Archive for April, 2013
The 10 Best Things I Put In My Mouth at Drink Local Wine 2013
Last weekend, I attended the Drink Local Wine 2013 conference in Baltimore, MD to explore Maryland wine - something that I knew next-to-nothing about going into the conference. I’m still not sure that I have a ...
Cape Winery Sprouts in the Thousand Islands
The official opening of the Cape Winery in Cape Vincent, NY is not until Memorial Day, but a recent springtime Saturday “soft opening” saw over a hundred people in the tasting room, more than a dozen cases of wine l...
April 20: The Great Food Truck Derby Comes to Tanger (Riverhead, NY)
On Saturday, April 20, Riverhead’s Tanger Outlets will host A Taste of the East End, featuring the edible Food Truck Derby. Edible East End invites you check out the food trucks from New York City and Long Island as well...
Drinking Regional: Drink Local Wine 2013 in Baltimore, Maryland
This evening I’m flying to Baltimore for Drink Local Wine 2013 where I will explore and celebrate Maryland wines alongside other writers as well as local winemakers, wine industry professionals, chefs and Maryland wine e...
R&G Cheesemakers Blackbert (Goat’s Milk Camembert)
A couple of weekends ago, I had the privilege of conducting a beer and cheese pairing workshop at Empire State Cellars. This occasion marked a fresh start back in the cheese world as my past year was a chaotic whirlwind o...
The Quarterly Carousal Tonight at Love Lane Kitchen with Brooklyn Brewery
If you are around the East End of Long Island tonight, be sure to stop by Love Lane Kitchen for “The Quarterly Carousal” from 5:30-7:30 p.m. Presented by Edible East End, and Brooklyn Brewery, the event is described as “A...
Morgen McLaughin Leaving Finger Lakes Wine Country to Lead Santa Barbara County Vintners’ Association
Morgen McLaughlin, President and CEO of Finger Lakes Wine Country since 2007, is leaving to take the position of Executive Director of the Santa Barbara County Vintners’ Assocation in California. McLaughlin has spent ...
Anna DelGenio Joins NYCR Team as News Correspondent
Anna DelGenio — either by name or face — will be familiar to many a Long Island wine country visitor. For years she could be found behind the tasting bar at Paumanok Vineyards. That’s where I met and befriende...
Heron Hill Winery 2010 Reserve Blaufrankisch
With aromas of red cherries, cherry cough medicine and toasty, somewhat raw oak, the nose on the Heron Hill Winery 2010 Reserve Blaufrankisch ($40) only shows subtle hints of the peppery spice one typically expects with this v...
Help Wanted: Finger Lakes, Hudson Valley, Niagara, Lake Erie Regions
Later this week, we’ll announce the addition of two new contributors — someone to help cover all of the latest news in New York wine and someone to help me cover Long Island wine country. But, we’re always loo...
