Hudson Valley Wine Goddess

There is a great video on the New York Times website on this years harvest of Beaujolias in France.http://www.nytimes.com/packages/html/dining/20071003_BEAUJOLAIS_FEATURE/blocker.html

As I sit here and wait for my husband to get home from work the DHL man arrived with a delivery. Two bottles of Handley wine from the California Wine Club. I was worried about the wine all weekend since I missed Mr DHL on Friday. All weekend my wine sat in some...

Do you know how many grapes produces a case. Here is a little formula to give you an idea.1 ton of grapes will yield 160 gallons of wine160 gallons of wine will yield about 2 1/2 barrels2 1/2 barrels of wine will yield approximately 75 - 100 cases of wine.Yes..that's...

Can you tell the difference if a white wine was aged in oak or stainless steal? Here is a way to have your eyes to determine the aging process.If a white wine is aged in oak it will have a straw yellow, yellow, yellow gold or yellow brownish color.If a white is aged...

This week if you go wine tasting, they are harvesting Chardonnay and Pinot Noir. When you harvest grapes you would like your brix levels to be around 21 or 22. What's a brix level? A brix level is the sugar level in the grape. When the brix is around 21 or 22 it is...

It's out...Hudson Valley Magazine's "Best of the Hudson Valley" which is voted on by the readers of the magazine.Congratulations goes out to Millbrook Vineyard and Winery who won Best Winery in the Hudson Valley.Congratulations to The Shawangunk Wine Trail which won...