Hudson Valley Wine Goddess
Taking The Intimidation Out Of Wine
Brachetto – Spring Sweetness and Bubbles
It’s Spring, and this bottle of Acquesi Brachetto says it all. Just looking at the beautiful design of the bottle makes me smile and think of warm weather and bubbles. Brachetto is a black-skinned Italian grape grown in the Piedmont region of Italy. The grape is...
Kiss the Ground and Wash it Down with Veramonte Wines – Happy Earth Day
Happy Earth Day! Today we celebrate Earth and all the wonderful things the earth gives us. But, we take a lot from it. Do we ever think about giving back to earth, becoming more sustainable and ways we can protect our planet? Veramonte Wines takes this task very...
Areni: A Dark & Mysterious Grape
Areni is a grape that is grown in Armenia and for our first episode of Winephabet Street, we got a double A. Winephabet Street is a monthly series where Lori Budd of Exploring the Wine Glass and I work our way through the alphabet exploring wine and wine regions one...
Christening the Barrel Room with Showers of Happiness
My passion is the Hudson Valley. I grew up there, raised my family there and it will always be my home. In 2006 I began writing about the Hudson Valley Wine scene. It will always be my baby. So when “my baby” Melanie got engaged, my first thought was to have her...
From Winery Customer to Winery Owner: Meet Dan & Jacqui Heavens of Quartz Rock Vineyard (Formerly Glorie Farm Winery)
In 2006 when Dan and Jacqui Heavens purchased their wine trail event ticket, they had no idea 14 years later they would own a winery. It was during that event that they discovered Glorie Farm Winery. They kept coming back. When Jacqui saw that Glorie Farm Winery was...
Have You Tasted Zweigelt?
Zweigelt is not a grape name you hear often, let alone are familiar with. It’s a grape I always wondered about. I knew of its Austrian roots and for the first time tasted a Zweigelt from the Finger Lakes not too long ago. But still, knowing a bit about grapes, I knew...
Your Guide to the Craft Beverage Producers in the Hudson Valley
