Each year, at least for the past three, I have been tasting new wines.(At At least new to me). New reds were just as interesting. delightful blend of Merlot and Cab Franc. This year's best though is the Damiani Wine Cellars semi-dry Riesling 2010. Now a new year begins, but my blog goals will remain the same.

did pass on a few nice California reds though and stayed with the Finger Lakes and a Salmon Run Meritage 2008 ( $11 ), a blend of 54% Cabernet Franc, 39.5% Cabernet Sauvignon and 6.5% New York Cheese and New York Wine, two great reasons to love New York and the Finger Lakes. Merlot.

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I don't often go with Shirley and Pam to the Saturday morning Central New York Regional Farmer's Market, but I made an exception today. Winemakers notes: A classic Bordeaux style blend of Cabernet Franc, Merlot & Cabernet Sauvignon. 61% Cabernet Franc, 28% Merlot, 11% Cabernet Sauvignon.

With May and New York Riesling month coming to close soon, it is safe to say that I tasted more Riesling this month than any one year in my life. Tags: riesling New York Seneca Wine Trail Finger Lakes The hard part was deciding which ones I would post on the blog. Both were opened with a BBQ chicken dinner.

Long Point Winery is located on the east side of Cayuga Lake on scenic Route 90 in Aurora, New York. bit spicy meant most of the bottle disappeared at the dinner table, but I did save a glass for later to enjoy while chatting with some new friends on Facebook and Twitter. This past Monday evening was a first for me on-line.

This past weeks edition of the Syracuse New Times, a weekly alternative newspaper published in Syracuse, New York, contained an interesting article on Finger Lakes Riesling. Gary noted four wineries, one of which I vaguely remember from an article written by Evan Dawson for the New York Cork Report.

To continue Riesling month here in New York, I wanted to find something other than my favorites from the Finger Lakes region. Other than ordering on line, it is very difficult to find New York wines other than Finger Lakes and Adirondack wineries in the local shops. Tags: riesling New York Hudson Valley

This month is Riesling month in New York and this will be the first of many I'll enjoy over the next 30 days. Lot's of New York Rieslings to try and a day touring on the Finger Lakes in a few weeks. Tags: riesling New York Finger Lakes Seneca Lake Finger Lakes Riesling of course. Sound good?

Sometimes when you least expect it, you open what may becomes your new favorite bottle of wine. An Atwater Estate Vineyards , Cabernet-Merlot 2007. blend of 53% Cabernet Sauvignon and 47% Merlot. Winemakers notes: This dynamic duo combines the brawn of Cabernet Sauvignon and the suppleness of Merlot. Alcohol: 13.0%

Big break in weather today here in Central New York. Tags: riesling New York white wine Seneca Wine Trail Finger Lakes Temperatures will reach about 30F. Must be the annual January thaw! To celebrate I figured to open one of my usually reserved for warm weather whites. 2007 Riesling.

The blog started out in 2008 only as fun thing to do and to give my new wine affiliate web site it's first link. That did not come close to changing when I moved to within one hour of the New York Finger Lakes region. That was until 2009 when I bought a nice Italian vin rosso from Damiani Wine Cellars.

While visiting Damiani Wine Cellars on Seneca Lake this past spring I tasted an excellent Syrah and I was sold. Winemakers Notes: Syrah has found an ideal home in the Finger Lakes , where our climate mimics France's Rhone Valley, where the grape produces some of the finest wines in the world. From that day on I was a fan.

Add one more new discovery for 2009 and a reason to be very optimistic for 2010. Tags: New York Seneca Wine Trail red wine Finger Lakes Dornfelder This has been one fantastic year of enlightenment for me when it comes to all things wine. Believe I may do a year end article on the subject.

Thanks to my son, this past weekend I opened a dry Riesling from Lamoreaux Landing Wine Cellars located in Lodi, NY, on the east side of Seneca Lake and my first stop on the annual " Deck the Halls " event on Dec. Tags: riesling New York white wine Seneca Wine Trail Finger Lakes have to say his timing was impeccable. g/L pH: 2.93

The only downside is the lack of New York wines on the list and no NY reds. Winemaker's notes: Grape Varieties: Sangiovese, Canaiolo Nero, Cabernet Sauvignon Chianti may well be the single best-known wine in the world - historically celebrated, universally revered and enjoyed over centuries. As usual, she always gets it right.

Much of this change or palate expansion, if there is such a term, is directly related to the wines from the Finger Lakes region on New York. Sometime near the end of the year, I would like to post all that I have learned and the wines that I have come to enjoy over the past two years. The downside of this Riesling is the price.

remembered commenting on an older post that this was may be the best Sauvignon Blanc I tasted outside of my favorites from New Zealand. find many good Sauvignon Blanc's from New Zealand and Chile between $9 and $12. Tags: New York white wine Sauvignon Blanc Seneca Wine Trail Finger Lakes That happened this week. Good Buy!

