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Taking The Intimidation Out Of WineTaste of the Best Wine Extravaganza to Benefit Hope for Children Foundation
Wine and sports come together at Taste of the Best Wine Extravaganza to be held January 30, 2014 at the Chart House in Weehawken, New Jersey.Presented by Elite Nation this is a annual event where you can indulge your demanding palate for fine dining and exquisite wine...
Notes From the Captain Lawrence Tasting Room Resolution in the Air
It is the time of year when our new year’s resolutions, not quite a week old, are—for the most part—very much intact. Yet we all might learn something from the denizens of Captain Lawrence’s tasting room, where the most popular resolution is, on a lazy and gray...
Help Hudson Valley Winemaker Ben Peacock (Tousey Winery) Fight Cancer
As we begin the new year I was shocked to find out that Ben Peacock who is co-owner and winemaker at Tousey Winery in Germantown, NY is battling Burkitts Lymphoma. Ben and his wife Kimberly are wonderful people and they have 3 beautiful young children. I have been...
Calling for Winter in Wine Country Photos
Harvest is over and so are the holidays. We are now hunkering down for what winter will bring in the Northern Hemisphere.Wine country can be quite beautiful in the winter. It tends to be a slow time in the tasting room but you get that individual service. It's a time...
The Captain’s Log: New Year’s, New Beers
The final tally is just…about…in. As the year comes to a close, Captain Lawrence has produced nearly 20,000 barrels of beer in 2013—that’s close to 40,000 kegs, and a whopping 35% increase over 2012, its first full year in Elmsford. Going a bit further back, Captain...
The Boscaini Family and Masi Wine
Sometimes I can get overwhelmed with wine knowledge that I draw a blank. When I received a press release about Autumn Reds from Masi I thought the name sounded familiar but couldn't place the relationship, a blank. I received a bottle for review from the PR firm and...