The winner was; Row House Cellars White Table Wine NV, brought home from a recent visit to the White Springs Winery in Geneva NY. The grapes used in the blend are Riesling, Cayuga White, Gewurztraminer and Pinot Grigio. believe this is the first year of Row House Cellars. Alright, here's my dilemma or at least one of them. MORE >>

It seems that many times I taste a new wine and just have to add it to a long growing list of favorites. When first tasting this wine, it was, in today's vernacular, 'OMG.' Tonight I dug into my modest wine vault and found a Ravines Wine Cellars , Cabernet Franc 2007. hope I never get to that point in my lifetime. It has! MORE >>

Just too many varieties of grapes yet to be tasted for a first time. 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. If I do, I will have to include the German grape, Dornfelder as one of the highlights. MORE >>

To really know the taste of wines from a certain place - this is not an easy thing for most of us. Add that to the fact that Champagne must be crafted in the cellar in a way that most still wines are not, it is easy to understand why some people do not consider Champagne to be a wine of terroir. in most of Champagne. MORE >>

Almost all that I had ever tasted were the Shiraz from Australia. While visiting Damiani Wine Cellars on Seneca Lake this past spring I tasted an excellent Syrah and I was sold. Then again maybe I just have to taste a few more and that's not a bad thing now, is it? From that day on I was a fan. MORE >>