Hudson Valley Wine Goddess
Taking The Intimidation Out Of WineFarm-To-Table Dinner on Bannerman’s Island with Chefs’ Consortium
Bannerman's Island (as I know it) is a tiny island in the Hudson River just off Route 9D outside Cold Spring, NY. Driving by the island as a child it looked scary but I always wanted to know what the history of it was and why it was vacant and falling...
New Wines and a Cider from Glorie Farm Winery
I'm just traveling all over the Hudson Valley this summer in between caring for my mother. This post brings me to Glorie Farm Winery in Marlboro, New York . I haven't been there in a while and not only have they come out with some new wines and a cider but they...
Millbrook Vineyard & Winery’s First Estate Riesling
I stopped by Millbrook Winery the other day to pick up some information for the Hudson Valley Wine & Spirits Competition and I got treated to a taste of their first estate Riesling. Keeping in mind these are very young vines I was looking forward to the taste....
What Exit Are You?
Located in North New Jersey Old York Cellars, "What Exit Wines" were featured on a Virtual Vines tasting I participated in. What Exit Wines is their secondary label that they created around the time Sandy hit New Jersey. They were actually processing the...
LIOCO – A New World Negociante
What happens when a wine director of a restaurant meets a nations sales director for a wine import company? A friendship that takes Matt Licklider and Kevin O'Connor on a journey to follow their palates and become a New World Negociant and the creation of LIOCO...
Franciscan Estate Napa Valley 2010 Cabernet Sauvignon
With the tasting room located on Highway 29 and Galleron Rd in St. Helena, California and their estate vineyard in Oakville, Franciscan Estate was founded in 1972 and purchased by Justin Meyer in 1975. The history is born out of a devotion to small lot winemaking and...