Since opening, I have been trying to get him to put some New York wines on the wine list. no sooner sat down on Friday when he brought out a Glenora Wine Cellars Gewurztraminer. Glenora Wine Cellars has been producing award winning wines in the Finger Lakes Region of New York State for more than 32 years.

The winner was; Row House Cellars White Table Wine NV, brought home from a recent visit to the White Springs Winery in Geneva NY. believe this is the first year of Row House Cellars. Tags: New York white wine Seneca Wine Trail Finger Lakes table wine Alright, here's my dilemma or at least one of them.

don't hide the fact that in the past two years I have fallen in love with wines from the Finger Lakes region of New York. It seems that many times I taste a new wine and just have to add it to a long growing list of favorites. Cabernet Franc is not supposed to be this good. Thought maybe, just another Cab/Franc.

Such is the case of the 2007 Damiani Wine Cellars Meritage. Tags: meritage New York Seneca Wine Trail red wine Finger Lakes It seems every winery in the Finger Lakes has a Meritage. Most are nice bordeaux style blends that are very popular and very tasty and very distinct to each winery.

I am just sitting back enjoying one of the many New York Finger Lakes wines I brought home from last weeks tour. Our first stop was at Damiani Wine Cellars. put this stop first because it is definitely my favorite New York winery. short ride north of Damiani is the Red Newt Cellars. The first was a must do.

I have no idea what occurred between the early 1980's and present in the case of New York Finger Lakes red wines. Last year, on the Cayuga Wine Trail, I finally found a few very nice reds and this past year discovered a new Finger Lakes winery that is producing some very excellent reds, the Damiani Wine Cellars.

“Finger Lakes wineries now number nearly 100, and one of the newest and most interesting is the tiny Damiani Wine Cellars (tel. The family-owned winery produced its first vintage in 2004, and the cabernet franc and meritage are quite notable for its young age. So, off to research Damiani Wine Cellars. Or drink.”

He travels frequently and greatly enjoys his work with a small group of wine makers, mostly in Germany, France, and Austria. Savio works with small growers who take care for their environment and who make wine naturally - relying mostly on indigenous yeasts, minimal sulfur, minimal cellar manipulation, and light or no filtration.

Yes, it’s cold and dreary in New York. First, I’d like to apologize for the boorish NY rogues who elbow their ways to the front of the tables and stick their glasses under your noses as they demand, “Cabernet please!” Sean Larkin is producing exceptional cabernet franc, cabernet sauvignon, and merlot (on the Jack Larkin label).

The Puzelats grow Pinot Noir, Gamay, Côt (called Malbec in Argentina), Bréton (called Cabernet Franc in the film Sideways ), Chardonnay, Sauvignon Blanc, Pinot Gris (called Pinot Grigio in Italy), and the rarely seen Pineau D'Aunis and Menu Pineau (called Arbois in the Jura). They buzz with energy, some say "wildness." It works.

Primehouse New York hosted the event. Washington wines have not made any kind of inroads in my cellar for two reasons: 1) they are mostly Bordeaux blends (there is plenty of Syrah and all sorts of other stuff too - I said "mostly"), not wines that I drink very often, and 2) prices are pretty high, even for the entry level wines.

He has encouraged many a wine lover to explore the wines, understanding that Long Island has its own style - this is cool climate wine, not jammy-ripe and big, not typical new world wine at all, in fact. This guys lives and loves New York wine! Then we blind tasted three Cabernet Sauvignons, three blends, and four Merlots.

The new oak is very obvious right now, not overwhelming at all, but obvious. Time will tell, as I have enough of this in the cellar to water your lawn. New York 2002 Castello di Borghese Cabernet Franc Reserve , $32 (winery). Very different style, to my palate, from the Loire Cabernet Francs I usually drink.

Here is what I like about them: The reds tend to be somewhat "old-world" in style - they offer complexity and balance that can be elusive among new world wines made with the big three Bordeaux grapes. They grow and make good Cabernet Franc. very tasty bottle of Loire Cab Franc from a good producer can cost about $15.

As is common in New York, a combination of artists and other intrepid souls in about 2000 began moving to Red Hook for the low rents. C&P Breton make Bourgueil ( boor-geye) wine, beloved in France as everyday drinking wine, and largely unknown here. These wines are made soley from cabernet franc. alcohol level.

We emerged from our tasting there with a few bottles of their 2002 Cabernet Franc Reserve and a 375 ml of a 2004 zippy desert wine made from late harvest chardonnay called Allegra. So now I know that Long Island makes serious wine.what about the rest of New York? All in all - New York wine = YES! violets?