New York Cork Report
Heron Hill Winery 2008 Pinot Blanc | Mark As Read |
I have to admit that most of my experience with pinot blanc is with New York renditions -- especially from Long Island where a few wineries produce it. I've had a handful from other regions too -- Alsace of course...
How Dry is Too Dry for Your Riesling? | Mark As Read |
By Evan Dawson, Finger Lakes Editor On a recent visit to Rooster Hill Vineyards, owner Amy Hoffman said something that got my attention. The new Rooster Hill Dry Riesling has .8% residual sugar, or 8 grams of RS. Their dry...
David Flaherty Joins New York Cork Report as New York City Correspondent | Mark As Read |
By Lenn Thompson, Executive Editor Over the years, we've had several people cover New York City for us, but I think (hope) we've finally found a long-term solution -- David Flaherty, who you may already know as the man behind...
Red Tail Ridge Winery 2008 Dry Riesling | Mark As Read |
By Lenn Thompson, Executive Editor Red Tail Ridge Winery, perched atop a hill overlooking Seneca Lake, has garnered a lot of attention for its sustainable practices since opening the tasting room in 2007, and deservedly so. (Read our coverage of...
What We Drank (August 3, 2010) | Mark As Read |
Short list of beverages/contributions this week -- and not a single wine in the lot. But, this is what our editors and contributors are drinking: Tom Mansell: Bandwagon Brew Pub Pirate Eye-PA Bandwagon Brew Pub in Ithaca has only been...
Vineyard Visuals: Verasion in Pinot Noir at Hobbit Hollow Vineyard | Mark As Read |
Photo courtesy of Tom Higgins, Heart & Hands Wine Company
The New York Cork Report Tasting Table -- August 2, 2010 | Mark As Read |
By Lenn Thompson, Executive Editor Here are seven wines that have crossed the NYCR tasting table in recent weeks but will not be reviewed as part of a stand-alone post. As always, these are notes almost verbatim from my tasting...
Follow-up: Why Rooster Hill Vineyards Uses Synthetic Cork | Mark As Read |
By Evan Dawson, Finger Lakes Editor Most wineries around the world use natural cork as the closure for their best vines. Last week I discovered that Rooster Hill Vineyards, a strong producer based on Keuka Lake, chooses to use synthetic...
NOFO Rock & Folk Festival a Success | Mark As Read |
The scene at Peconic Bay Winery during yesterday's NOFO Rock & Fok Fest. By Lenn Thompson, Executive Editor Despite a bevy of questions and challenges from a handful of locals, including Town of Southold Supervisor Scott Russell, this weekend's NOFO...
Butternuts Brewing Company Pork Slap Farmhouse Ale | Mark As Read |
By Julia Burke, Beer Editor From a can -- love it! Environmentally friendly and less expensive. Pork Slap pours a clear amber and a puffy three-finger head into a wheat glass, leaving solid lacing. The nose is clean crystal malt,...
Jamesport Vineyards 2007 "MTK" Syrah | Mark As Read |
By Lenn Thompson, Executive Editor I'm on the record as someone who is less than enthusiastic about New York syrah. Only a handful of wineries are even doing varietal syrah -- so it's not a big or important segment right...
NOFO Rock and Folk Fest: The Show, And Others, Must Go On | Mark As Read |
By Executive Editor, Lenn Thompson There might be a war brewing -- or perhaps fermenting -- in Long Island wine country. It pits local wineries against local government -- specifically Town of Riverhead and Town of Southold. The issue is...
The New York Cork Club's July 2010 Selections | Mark As Read |
By Lenn Thompson, Executive Editor This month's New York Cork Club selections are Sheldrake Point Vineyards 2008 Gewurztraminer and Herman J. Wiemer 2008 Dry Riesling, who great summer sippers that will pair with the hot temperatures we've been "enjoying" of...
Confidently Crowing at Rooster Hill | Mark As Read |
By Evan Dawson, Finger Lakes and Managing Editor Photo: Owner Amy Hoffman, left, works the tasting room on a busy summer day There are not many 90-point gewurztraminers that have come out of the Finger Lakes, and there has never...
Why is City Winery Serving California Wines at their "100-Mile" Farm to Table Dinner? | Mark As Read |
By Lenn Thompson, Executive Editor Yesterday, I received a press release about an upcoming "Farm to Table" dinner at City Winery, one of a handful of New York City-based urban wineries. It goes without saying that I'm an advocate of...
What We Drank (July, 28 2010) | Mark As Read |
This is what our editors and contributors have been drinking. Only one local this time, but that's part of the fun of WWD -- the diversity: Lenn Thompson: The Alchemist Pub and Brewery "Holy Cow" IPA I spent this past...
Travel Log: Ithaca, NY and Cayuga Lake | Mark As Read |
We started our three-day Cayuga jaunt with a stop at Long Point Winery, home to a surprising number of California reds but some tasty local whites too. By Lenn Thompson, Executive Editor The Finger Lakes region is one the most...
