Roanoke Vineyards 2008 Barrel Tasting: Hard-Fought Mature Fruit Lead to Pretty, Elegant Wines
Members of the Roanoke Vineyards wine club tasting 2008 reds in the Wolffer Estate cellar. By Lenn Thompson, Editor-in-Chief Friday night, on a cold, windy East End night, I joined 20 or so members of Roanoke Vineyards' wine club at...
Ravines Wine Cellars 2008 Argetsinger Vineyard Dry Riesling
By Lenn Thompson, Editor-in-Chief Often in the wine world certain wineries or vineyards are noticed by a writer or two and a huge mountain of hype ensues -- sometimes warranted and sometimes not. If you've been paying attention to the...
Taste Live Tomorrow Night: Finger Lakes Cabernet Franc
By Lenn Thompson, Editor-in-Chief Just a reminder that tomorrow night I'll be co-hosting a live Twitter tasting of four cabernet franc-based Finger Lakes wines as a part of TasteLive. My co-hosts are the folks from Finger Lakes Wine Country (FLWC)...
What We Drank (January 11, 2010)
By Lenn Thompson, Editor-in-Chief This week's What We Drank is a good one for two reasons. First, almost everyone on the team chimed in with something noteworthy. Second, it really shows that we're as big of beer geeks as we...
The New York Cork Report Welcomes Andy Freedman as its New New York City Correspondent
By Lenn Thompson, Editor-in-Chief As we prepare to move to a new Web platform and site in 2010, the New York Cork Report is seemingly ramping up its coverage of New York wine. As of today, we again have a...
New York Cork Report Tasting Table: January 8, 2010
By Lenn Thompson, Editor-in-Chief This week, we have a bunch of mini-reviews that, as always, come directly from my tasting notebook with minimal editing. Bedell Cellars 2007 Taste Red ($35): Nose of sweet cherry, vanilla, brown spice, black pepper and...
Lenz Winery 2006 Gewurztraminer
By Lenn Thompson, Editor-in-Chief Gewurztraminer is a relatively rare grape on Long Island, but Lenz Winery winemaker Eric Fry has an affection for it -- which is a good thing. He makes one of the region's best, always in a...
Q&A: Vinny Aliperti, Winemaker Atwater Estate Vineyards, Co-owner/Winemaker Billsboro Winery
By Lenn Thompson, Editor-in-Chief Vinny Aliperti started his winemaking career here on Long Island at Wolffer Estate, known back then in 1997 as Sag Pond Vineyards, working with winemaker Roman Roth and winemaker Rich Pisacano just as the new winery...
Vineyard Visuals: Winter at Paumanok Vineyards
Photo courtesy of Paumanok Vineyards
Congratulations to the New York Cork Report 2009 Readers’ Choice Winners
By Lenn Thompson, Editor-in-Chief After several weeks of voting, I'm happy to announce the New York Cork Report 2009 Readers' Choice Award winners: Hazlitt 1852 Vineyards Red Cat from the Finger Lakes and Shinn Estate Vineyards 2007 Cabernet Franc from...
Benmarl Winery 2008 Cabernet Franc
By Lenn Thompson, Editor-in-Chief This Benmarl Winery 2008 Cabernet Franc ($20) is yet another bit of ammo in the argument for cabernet franc as New York State's most consistently, and widely, successful red variety. I've tasted several good (or even...
