by Debbie | Nov 12, 2018 | hudson valley wine, seyval blanc
Seyval Blanc is a French-American white hybrid grape that grows very well in the Hudson Valley. I have to be honest here, I’ve always thought of it as producing an okay wine and I might be stretching at that. That is, until I tasted Benmarl’s 2017 Seyval Blanc and was...
by Debbie | Jan 29, 2018 | millbrook vineyards
Millbrook Vineyards and Winery is the Flagship winery of the Hudson Valley. I look back to 1987 when I dropped off travel documents to a former co-worker Lori, who had taken the marketing position at Millbrook and gave me my first Hudson Valley winery tour and today,...
by Debbie | Sep 12, 2017 | hudson valley wine competition
Every year the Saturday after Labor Day the Hudson Valley Wine & Spirits Competition is held at the Hudson Valley Wine & Food Festival at the Dutchess County Fairgrounds in Rhinebeck, New York. This is my 9th year at the helm and I must say, every year it gets...
by Debbie | Nov 10, 2016 | benmarl winery, hundson valley
Many people know Matt Spaccarelli as the winemaker at Benmarl Winery in Marlboro, New York. What you may not know that he and his partner Casey started Fjord Vineyards just a stone throw away. This year at the Hudson Valley Wine & Spirits Competition Fjord...
by Debbie | Oct 27, 2016 | harvest, whitecliff vineyards, whitecliff winery
This past weekend I had the opportunity to stop at Whitecliff Vineyard and Winery and catch up with owner/winemaker Michael Migliore. In this video Michael shares with us what he’s harvested from his property and what he will be harvesting from the...