The New York Cork Report Tasting Table -- July 26, 2010 | Mark As Read |
By Lenn Thompson, Executive Editor Here are seven wines that have crossed the NYCR tasting table in recent weeks but will not be reviewed as part of a stand-alone post. As always, these are notes almost verbatim from my tasting...
Beauty Among the Vineyards | Mark As Read |
By Evan Dawson, Finger Lakes Editor Photo by Morgan Dawson Photography When's the last time you found yourself in a Finger Lakes vineyard? My wife and I spent a glorious summer's day searching for potential book cover art, and we...
A Different Side of the Finger Lakes Wine Festival: The VIP Experience | Mark As Read |
By Tom Mansell, Science Editor Photos courtesy of Brian Reider Last year, I went to my first Finger Lakes Wine Festival with high expectations. It was going to be an opportunity for me to taste wines from Finger Lakes wineries...
Severe Thunderstorms Bring Tornados and Hail to Long Island Wine Country | Mark As Read |
By Lenn Thompson, Executive Editor Most of eastern Long Island was under a severe thunderstorm warning yesterday evening. The storms, which came in waves, brought high winds, heavy rains, hail and even tornados apparently. I know that we were under...
The Finger Lakes Wine Festival Deserves Our Attention | Mark As Read |
Wine tasting at the Schulze Vineyards & Winery table. By Bryan Calandrelli, Niagara Region Editor The annual Finger Lakes Wine Festival draws tens of thousands of visitors to the region, pumping money into the local economy while helping to promote...
Sheldrake Point Vineyard 2008 Gewurztraminer | Mark As Read |
By Lenn Thompson, Executive Editor A lot of people, including my wife, don't really care for most gewurztraminer, finding it too floral or perfume-like. I can understand their trepidation -- to a point. Some gewurztraminer does indeed smell and taste...
September 12: NYCR Wine Tasting @ Roanoke Vineyards to Benefit Angelman Syndrome Research | Mark As Read |
By Lenn Thompson, Executive Editor I had never heard of Angelman Syndrome until my wife Nena came home one day and told me that our friend's son had just been diagnosed with the neuro-genetic disorder. It's often misdiagnosed as cerebral...
What We Drank (July 20, 2010) | Mark As Read |
We only have three contirbutions this week, but -- as always -- some interesting libations have filled the glasses of the New York Cork Report editors and contributors. Evan Dawson: Multi-year semi-dry riesling flight at Red Newt Bistro Red Newt...
Two Cheeses From Sprout Creek Farms | Mark As Read |
By Aaron Estes, Cheese Editor As I mentioned in my last post about a positive addition to the Rhinebeck beer and cheese scene, I used the opportunity to try a couple of New York cheeses that I was unfamiliar with....
I'm Just Here for the Beer: Escaping Wine at the Finger Lakes Wine Festival | Mark As Read |
Rooster Fish Brewing's tent at the 2010 Finger Lakes Wine Festival By Julia Burke, Beer Editor Amidst the sea of wine drinkers that accosted me and my fellow vendors (I was pouring for Freedom Run Winery) at the Finger Lakes...
Hosmer Winery 2008 Dry Riesling | Mark As Read |
By Lenn Thompson, Executive Editor The tasting room isn't fancy and sure, I wish more of their wines were closed with natural cork (to see how they cellar) but for my money, Hosmer Winery offers some of the best value...
NYCR Adds Matt Arlauckas as Finger Lakes Food Columnist | Mark As Read |
By Lenn Thompson, Executive Editor Wine is food -- or so the saying goes -- and that means that wine coverage should be at least a little a bit about food too I think. We've already added a Long Island...
Peconic Bay Winery 10-Vintage Riesling Vertical: Quality New York Riesling Outside of the Finger Lakes | Mark As Read |
By Lenn Thompson, Executive Editor "I'm not ready to give up riesling to our friends up north." That's how Jim Silver, general manager at Peconic Bay Winery, kicked off a recent vertical tasting of ten Peconic Bay Rieslings for a...
Ravines Wine Cellars 2008 Dry Riesling | Mark As Read |
By Lenn Thompson, Executive Editor Morten Hallgren, winemaker at Ravines Wine Cellars, makes dry wines and dry riesling... and that's it. That's unique in a region where just about every winery has at least two rieslings -- "Dry" and "Semi-Dry"...
Mystery Solved! Belhurst's Owner Clarifies Recent Experience | Mark As Read |
By Evan Dawson, Finger Lakes Editor Many of you tried to help me make sense of a recent wine experience - click here to read the post if you missed it. Well, wonder no more. The owner and general manager,...
Jamesport Vineyards 2009 Sauvignon Blanc | Mark As Read |
By Lenn Thompson, Executive Editor There is more chardonnay planted on Long Island than any other white grape, but those aren't the wines that excite me most -- not by a long shot. If I had the money to buy...
Grand Cru Beer & Cheese Market: Great Beers. Good Start for Cheese. | Mark As Read |
By Aaron Estes, Cheese Editor Having lived in the Hudson Valley, I can attest that it is somewhat difficult to find shops that offer a quality cheese selection. The places that do have carry cheese beyond your normal supermarket variety...
