News & Events
Climbing the Summit: Progress v. Placating in NY’s Wine, Spirits, and Beer Industry
Last Wednesday, I boarded a 7:15 a.m. Amtrak train up to Albany where, along with several hundred winemakers, brewers, distillers, and farmers, I got to sit in on Governor Andrew Cuomo’s New York State Wine, Beer, and Spiri...
New York Wine, Beer, and Spirits Summit: Focus on Marketing, Not Fracking or WIGS
When two dozen invited wine industry professionals take their seats at the head table at the New York Wine, Beer and Spirits Summit later this month, they’ll have specific goals in mind. So will Governor Andrew Cuomo, and...
Amy Zavatto Joins NYCR Team
I’m not 100% convinced that Amy Zavatto is a real person, so if you’ve met her, please vouch for her. Though Amy splits her time between New York City and Shelter Island (where she grew up), we have yet to meet in...
Red Cat Cellars Celebrates Opening of New Tasting Room
Hazlitt’s Red Cat Cellars in Naples is celebrating the opening of its new tasting room, a large building on the grounds of what used to be Widmer Wine Cellars. Hazlitt bought the property in 2010 from Constellation...
Evan Dawson’s “Summer in a Glass” Wins International Wine Book of the Year
Yesterday afternoon, our very own Evan Dawson was in London to accept the award for “International Wine Book of the Year” at the Louis Roederer Wine Writing Awards 2012. No one around here is surprised at the succes...
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: As you can read...
Len Dest, Former Director of Long Island Merlot Alliance, Joins NYCR
I’ve known Len Dest for several years now, having first met him when he was serving as the first director of the Long Island Merlot Alliance (now known as Merliance). Over the years we’ve had several interesting, ho...
Katie Myers Joins NYCR Team
Today I’m happy to announce that Katie Myers has joined the NYCR team as our newest New York City-based correspondent. I’ve known Katie virtually — through Twitter, mostly — for a couple years now and he...
“My Response to Wine Spectator” by Kareem Massoud, Paumanok Vineyards
During our summer recess/hiatus last week, Ben O’Donnell wrote a blog post titled “The Big Grapple: Can Long Island Wines Get Some Respect?“ If you’re at all intersted in Long Island wine — or most...
Congratulations to the 2012 New York Wine & Food Classic Winners
We just received this email from the New York Wine and Grape Foundation announcing the winners from the 2012 New York Wine & Food Festival, including Dr. Konstantin Frank Vinifera Wine Cellars winning “Winery of the Y...
