2010 Harvest Update: First Organic/Biodynamic Season Winds Down at Shinn Estate Vineyards
The last grapes coming in at Shinn Estate Vineyards On Sunday, Barbara Shinn and the harvest crew at Shinn Estaste Vineyards harvested their cabernet sauvignon yesterday, wrapping up the harvest of 2010. According to co-owner David Page the photo at...
The Red Hook Winery 2008 "The Electric"
By Lenn Thompson, Executive Editor Most don't think of New York City as one of New York's up-and-coming wine regions, but with a handful of urban wineries are making a wide variety of wines within the city limits. And while...
2010 Harvest Update: Riesling, Cabernet Franc and "Wonderful Botrytis" at Heron Hill Winery
Today's report comes from Heron Hill Winery's owner John Ingle, via marketing director Kitty Oliver: "He (John) has finished harvesting the cab franc and riesling from Ingle Vineyard. He netted off seven rows of riesling to save for icewine. He...
2010 Harvest Update: Traminette at Palaia Vineyards
Jan Palaggi of Palaia Vineyards in the Hudson Valley sent us a harvest update earlier this week: "We picked out Traminette on October 2. It was fantastic this year with 23 brix, PH 3.57 and TA 7.7 The grapes were...
Croteaux Vineyards to Release 2010 Croteaux Nouveaux on October 30
By Lenn Thompson, Executive Editor One has to hand it to Michael and Paula Croteau, proprietors of Croteaux Vineyards. They have taken seemingly simple concept -- producing only rose -- and yet continually find ways to keep it fresh, new...
2010 Harvest Update: Cabernet Sauvignon at Martha Clara Vineyards
Video courtesy of Martha Clara Vineyards
Wolffer Estate Vineyards 2007 "Perle" Chardonnay
By Lenn Thompson, Executive Editor My feelings about New York barrel-fermented chardonnay are pretty well known -- there is too much of it made and it's rarely distinctive. True, some of that is just my personal preferences. I don't typically...
The Grapes of Roth 2004 Merlot
By Lenn Thompson, Executive Editor Much has been written -- both here on the NYCR and elsewhere -- about various tasting processes and practices. Much of the chatter focuses on tasting blind versus not, or just how many wines can...
2010 Harvest Update: Nautique-Bound Cabernet Franc at Peconic Bay Winery
By Lenn Thompson, Executive Editor Peconic Bay Winery hand-harvested cabernet franc at 21.4 brix on Friday for their Nautique rose, with a plan to let the rest of their cabernet franc hang for at least another week. General Manager Jim...
Atwater Estate Vineyards 2009 Dry Riesling
By Lenn Thompson, Executive Editor As I've mentioned before, I was first introduced to Atwater Estate Vineyards wines in the Roanoke Vineyards tasting room here on the North Fork. That was when I found myself seriously interested in pursuing Finger...
2010 Harvest Update: Co-Fermentation and Field Blending at Bedell Cellars
By Lenn Thompson, Executive Editor When Rich Olsen-Harbich left Raphael to take his creativity and native-yeast fermentations to Bedell Cellars, there was no doubt that the wines there would change. At the mid-way point of his first harvest at Bedell,...
2010 Harvest Update: Sawmill Creek Vineyard Gewurztraminer for Red Newt Cellars
Video courtesy of Red Newt Cellars
