Long Island gets some love from Food & Wine magazine in their November issue. In an airy feature in the back of the book, Ray Isle offers “American Red Wine Made Simple.” Under a simple chart titled “top regions, top reds” Long Island is listed last for its merlot. In the “Basic Wine Picks” column [...]
Posts Tagged as ‘Bedell’
October 7, 2008
Chardonnay coming in
This week, between the rains, Bedell Cellars is machine picking their chardonnay. The picture shows the last gasp of a pressing of the chard from the winery’s horizontal pneumatic press. The juice is sticky and sweet. Up until now, Bedell has only handpicked grapes mostly so triage can be exercised in the vineyard. The damp [...]
September 6, 2008
Ready for Hanna
Since 2005 Bedell Cellars has been conducting an experiment with their cabernet vines. Soon after veraison, when the grapes turn from green to black, vineyard workers have been covering the ground between the rows to prevent any excess moisture from getting to the roots of the plants. Excess moisture like the rains that accompany hurricanes [...]
July 30, 2008
Dropping fruit
The last week of July will be remembered as the week of the big thunder/lightening storm. On Sunday it rained and thunder cracked just outside the house for a good hour and a half. My mother, who lives in Quogue on the south shore, said she got some hail.
Not here though (that would be bad.) [...]
July 10, 2008
Leaf pulling
We’re about 10 weeks into the growing season, and Donna Rudolph, assistant vineyard manager for Bedell Cellars, says growth is about two weeks behind last year due to the cold spring. Then came a heat wave and then the hit-and-run thunderstorms.
Today is a beautiful day, humidity is down and Donna and the crew are out [...]
July 3, 2008
Gewurz feature
The summer issue of the Wine Press was released today, and it contains an article on gewurztraminer written by none other than Cellarette. Check it out for details on the differing styles of the wine made on the East End by Lenz, Martha Clara, Bedell and Palmer.
June 21, 2008
Flowering
The chardonnay vines started to flower last week, most of the reds are under way and Donna Rudolph, the assistant vineyard manager at Bedell Cellars in Cutchogue, thinks all flowering will be done by the end of next.
As in the last vintage update, with all the rain, things are growing fast, and at Bedell with [...]
June 10, 2008
Hot enough for you?
For the past three days it has hit 90 degree temperatures here on the North Fork. On Sunday a freak thunderstorm darkened the sky and dumped inches of rain. On Monday the heat was back on and continuing today.
The heat is good for the vines, says Donna Rudolph, assistant vineyard manager for Bedell Cellars in [...]
