The view from Millbrook’s tasting room
  
This past weekend was the yearly event TasteCamp which is held in a wine region on the Eastern side of the United States every year.  I was thrilled when it was announced that they had chosen the Hudson Valley and the date was Columbus Day Weekend, the busiest weekend of the year.  

The organizers The New York Cork Report’s Lenn Thompson and Drink Local’s Michael Michael Wangbickler chose this weekend and at first I thought, the busiest weekend of the year, but then it truly highlighted the best, the Hudson Valley during harvest.

I attended the events on Friday and could only attend Saturday evenings dinner at Tousey. I will go into detail later about each winery and the new things I learned. In the meantime, here are some pictures of the weekend.

The gathering began at Noon in the vineyard at Millbrook Vineyards & Winery
  
Chardonnay grapes from Long Island at Millbrook

 

Processing the Chardonnay

 

Michael & Carlo tasting selections from Millbrook
Tasting Clinton Vineyards sparkling and Seyval
Kristop Brown, winemaker at Robibero Family Vineyards addressing the group

 

Robibero selections for tasting.
 
Bad Seed Cider at the grand tasting at Robibero

 

Benmarl selections at the grand tasting at Robibero

 

Clearview Vineyards at the grand tasting at Robibero

 

Frank from Clearview pouring Tiffany from Robibero a tasting
Dinner selections at Whitecliff Vineyards
Beautiful table arrangements at Tousey for dinner

 

The bloggers gather at Tousey

 

Tousey’s Scarlet Tiger label (wait till you hear the story behind this!)

 

Bottled just for us
Great presentation of lamb for dinner

 

Remy and Katie having a great time

 

Evan presenting Carlo a gift of appreciation

 

Getting carried away and having fun

 

Many wines were tasted, new friendships formed and old friends visiting!