8/30/2010
CANOE, Canada
For wine lovers, it's a dream trip. Travel around the world, visit burgeoning wine regions and well-established ones and walk away with some of the best wines out there -- all in the name of charity...
But Niagara is only the latest in a whirlwind tour that started in January in Russia, where they scooped up a Novy Swet (aka, the first Russian Champagne) and will continue on for five more months with stops in the Finger Lakes region of New York, South America and Europe...
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8/30/2010
The Canadian Press, Canada
Since Rosh Hashana is all about clean slates and fresh starts, perhaps it's time to give kosher wines another chance.
At least, that's what Aron Ritter, oenophile and founder of the New York-based Kosher Wine Society, says about the wines with a reputation for plonky sweetness and the Jewish new year (which this year begins Sept. 8).
And a growing number of people seem to be listening. This year the society, now at 800 members, is holding its third "new wines for the New Year" tasting, featuring wines
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8/27/2010
New York Times, NY
Three North Fork wines won top awards in the 25th annual New York Wine and Food Classic this month.
Under the “best of category” rubric, Bedell’s 2008 cabernet franc ($30) was voted the state’s best red. Paumanok’s 2007 Tuthills Lane Vineyard merlot ($60) was chosen best merlot. Peconic Bay Winery’s nonvintage Nautique Esprit de Rouge ($16) was named best red blend made from vinifera — classic European — grapes. Seven “best of category” and 28 “best of class” awards were given...
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8/26/2010
The Post-Standard - Syracuse.com, NY
Gov. David Paterson at NYS Wine and Beer area at the NYS fair.Left is Dennis Mullen Chairman of the Empire state Development Corp. On right is fair director Dan O'Hara. Dick Blume/The Post Standard
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8/25/2010
MyABC50.com, NY
There is something for everyone this year at the New York State Fair...
Locally produced wines from all over New York will be serving glasses of wine showcasing one of the states most successful agricultural products.
“This is part of the Fair’s ongoing efforts to promote New York State products,” State Fair Director Dan O’Hara said. “New York is the second-largest wine producing state in the country and the third-largest producer of grapes. We want to help improve awareness and access to New York wine
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8/25/2010
Tourism expert proposes major wine center at York vineyard site
Few in the room had ever heard of the York Historical Society’s guest Cheryl Kobayashi — but by the end of her presentation, they would not soon forget her.
Kobayashi is a Bozeman, Mont.-based tour guide with the Boston company Vantage Deluxe World Travel. She specializes in national parks, but has led visitors on trips through 120 countries on all seven continents...
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8/25/2010
Auburn Citizen, NY
We have passed the midpoint of summer and the weather has been hot and fairly dry. Vine canopy growth continues at a slower pace and the grapes begin to change. The French call this grape development stage “verasion.” The berry begins a final swell as the fruit undergoes a color change. During this period, the grape berry acquires a softer texture, sugar accumulates, acids decrease (grapes contain natural tartaric and malic acids), the skin color changes, white grapes turn a pale gold/yellow and red grapes
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8/25/2010
AccuWeather.com
A summer of abnormal temperatures has impacted wine grape crops across the United States.
While certain parts of Sonoma and Napa Valley have begun their harvest, a cool weather pattern for much of the California coast set the harvest back by about two weeks...
Across the country, a fluctuation in weather is also impacting wine grapes in the Finger Lakes region of New York...
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8/25/2010
Long Island Business News, NY
Long a pivotal element in producing some of the best wines around the world, sun will now be a key ingredient not only in fermenting grapes, but operating the Peconic Bay Winery.
The Cutchogue winery and the Long Island Power Authority today were slated to cut the ribbon on what both entities described as the largest solar system built on the ground with the help of LIPA rebates.
GreenLogic Energy installed the 180-panel photovoltaic system that will produce about 47,826 kilowatt hours of electricity
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8/25/2010
The Post-Standard - Syracuse.com, NY
When fairgoers start pouring into the state Fairgrounds Thursday, there is a lot of new for them to take in...
Wine sales
Last year, the state Legislature passed a bill allowing the wine tent to tell 10-ounce glasses of New York wine to folks who are walking around the fair. This year, another bill was adopted that will allow the restaurants to sell 10-ounce glasses of wine. Also, there will be five new New York wineries selling their wines at the fair: Brotherhood, America’s Oldest Winery, Washingtonvil
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8/24/2010
The Daily News Online, NY
Fresh off a family vacation that included hiking in the Adirondack Mountains, fishing in Lake Ontario and wine-tasting in the Finger Lakes, U.S. Sen. Charles Schumer called the state parks system "part of the greatness of living here in Upstate New York."
