Posts Tagged ‘cabernet franc’
Damiani Wine Cellars 2007 Cabernet Franc
I'm not sure when I first stumbled upon my now-friend Dave Honig's blog, 2 Days per Bottle, but I do know that it changed the way that I taste and review wines. I've always frowned upon the "power tasting"...
Bottling Cabernet Franc-Lemberger at Anthony Road Winery
Just a quick video, compliments of assistant winemaker Peter Becraft, of the bottling line at Anthony Road Winery. This is the bottling of their 2007 cabernet franc-Lemberger blend.
PALATE 2009: A Multi-Vintage Finger Lakes Cabernet Franc Tasting
By Jason Feulner, Finger Lakes Correspondent The eternal debate among those who follow Finger Lakes wines, and even among those who don't, is whether the red wines can hold their own. Critics point to numerous examples of f...
Waters Crest Winery 2006 Private Reserve Cabernet Franc
Home-turned-professional winemaker Jim Waters owns one of Long Island's smallest wineries — it's the storage/bay area behind his tasting room in a small industrial strip mall in Cutchogue. Jim, through his ...
Fox Run Vineyards 2005 Reserve Cabernet Franc
I mentioned earlier this week that I've been impressed by some 2005 Finger Lakes cabernet francs. Well, this is the one that I liked best in that recent blind tasting. From the moment I pulled the cork, I knew this wine was...
Heron Hill Winery 2005 “Ingle Vineyard” Cabernet Franc
Over the weekend, I tasted a handful of Finger Lakes reds, mostly cabernet franc, and I came away pleasantly surprised by what I tasted. True, each of the cab francs came from the outlier 2005 growing season, which was hotter a...
Clovis Point Winery 2005 Cabernet Franc
Every time I drink a cabernet franc like this, I wonder how I had never heard of this beautiful, wonderful grape until I moved to Long Island almost a decade ago. To think, I could have been drinking cab franc back in grad scho...
Hunt Country Vineyards 2005 Cabernet Franc
If you don't like cabernet franc, you might be reading the wrong blog. And sure, for a long time I didn't have a lot of great things to say about Finger Lakes region reds, but a few have impressed me of late, including ...
Miles Wine Cellars 2006 Cabernet Franc
Miles Wine Cellars, a small, family-run winery located on the western shore of Seneca Lake, is one of the rare finger Lakes wineries that focuses on red wines, rather than the racy, aromatic whites that the region is known for....
Billsboro Winery 2006 Cabernet Franc
I've been a little hard on Finger Lakes reds over the years. Okay, at times I've been more than a "little hard" on them, but of late a few have grabbed my attention — mostly from the hot 2005 vintage. Wh...