What Niagara Brings to the Finger Lakes Wine Festival | Mark As Read |
Yours truly with the staff of Schulze Vineyards & Winery at last year's Finger Lakes Wine Festival By Bryan Calandrelli, Niagara Region Editor Niagara region wineries don?t often get the chance to pour for large audiences and even if they...
What We Drank (July 13, 2010) | Mark As Read |
It's been a few weeks since our editors and contributors submitted anything for WWD, but we're back this week with a vengeance. This is what we've been drinking: Tom Mansell: Movia 2006 "Lunar" Ribolla Gialla "Wine is sunlight held together...
New Auxiliary Tasting Room Rises Over the Ashes at Dr. Frank's | Mark As Read |
by Evan Dawson, Finger Lakes Editor Top photograph provided by Dr. Konstantin Frank Wine Cellars Fifteen months after an electrical fire destroyed a 2,000-square foot auxiliary tasting room, Dr. Konstantin Frank Vinifera Wine Cellars will host a triumphant re-opening. The...
Summer Ales and the Drinkin' is Easy: Separating the "Drinkable" from the Boring | Mark As Read |
By Julia Burke, Beer Editor It's with mixed feelings and no small measure of trepidation that I approach a beer labeled with the word "summer." Sure, they're a great way to draw macro beer drinkers into the craft world --...
Early Bud Break, Hot Early Season: Why It Matters | Mark As Read |
By Evan Dawson, Managing Editor Photo courtesy of Sheldrake Point Vineyard If you're a wine lover but not a wine grower, let's start by accepting a few things: You and I don't know what the heck evapotranspiration is. We can't...
Robert Foley Joins Macari Vineyards as Head Winemaker; Kelly Urbanik Joins as His Assistant | Mark As Read |
By Lenn Thompson, Executive Editor Photo from Food & Wine I'm out of town and don't have all the details just yet, but, the winemaking carousel continues to turn on the North Fork, but with a big-name, non-local twist. Robert...
Vineyard Visuals: Fruit Wine Harvest in the Hudson Valley | Mark As Read |
Black currants being harvested at Good Farm. Photo courtesty of Carlo DeVito, Hudson-Chatham Winery It's easy to forget that fruit winemakers don't have the same schedule that grape winemakers do... but Carlo reminds us with this picture and a note...
Hermann J. Wiemer 2008 HJW Vineyard Riesling Dry | Mark As Read |
By Lenn Thompson, Executive Editor As I mentioned last week in my review of this wine's sister wine -- the Hermann J. Wiemer 2008 Magdalena Riesling -- the best way to taste the Wiemer single-vineyard rieslings is to do so...
"Enjoy* Our Award-Winning Wine List!" *-until 10pm only. Then, not so much. | Mark As Read |
By Evan Dawson, Finger Lakes Editor We recently had a seriously disappointing wine experience at a celebrated Finger Lakes location: Belhurst Castle on Seneca Lake. Really, I should say that it was disappointing and bizarre, because I'm not sure I...
New York Cork Report Tasting Table: July 2, 2010 | Mark As Read |
By Lenn Thompson, Executive Editor Here are seven wines that have crossed the NYCR tasting table in recent weeks but will not be reviewed as part of a stand-alone post. As always, these are notes almost verbatim from my tasting...
Flying Bison Gets New Wings: A Beloved Brewery Reopens in Buffalo | Mark As Read |
By Julia Burke, Beer Editor At long last, after months of worry and deliberation without a pint of local beer to diffuse the tension, a beloved brewery was returned to its fans this week when Buffalo?s Flying Bison Brewing Company...
Bill Wagner, Founder of Wagner Vineyards, Passes Away | Mark As Read |
By Evan Dawson, Finger Lakes Editor Finger Lakes wine industry pioneer Bill Wagner has passed away at the age of 83. His family, which owns the business, has not released a cause of death. Wagner was part of a small...
Beer Review: OT 20 IPA | Mark As Read |
By Julia Burke, Beer Editor While discovering several great beer spots on a trip to Rochester last week, I was given a sample bottle of this house IPA (they had run out of the draught version) at The Old Toad...
New Company Aims to Put Finger Lakes Wine in NYC Restaurants | Mark As Read |
By Evan Dawson, Finger Lakes Editor "The butcher and the baker were the first chefs, if you ask me." So states chef Marc Meyer of Cookshop in New York City. Then, on the restaurant's website, he explains that his passion...
Hermann J. Wiemer 2009 Magdalena Riesling Dry | Mark As Read |
By Lenn Thompson, Executive Editor Maybe it's because I work in marketing and understand why a winery would want to create of differentiation and exclusivity -- and often charge more for it -- but I often find myself taking a...
Wine Bloggers Conference 2011 Coming East: Charlottesville, Virginia | Mark As Read |
By Lenn Thompson, Executive Editor The wine bloggers are coming east -- and it's about time. The Wine Bloggers Conference 2010 in Walla Walla, Washington concluded on Sunday with organizers announcing that next year's conference will take place in Charlottesville,...
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