Monthly Archives: September 2008
A little rain
OK. It’s been a lot. It started on Friday and now on Monday morning, it’s still damp and grey. It’s not good for the grapes, but it’s not disastrous. Most vineyards already had a good amount of their whites in … Continue reading
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Bodegas Fernando Remirez de Ganuza
I went to a Spanish wine tasting at Fiamma in New York on Monday and had a chance to taste some rare and some good wines. The ones I liked the best were from Remirez de Ganuza in Rioja. I … Continue reading
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Wine on the web
Representatives for Amazon.com are making a presentation to the Long Island Wine Council today. Wine sales on the internet behomoth are scary for retail stores. More scary than Costco selling wine? Here’s a story. Some customers at the restaurant especially … Continue reading
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Is wine selling? Or not?
Here’s a good example of two ways to interpret the same information. Two California newspapers, reporting on surveys of wine executives and wine professionals, came up with competing headlines. From the Sacremento Bee: California Wine Sales Appear Healthy. From the … Continue reading
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More 90s for Long Island
David Schildknecht of the Wine Advocate reviewed some New York wines for the August issue of the newsletter and two Long Island wines receieved 90 points on their 100-point scale: the 2007 Channing Daughters Tocai Friulano and the 2005 Paumanok … Continue reading
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The latest in scarecrows
It’s been so beautiful for the past few days, and already wineries are picking. I hear some are picking pinot noir for sparkling and at Lieb Cellars vineyards up on Oregon Road on Cutchouge the nets have been lifted and … Continue reading
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Sunny does Champagne
I had the good fortune to run into Sunny Gandara at the Master of Wine Champagne tasting on Monday. Sunny also finished her diploma the same time I did and, unlike me, submitted her application to be accepted to the … Continue reading
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Adelsheim and Dijon clones
At Winebow’s tasting on Tuesday I got to talk to David Adelsheim of Adelsheim Winery in the Willamette Valley of Oregon. I tasting four of his wines and liked them a lot. The whites, which all had screw caps, were … Continue reading
Didier Dagueneau dies
From the Decanter article: Didier Dagueneau dies September 18, 2008 Oliver StylesDidier Dagueneau, one of the greatest Sauvignon Blanc producers in the world, has died in a flying accident at the age of 52. Dubbed ‘one of the greatest winemakers … Continue reading
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A tour of Greece
This week’s Winebow tasting in New York was pretty good. There was plenty of space between the tables, it was well lighted and the tables and the page numbers were coordinated in the book. This may seem like a minor … Continue reading
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