Posts Tagged ‘wine spectator’

Should More Long Island Wineries Submit to Wine Spectator? (Part 1)

By Lenn Thompson, Founder and Editor-in-Chief Last week on Twitter, Morgen McLaughlin of Finger Lakes Wine Country said, referring to a short piece by Wine Spectator's Thomas Matthews, "This is why Long Island wineries...



Wine Spectator’s First Vintage Report Card for 2008: Who Does it Serve? Does it Matter?

By Lenn Thompson, Founder and Editor Last night over on Facebook, I learned about Wine Specator's first 2008 vintage report card, which includes an A grade for the Finger Lakes and a B for Long Island. A brief comment discu...



A Taste of the Old(er) Finger Lakes

Morgen McLaughlin and Leign Triner. Photo Courtsey of Morgen McClaughlin Editor's Note: The following is a guest post by Shannon Brock, wine coordinator at the New York Wine & Culinary Center. Those in the know are well...



Finger Lakes Wine: Will Old Wines Mean New Respect?

By Melissa Dobson, Finger Lakes News Correspondent In an effort to continue to establish the Finger Lakes wine region as a producer of world-class wine, a first-time older vintage tasting of almost 70 wines produced from 1988-2...



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...



The Wine Ratings Game

By Contributing Columnist Richard Olsen-Harbich When it comes to things like music, cars, sports, food or even clothes, Americans are adamant about their likes and dislikes. Why is it when it comes to the subject of wine, so ma...