Op-Ed
“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...
Op-Ed: A Fork in the Road: Sustainability and the Politics of Pleasure (Neil B. Miller, Farmshed CNY )
As the owner of a technology start-up dedicated to promoting local foods, I suppose I should have been offended by the remarks made last week by chefs Thomas Keller and Adoni Luis Aduriz in their New York Times interview with J...
Op-Ed: Some Thoughts on Local Terroir (by Jim Silver, GM, Peconic Bay Winery)
As the head of a winery, I am very frequently asked about terroir. Does the concept really exist? Is it real? Of course it is, I answer, but it’s difficult to understand. But, it has actually helped me to define myself ...
Opposition to Hydraulic Fracturing in the Finger Lakes (By John Ingle, Heron Hill Winery)
By John Ingle, Heron Hill Winery As a winery owner and grape grower for over 35 years in the Finger Lakes Region, I have witnessed the growth of our industry from a dozen wineries in the ‘70s to over 100 now. I have also seen...
7 Things You Need to Know About Regional Wine (Jeff Siegel, Wine Curmudgeon)
Editor's Note: It's Regional Wine Week and while it's difficult to make this website any more locally focused, I wanted to draw some attention to the effort. As a member of the Drink Local Wine board of dire...
From Lieb Family Cellars: A Special Statement Regarding the 9/11 Memorial Wine Project
From Lieb Family Cellars Having lost friends and colleagues in the tragic events of September 11, 2001, we at Lieb Cellars feel strongly that it is everyone’s responsibility to support the 9/11 memorial. In 2004, we were appr...
Op-Ed: “Expectations for New York Wine Are Higher Than Ever – Are We Ready?” Jim Silver, GM, Peconic Bay Winery
By Jim Silver, General Manager, Peconic Bay Winery In a 2004 speech on his educational programs, President Bush decried the “soft bigotry of low expectations” by the opposition party. The worthy phrase resonated with many. ...
Op-Ed: The Horrifying Trend That is “Wine on Tap” (Jim Silver, Peconic Bay Winery)
By James Silver, General Manager of Peconic Bay Winery, Nautique Wines and True Believer Cider Photo courtesy of Dr. Vino I was recently asked by my distributor to put Peconic Bay wines into kegs for sale in Manha...
What New York Wine Needs Now: The High-End Retail Perspective from Daniel Posner
By Evan Dawson, Managing Editor For our next guest commentary in this series, we wanted to turn to the retail side of wine. Daniel Posner is very well known in the world of high-end wine and online wine discussion. He's not...
Op-Ed: Towns, Don’t Crush the Grape Growers (Ron Goerler, Jr. and Steve Bate, Long Island Wine Council)
"It was the best of times, it was the worst of times…" The famous opening line from Charles Dickens' classic "A Tale of Two Cities," set in 18th-century Europe, would appear to be an appropriate de...
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