NY Cider Week: Flood the Torpedoes
By David Flaherty, New York City Correspondent Starting this Sunday, and running for one week, countless gallons of hard apple cider will fill glasses throughout New York City and the Hudson Valley like never before. And after years of toiling...
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 directors, I wanted...
2011 Harvest: Late-Season Thinning to Encourage Ripening at Clovis Point
By Lenn Thompson, Executive Editor There is some rain in the forecast later this week, but we're in the midst of a week-long string of sunny, dry days -- conditions that were and are direly needed to keep disease pressure...
Kevin Zraly at Bedell Cellars Sunday, October 16 at 2 p.m.
By Lenn Thompson, Executive Editor This Sunday, October 16 at 2 p.m., Bedell Cellars will host wine educator, wine author, and recent 2011 James Beard Foundation Lifetime Achievement Award Winner, Kevin Zraly for a talk and tasting. Zraly will offer...
The New York Cork Report Tasting Table — October 6, 2011
By Lenn Thompson, Executive Editor These are tasting notes for some wines that have been tasted at the NYCR tasting table but won't be reviewed in standalone posts. As always, these notes come almost directly from my notebook. Bashakill Vineayrds...
Reserve Your Seats for "The Wurst Beer Dinner" on October 24 at Luce & Hawkins With Greenport Harbor Brewing
If you'd like to join us, please call the restaurant at (631) 722-2900. Your payment information will be taken when you call and we will have a 48-hour cancellation policy.
Harvest Update: At Hudson-Chatham Winery, Tough 2011 Slows Growth
By Lenn Thompson, Executive Editor 2011 was supposed to be a big harvest at Hudson-Chatham Winery where, according to owner Carlo DeVito, the plan was to harvest 20% more fruit than last year. Mother Nature -- largely in the form...
Heron Hill Winery 2008 Ingle Vineyard Cabernet Franc
By Lenn Thompson, Executive Editor The image of Finger Lakes red wines as typically underwhelming -- especially compared to the regions often outstanding white wines -- has begun to evolve in recent years -- mostly thanks to two warm vintages...
October 24: NYCR "The Wurst Beer Dinner" at Luce & Hawkins With Greenport Harbor Brewing
By Lenn Thompson, Executive Editor The next in our series of New York Cork Report Artisan Dinners will take place once again at Luce & Hawkins on Monday, October 24 at 7 p.m. We're calling it "The Wurst Beer Dinner"...
Bedell Cellars 2010 Chardonnay
By Lenn Thompson, Executive Editor I appreciate the direction that winemaker Rich Olsen-Harbich is taking the white wine program at Bedell Cellars. I've now tasted a handful of his 2010 wines -- his first vintage at Bedell -- and a...
Is Long Island Wine Country Still a Wine Destination?
Are raucous crowds and dance parties the future of Long Island tasting rooms? By Lenn Thompson, Executive Editor There was a time not long ago when, if you wanted to find live music at a Long Island winery, you had...
NYCR Artisan Dinner With Paumanok Vineyards Chenin Blanc a Sold-Out Success
By Mark Grimaldi, Director, Marketing and Events Wednesday night's sold out New York Cork Report Artisan Dinner, featuring Paumanok Vineyards chenin blanc, at Luce & Hawkins was one for the books. With several members of the Massoud family in attendance,...
