by Debbie | Sep 12, 2017 | hudson valley wine competition
Every year the Saturday after Labor Day the Hudson Valley Wine & Spirits Competition is held at the Hudson Valley Wine & Food Festival at the Dutchess County Fairgrounds in Rhinebeck, New York. This is my 9th year at the helm and I must say, every year it gets...
by Debbie | Sep 5, 2017 | winephabet street
If you missed our August Winephabet Street C is for Carménère here’s your chance to learn a little about the lost grape of Bordeaux. Carménère was originally part of the Bordeaux blend. But when phylloxera wiped out the grape vines in 1867 they replanted with...
by Debbie | Aug 28, 2017 | Chefs' Consortium
Every year Noah Sheetz of the Chefs’ Consortium invites me to the annual chef-prepared Farm-to-Table Bannerman’s Island Fundraiser and it always seems to be the day of the Hudson Valley Wine & Spirits Competition (September 9th this year), so I can’t attend. I’m...
by Debbie | Aug 24, 2017 | hudson valley wine festival
I can’t believe the summer has flown by so fast and September is right around the corner. You know what that means? It’s time for the Hudson Valley Wine & Food Festival the weekend after Labor Day. It’s a big weekend for me with lots going on. We start Saturday...
by Debbie | Aug 21, 2017 | malbec, torrontes
Amalaya like it’s brother Colomé is part of the Hess Family Wine Estates. Amalaya is fairly new, founded in 2010 the word means ‘Hope for a Miracle’ at what began from an experiment at Colomé. That experiment was to find alternative sourcing and varieties for Malbec...
