03.02.2012 Community Wine Column: Music can help wine hit the high notes Wine and music are often associated together in metaphor, in marketing and as means for mutual pleasure. With the Long Island wineries’ winter “Jazz on the Vine” series of...
02.17.2012 Community Wine Column: What will define the reds of the future? On Jan. 25, I attended a Wine Media Guild vertical tasting (multiple vintages) of two important Bordeaux wines, Chateau d’Issan and Chateau Rauzan-Ségla, introduced by their respective managers, Emmanuel...
02.04.2012 Community Wine Column: A Valentine’s wine list for pet lovers Valentine’s Day is a delicious day to celebrate love. For those who have been blessed with a charming and romantic partner, it’s not difficult to find a way to...
01.22.2012 Community Wine Column: Wineries are warming up for winter Twenty years ago, Long Island’s wineries went into virtual hibernation during the winter months. Visitors who ventured here might find shuttered doors with a shivering winemaker behind them, or...
01.09.2012 Community Wine Column: Wines from Asti aren’t always nasty In this new year, Long Island’s vintners must plan for the next growing season while finishing 2011’s wines in the cellar. After a difficult growing season, local wineries have...
11.20.2011 Community Wine Column: Time to give thanks and take a time-out For the past few years, I have tried various alternatives to turkey for my Thanksgiving dinner. It’s not that I don’t like turkey, but I don’t love it, and...
10.08.2011 News Wine Column: Vintage challenges, here and abroad For Long Island’s vintners, the vintage of 2011 has been one of the most difficult in 30 years. Beginning with a fierce winter that made pruning vines in drifting...
08.26.2011 News Wine Column: Challenges of the ‘heartbreak grape’ When wine grapes were first planted on Long Island in the 1970s and ’80s, most growers chose to plant the most important grape varieties of France, including chardonnay and...
08.15.2011 News Wine Column: Q&A on the new winery legislation On July 22, according to a press release by his office, Governor Andrew Cuomo announced that he has “signed legislation to significantly reduce the regulatory burdens placed on farm...
06.17.2011 News Wine Column: A lesson on the ABCs of chardonnay Last year, Americans spent $2,026,986,920 in retail shops on chardonnay, making it by far the most popular white wine variety on the market. The dollar value of the next...