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| | | VIGNA UVA VINO OCTOBER 1, 2009 Louisa Thomas Hargrave Named Honorary Member of Long Island Merlot Alliance Louisa Thomas Hargrave, one of the first to plant vineyards on Long Island, is now the first individual wine professional to be awarded honorary membership by the L.I.M.A. She and her ex-husband Alex Hargrave won many awards for their wines before selling the winery to Marco and Ann Marie Borghese of Castello di Borghese Vineyard and Winery in 1999. | | | | | | | | |
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VIGNA UVA VINO | TUESDAY, SEPTEMBER 29, 2009  2005 Macari Estate Merlot
On the North Fork of Long Island's wine country comes this delectable 100% Merlot. Ruby red colors in front of layers of eucalyptus, fresh mint and chocolate, combine with flavors reminiscent of licorice, white pepper and a jammy undercurrent. Further opening to chewy red cherries while displaying firm but balanced tannins and a wild, solid finish. MORE >> -
BROOKLYN GUY LOVES WINE | SUNDAY, SEPTEMBER 27, 2009 A New Kind of Wine Marketing
JD Headrick has done an interesting thing to help us get to know the people who make the wines he imports, and the places they come from. He created a channel on YouTube and uploaded home made videos. We can watch as he interviews wine makers, wanders through their vines and cellars, eats with them, listens to their stories. MORE >> -
IMBIBE NEW YORK | THURSDAY, OCTOBER 1, 2009 Amanti Vino Fall Wine Tasting Event
Last night I attended the Amanti Vino Fall Wine Tasting Event (to benefit MOSCOT Mobileyes Foundation) at Irving Mill, an event featuring over 100 wines that was open to the public for a price, following a tasting for the trade in the afternoon. And since I rarely cross the bridge, I was glad that Amanti [.]. MORE >> -
DR. VINO | THURSDAY, OCTOBER 1, 2009 Is retro sherry possible of a makeover? On public radio’s Marketplace
In August, I dropped by the Manhattan studio of the public radio show Marketplace studio and chatted with reporter Caitlin Carroll about sherry. She was interested in it since apparently the Sherry Promotional Council has a $1 million promotional effort under way to rehab the drink’s retro image. The following weekend, I tried exactly that. MORE >> -
WHY WINE BLOG | SUNDAY, SEPTEMBER 27, 2009  Why Wine: Joeshico Wine Review; Row House Cellars White Table Wine NV
Alright, here's my dilemma or at least one of them. Tonight Shirley and daughter Pam are making 'halupkies' for dinner. Halupkies are also known as stuffed cabbage or as we called them in our house as kids growing up in the Pennsylvania coal region, 'blind pigeons.' The dilemma, I have no clue as to what wine to open. That only added to the dilemma. MORE >>
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