But the severe budget constraints in New York make the park system a target for closure in a cash-strapped state. New York this past May closed 41 parks and 14 historic sites, only to open them just before Memorial Day. Other parks have stayed open with
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8/23/2010
Westchester Magazine, NY
In this day of Fairway Wines, Stew Leonard’s Wine and—get this—Costco (which now offers two labels), Westchester’s neighborhood wine retailers are getting the nasty end of the economic stick...
Many wine consumers don’t realize that New York State’s liquor laws allow distributors to offer high-volume discounts, which means that smaller, neighborhood shops actually pay more per bottle for many major wine labels. On some bottles, big-box buyers like Stew Leonard’s (which may buy 100 cases of a single Champag
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8/23/2010
Wall Street Journal, NY
Wines from small producers can be hard to find outside a few select sources. Artisanal cheeses straight from the farm can also be difficult to track down.
But Art Ludlow, who makes tiny amounts of great cheeses at his Mecox Bay Dairy in Bridgehampton, New York, made a pilgrimage to Paumanok Winery on Long Island’s North Fork last weekend. And I was lucky enough to be around...
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8/23/2010
Rochester Democrat and Chronicle, NY
The Culinary Institute of America in Hyde Park is bringing its culinary immersion program for cooking enthusiasts to the Finger Lakes this fall with Destination Boot Camp, a five-day basic training program at the New York Wine & Culinary Center in Canandaigua. Knife skills, cooking methods and kitchen terminology will be drilled into students as they tough it out from 7 a.m. to 4 p.m. The CIA's Michael Skibitcky will teach the course. Tuition is $2,095. To register, call (800) 888-7850.
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8/23/2010
Village Voice, NY
It feels like fall out there today, and Eve's Cidery is the ideal beverage to bridge summer and autumn.
Eve's Cidery is a small operation perched up in Van Etten, New York, near the Finger Lakes; it grows all its own apples, old cider varieties of English, French, and American origin. The cidery makes three carbonated ciders with varying levels of sweetness, each for $14, an apple-peach wine, and an apple ice wine...
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8/23/2010
Village Voice, NY
It feels like fall out there today, and Eve's Cidery is the ideal beverage to bridge summer and autumn.
Eve's Cidery is a small operation perched up in Van Etten, New York, near the Finger Lakes; it grows all its own apples, old cider varieties of English, French, and American origin. The cidery makes three carbonated ciders with varying levels of sweetness, each for $14, an apple-peach wine, and an apple ice wine...
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8/22/2010
Tonawanda News, NY
With the emphasis among the nation’s foodies being placed on locally grown foods, the questions begs to be asked: How much stock do Tonawandans put in foods created in their backyard?
The answer depends on who you ask.
The customers of local farmers’ markets agree that the quality and freshness of the produce available at such markets is unsurpassed. But the vendors and organizers of farmers’ markets feel that, while sales are starting to rebound, people have turned away from local markets in recent yea
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8/22/2010
Vancouver Sun, Canada
Whine about wine? Not us. We're downright happy to acknowledge that it's the nearly 100 wineries that draw visitors to New York's Finger Lakes district, nestled between Syracuse and Buffalo. It is, after all, the oldest wine region in the U.S.
Still, there's more to the area than potables. Take museums, for instance. There are a slew of 'em. Here are a half-dozen you'll surely want to toast...
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8/22/2010
Rochester Democrat and Chronicle, NY
The train has been stalled on the tracks for 30 years. Yet those aboard declare the station to be dead ahead.
If you guessed they're riding the Albany Limited, you're right.
Once again, state lawmakers have rejected a proposal — one festooned with more bells and whistles than ever — to alter the way wine, beer and related products are sold in New York.
The measure would have allowed supermarkets and convenience stores to sell wine and wine products and permit liquor stores to offer food items that ar
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8/20/2010
Telegraph.co.uk, UK
It’s baking hot day in Boston. I’m in Neptune Oyster, thirsty but not really hungry. All I crave is a dozen oysters and a bottle of something ice cold and fizzy. There’s champagne, prosecco, the dreaded cava and something from the Loire but, curiously, nothing from the United States. What, no Schramsberg, Mumm Cuvée Napa or Roederer Quartet? But hang on, what’s this Westport Rivers?..
Today, though, I hit the bullseye. It’s absolutely delicious, crisp, clean and citrusy with a touch of toast. It’s a chardo
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