Hudson Valley Wine Goddess
Taking The Intimidation Out Of WineMillbrook 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...
Finally Found a Carmenere Wine I Like!
Carmenere is a grape that originated in Bordeaux, however it's rarely found in France and is the signature grape of Chile. I've tasted many wines made with the Carmenere grape and have never found one that I truly liked. Many times they have a green pepper aroma...
Taste of the Hudson Valley: Cider, Wine & Beer
There was a new cider producer at the event, Yankee Folly Cidery. Bottled in a wine bottle, they just released their first cider with an 8.5% alcohol content. I think that is on the high side for cider, but I am not the alcohol police. Let's get down to the...
