Searching for — and Finding — Distinctiveness in Finger Lakes Pinot Noir
Producing pinot noir is the wine industry’s equivalent to a high-wire act. When done right, it can be spectacular and breathtaking. But it requires courage and commitment, and leaves little margin for...
View ArticleNew Single Wheel Wine Aims for High End — and Looks to Customers Beyond the...
Single Wheel Wine recently joined the growing number of single-vineyard rieslings that are being produced in the Finger Lakes with the release of its 2012 vintage. The wine is produced by Hosmer Winery...
View ArticleExperiencing Riesling at Villa Bellangelo
Although there is no known method for preventing the “Polar Vortex Blues”, a wine dinner is an effective remedy. A group of nearly forty food and wine lovers discovered this at “The Riesling...
View ArticleAnthony Road Winery Redesigns its Labels
One of the Finger Lakes Wine industry’s iconic brands is getting a new look. Anthony Road Winery is introducing a fresh, new label for its eponymously titled line of wines. Beginning this year, all new...
View ArticleAnthony Road Winery Teams with the New York Yankees for 2013 Riesling
It wasn’t in the morning box score, but the 2014 season marked the Major League Baseball debut of a Finger Lakes native. Seneca Lake winery, Anthony Road Wine Company, teamed up with the New York...
View ArticleIntroducing “Finger Lakes Wine By the Numbers”
Earlier this year, NYCR set out to gather data on the Finger Lakes wine industry to get a better understanding of several aspects of the industry. The method was simple: we gathered data from industry,...
View ArticleNews Brief: Nathan Kendall Becomes Head Winemaker at Villa Bellangelo
Chris Missick, owner of Villa Bellangelo, announced late last week that Nathan Kendall has accepted the position of head winemaker for his Dundee-based winery. Kendall is a native of upstate New York...
View ArticleFinger Lakes Wine by the Numbers: Balance, Value and Single-Vineyard Wines
The Finger Lakes can make a statistics-based case for being the most balanced wine region in the country. Its sparkling wines offer far better value than sparkling wines from other regions. And how...
View ArticleThe Joy of Going Vertical: Older Wines are Worth Pursuing
The premise of a vertical tasting is simple – samples of the same wine are drawn from different vintages and are tasted in a side-by-side fashion to compare and contrast differences in the wine that...
View ArticleTasting the Past and Possible Future of Finger Lakes Saperavi at Standing...
The titles on Marti Macinski’s business card read “Co-owner” and “Winemaker.” But it would be easy to understand if they included “Historian” and “Educator” as well. Ms. Macinski, who along with her...
View ArticleMagnus Ridge Winery: A Family Affair Focused on the Tasting Experience
A few miles north of the village of Watkins Glen on the western shore of Seneca Lake is a large and striking structure faces the lake from the side of a hill that is bisected by Route 14. Although it...
View ArticleDining Among the (2014) Wines at Anthony Road Wine Company
The winter weather outside was frightful, but inside the production building at Anthony Road Winery the scene was warm and inviting for the recent “Cellar Sampler: Dine Among the Wines” event. Wine...
View ArticleThe Story Behind McGregor Vineyard’s Black Russian Red: A Chat With John...
It has been called “unique” and “iconic” – and has developed an almost cult-like following since it first appeared more than two decades ago. McGregor Vineyard’s Black Russian Red is a field blend of...
View Article7 Years of Ravines Wine Cellars Meritage
There is a phenomena that is unique to the world of fine wine that gives some winemakers sleepless nights, sends collectors on quests that are akin to searches for the Holy Grail itself, and provides...
View ArticleWith Lacey Magruder Winery, the Hundertmarks Live Their Dreams
Jim Hundertmark is a man who is living his dream. Most mornings he leaves his modest farmhouse home and walks a few dozen steps across his property to work. For Hundertmark, his workplace is the small,...
View ArticleOrange Wines in the Finger Lakes: What Was Old is New Again
Across the Finger Lakes, creative winemakers like August Deimel, Katey Larwood, Steve Shaw, Peter Becraft, Vinny Aliperti and others are employing traditional techniques with well-known grape varieties...
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