Posts Tagged ‘grapes’
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Cornell University Workbook Helps New York and Northeastern Growers Go Green

We all know, green/sustainable/biodynamic/organic vineyard management is one of the hottest topics in the wine world these days. But how can the uninitiated get on the road to greenness? Cornell University and the Cornell Coope...



Bedell Cellars Featured in Wine Spectator Video Podcast

Check out this video filmed at Bedell Cellars on the North Fork by Wine Spectator as Eric Arnold picks and sorts grapes with winemaker John Levenberg. Arnold also put together a series of video podcasts at Wolffer Estate, but I...



Long Island Mid-Harvest Report

Last year’s grape harvest was remarkable both for the hot, dry conditions that lasted all summer long and the almost twenty inches of rain that was dumped on the East End over eight days right in the middle of harvest. White ...



Rain. Rain. Go Away.

Last October, in the midst of Long Island grape harvest, we received over 17 inches of rain in an eight-day period. Most of the white grapes had already been picked (thankfully) but some wineries lost some of their red grape cr...