At her live event in New York, Prudence suggested a careful approach to a man worried about his kids and their mother with borderline personality disorder.
…stores - that all added up to wine disappearing almost too fast. Oh, and I picked up distribution in New York and that definitely moved some wine. Nice.
I'd already planned for more production for 2011, and could have made more still but don't want to grow too fast. My 2011s came out last fall, all 400 cases or almost double what I made in 2009, and as of today I have about 80 cases left. And that's including wine allocated for a local restaurant glass pour list for this summer …
Alan Richman at Duboeuf Event
"Oh, I see you have been studying," says the gentlemen seated next to me. We are sitting in the private downstairs dinning room of the new Lafayette restaurant downtown here in NYC, where journalists have gathered to hear Mr. Duboeuf speak about the 2012 vintage which is now hitting the market.
The gentlemen is referring to this "cheat cheat" I created earlier in the week, which describes all the aromas and flavors one can expect from …
…Adirondack Winery's wines are also available at about 40 liquor/wine stores throughout New York and Strawsling is the one you are guaranteed to find at almost all of them, as customers demand it.
"Our Strawsling is a nicely balanced, semi-sweet Riesling infused with a delicate Strawberry essence, which we age in Stainless Steel tanks," said Mike Pardy, Adirondack Winery CEO and Wine-Maker. "This wine is best enjoyed chilled and its lower alcohol level ( …
The Negress was overjoyed when she found out " Nashville" was being renewed for a second season. She loves the show and all of its knowing, inside touches, but she wishes some of the people who have written about it knew the city better and had longer memories. Consider this profile of Hayden Panettiere from New York [...]
Our beloved late President at Ridge Vineyards, the wonderful Donn Reisen, used to tease me by calling me an " East Coast kind of guy." I had come from New York, it's true, and in truth, I was happy to be teased by Donn, but it wasn't really an accurate description. I think he said it [...]
…vegetarian ." He never felt that meat consumption was wrong for everyone. In 2006, he moved to New York City and got a job working in a wine store. That led to the revelation that he wanted to work in the food industry, though not in the wine industry. He eventually got a job at The Green Grape Provisions , ending up at the butcher and fish counter rather than as a cheesemonger as he had desired. His mentor in butchery, Bryan Mayer , became very important in his life.
" Meat…
…said, "Not yet. I think it's still too new. The Finger Lakes region in New York, for example, has really made a name for itself with Rieslings. The Hudson Valley also makes some wonderful Rieslings. But if I could think of one thing that sets this region's wines apart, it's the amount of expert winemakers. They know how to make great wine, and understand what grapes will work in this cooler region."
Because he has visited so many of the wineries and spent a lot …
…at Bedell Cellars in Cutchogue, for invited members of the press and New York wine industry.
To earn sustainable farming certification, these 10 vineyards successfully implemented a comprehensive checklist of nearly 200 sustainable grape growing practices that include thoughtful vineyard planning, encouraged and prohibited materials and practices, and numerous ecological management options. The primary goal of technical farming standards is to maintain healthy farmland soils, conserve Long Island…
…Richard Bampfield MW who arranged many of the visits to the Bordeaux properties.
Marisa D'Vari & Richard Bampfield
Early Saturday, our group visited and tasted at Ch Haut-Bailly in Pessac Leognan - I had to leave early for my plane back to NYC, yet here is a story I wrote a few weeks ago during En Primeur and more about the winery. Fabulous trip!