by Debbie | Feb 18, 2013 | hudson valley wine, hudson valley wine magazine
Linda Pierro and Robert Bedford founders of Hudson Valley Wine Magazine made a guest appearance on iWine Radio. They talk about why they started Hudson Valley Wine Magazine and the history of the Hudson River Valley AVA. Did you know that Hudson River Valley AVA was...
by Debbie | Feb 14, 2013 | adrian bridge, foncesa 2009 vintage port
Nemo found us last Friday, but we were prepared! We had some Whitecliff Malbec/Merlot, pasta with my bolognese sauce, homemade bread and Melanie’s chocolate chip cookies for dessert. Yes, lucky Melanie, comes home from college for the weekend and gets stuck in...
by Debbie | Feb 13, 2013 | Cauliflower soup, Highflyer Grenache Blanc
“In pursuit of the finest vineyards…exceptional wines, produced by the perfect alignment of vineyards and climate” is the philosophy behind the Highflyer wines. They produce their wines exclusively from fruit grown on small family owned vineyards...
by Debbie | Feb 12, 2013 | Captain Lawrence Brewing
What happens when extreme weather meets extreme beer? Sadly, the weather wins. At least it did this time. Captain Lawrence had planned to make the schlep up I-95 to be represented at the Extreme Beer Fest in Boston this past weekend, but 2 1/2 feet of snow gave the...
by Debbie | Feb 11, 2013 | clinton vineyards, hudson valley wine, seyval naturel, traditional method
I spent one morning this winter with Chris Stewart the winemaker at Clinton Vineyards. He was performing the last step of the classic methode champenois or traditional method of sparkling wine production of their Seyval Naturel. Before my visit the wine has gone...
