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New York Wine News Roundup (June 21, 2016)

Editor’s Note: TasteCamp 2016 organization and debriefing consumed enough time in the last several weeks to sideline news reports, and so this list represents what we think were items of note during the period. NEWS Wine Spectator - 6/15/2016 James Molesworth teases readers with a new found interest in Long Island wines. Innovation Trail - 6/15/2016 Finger Lakes wineries take the “sunlight into wine” concept even farther as solar energy becomes a bigger part of the regional program. Watertown Daily Times - 6/15/2016 Cold-climate winery Coyote Moon awarded “Winery of the Year” an the New York International Wine Competition. Finger Lakes…

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Weekly New York Wine News — May 16, 2016

Whitecliff Vineyards’ new gamay planting in their new Olana Vineyard NEWS Thrillist - 4/29/2016 The Finger Lakes top this wine pros list of “Best US Wine Regions” to visit. TimeOut - 4/29/2016 Hudson Valley wineries are suggested as great out-of-town destinations for NY City dwellers. Your Niskayuna - 5/4/2016 Copoccia Winery has already outgrown its first home and seeks new space in the Capital District. Wine Enthusiast - 5/5/2016 Profiles of wine makers who dream big, on the east end of Long Island. New York Upstate - 5/12/2016 Two new wines on the market: a Billsboro sparkling Riesling appears and…

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Weekly New York Wine News — May 2, 2016

Bud break at Sparkling Pointe NEWS Finger Lakes Times - 4/26/2016 Local wine production plays a part in growing career opportunities in agriculture. Chronicle-Express - 4/27/2016 Major rodeo in Alberta, Canada selects a Fox Run Vineyards unoaked chardonnay as it’s official white wine. Opelika-Auburn News - 4/28/2016 Word is spreading wide about New York wine, as evidenced by this discovery in a local Alabama publication. Urban Phoenix - 4/28/2o16 Visiting photographer assembles a compelling pictorial profile of Geneva, New York’s unique cultural and community assets. Burlington Free Press - 4/29/2016 Savvy beer connoisseurs in Vermont are looking across the lake…

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Weekly New York Wine News — April 26, 2016

Cabernet franc vines budding out at Shinn Estate Vineyard NEWS ShipCompliant - 4/19/2016 Big wine industry player ShipCompliant provides its own synopsis of recently recommended changes for New York’s alcohol laws. Chicago Now - 4/19/2016 Chi Town Somm takes a closer look at New York wine, beginning with Long Island, in this first of a three-part series. East End Beacon - 4/19/2016 The Long Island Wine Council had updated it’s website and is taking a new approach to marketing the region. North Fork Patch - 4/20/2016 The LIWC may be bringing new leadership and ideas, but could mean different things…

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Weekly New York Wine News — April 18, 2016

Spring at Macari Vineyards NEWS Hudson Valley news Network - 4/13/2016 Recommendations on modernizing New York alcoholic beverage laws come down from the working group created in late 2015. New York Upstate - 4/15/2016 Shmaltz’s Brewing celebrates 20 years of “Beer with Shtick” in the Capital District. Examiner - 4/17/2016 William Dowd digs into the Wine and Grape Foundation archives to surface this list of states that receive shipments of New York wines, and the wineries who do the shipping. New York Times - 4/17/2016 Cold-climate wine making continues to gain ground in upstate New York, while Victory View and…

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Weekly New York Wine News — April 11, 2016

Photo credit: Nancy Irelan, Red Tail Ridge NEWS Wines & Vines - 4/4/2016 Interview tells more about Samuel Filler, incoming Director of the New York Wine and Grape Foundation. Democrat & Chronicle - 4/6/2016 Holly Howell is ‘researching’ wining wines from the Finger Lakes International Competition and takes a shine to Thirsty Owl’s Diamond. Al Jazeera America - 4/7/2016 Hazlitt Vineyards featured in this report about the ongoing dispute over gas storage facilities on Seneca Lake. Examiner.com - 4/9/2016 Bill Dowd gives kudos to Adirondack Winery’s Meritage blend which went Platinum at the Critics Challenge. EVENTS Honoring the Hands: A…

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Weekly New York Wine News — April 4, 2016

Co-owner and winemaker Paul Brock pruning vines in the estate vineyard at Silver Thread Vineyard. NEWS Edible East End - 3/22/2016 Long Island vintners line up their 2013 reds for market, and believe that the vintage will be a long-lived one. Albany Times Union - 3/28/2016 Capoccia Vineyards & Winery of Niskayuna, opens a wine lounge in downtown Schenectady to showcase its products as well as ciders from around New York state. North Forker - 3/29/2016 NYCR Executive Editor Lenn Thompson pens a piece for the Long Island Wine Press in which he takes another look at Long Island Chardonnay.…

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Weekly New York Wine News — March 28, 2016

NEWS Forbes - 3/23/2016 The New York Wine landscape merges with Google Maps resources to plot the state’s wine regions with an interactive tool. Suffolk Times - 3/24/2016 Southold Farm and Cellars running out of options as Zoning Board of Appeals denies variance that would allow the winery to operate. Food & Wine - 3/25/2016 Christopher Bates, champion of Finger Lakes syrah is selected as one of this magazine’s top sommeliers of 2016. Lancaster Farming - 3/26/2016 A good turnout at the eastern New York “Winter Grape School” where it was agreed that cold-climate wine making is a real thing,…

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Weekly New York Wine News — March 21, 2016

NEWS Drinks Business - 3/4/2016 Bibendum adds Finger Lakes producer Forge Cellars to it’s U.S. portfolio, as British interest in American wine and dining increases. ABC News - 3/16/2016 In a new development to the story of last year’s Long Island wine country crash that resulted in four fatalities, the truck driver met with DUI charges, limousine driver has been indicted on counts of criminally negligent homicide and other charges. Suffolk Times - 3/17/2016 Southold Farm and Cellars is denied the zoning variance they would need to bring them into compliance and keep them in operation. Westchester Magazine - 3/18/2016…

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Weekly New York Wine News — March 14, 2016

Photo via Stuart Pigott NEWS Northern Grapes Project - 3/8/2016 Representatives from Cornell delivered two presentations at the Norther Grapes Symposium, the annual conference on cold-climate viticulture and wine making. Dayton Business Journal - 3/8/2016 Boundary Breaks Late Harvest Riesling No. 90 makes it on this list of world class dessert wines. Finger Lakes Times - 3/10/2016 Sayre Fulkerson of Fulkerson Winery and Marc Fuchs of Cornell’s Geneva Experiment Station respectively received Vineyard and Research Unity Awards at the New York Wine & Grape Foundation’s annual banquet. Press and Sun Bulletin - 3/12/2016 First time wine festival in Binghamton with…

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