvest was wrapped up at Long Island’s sparkling wine-only producer. [quote]We finished the harvesting of all varieties yesterday: chardonnay, pinot noir, and pinot meunier. Overall we have harvested 64 Tons of Grapes. Brix were around 18.5-19.5 towards the end.[/quote]
Posts Written OnSeptember 07, 2012
The Chronicle Express Asks “State unfair to New York Products?”
We don’t link to New York wine stories published by other publications very often, but this piece by John Christensen is more than deserving. In the piece, Christensen starts off with some surprising news: [quote] The New York State Department of Agriculture & Markets may be the organizers of the New York State Fair, but they seem to have forgotten that New York is in the wine business. According to local sources attending the fair, the Empire Room, despite the hundreds of wineries in the Empire State, serves only one New York wine (from Glenora), yet offered several wines by…
Hail Storm Hits the Finger Lakes — Has There Been Any Damage?
This morning, Rick Rainey from Forge Cellars published some photos and a piece on the winery blog about some hail that he encountered at his home in Trumansburg, NY. Luckily, none of the vineyards Forge purchases fruit from was affected by the sizable hail that feel at the Rainey home. We have some emails out to local growers — but has anyone heard of any vineyard damage from this hail storm?