When tasting through a flight of wines, the standard advice is to save the sweetest for last. So to me, there was a bit of karma in receiving a semi-sweet Atwater Riesling as the last wine for this month’s Wine Pairing Weekend (#WinePW) event on Finger Lakes wines. The “medium sweet” 2015 Atwater Riesling arrived […]
Encore: Atwater Riesling rounds out NY Finger Lakes samples (#WinePW) Read More »
Riesling and I hit it off from the start. Now we’re BFFs. Our friendship started back in 2010 when I made my own wine – from a box – for my first winemaking class. They say that chemistry is everything in a relationship. This was certainly true for Riesling and me. While some people don’t
Two pair of NY Finger Lakes Riesling – a winning hand (#WinePW) Read More »
Friendly, down-to-earth people. Small, family-owned businesses. Crisp, cool-climate wines and stunning scenery. It’s easy to say “I love New York” when visiting the Finger Lakes. On the second Saturday of every month, the Wine Pairing Weekend group of wine and food bloggers focuses on a wine theme and shares food pairings around that theme. On
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Imagine yourself on a terrace in sunny Tuscany – carefree, relaxed, sipping a deep and complex wine, and nibbling on meats and cheeses with fresh homemade bread. In your pandemic dreams (or are they nightmares), right? For a few savory moments, I felt almost there. Using up a couple of yeast packets and some good-quality
A taste of Tuscany to chase away the pandemic blues (#ItalianFWT) Read More »
Cabernet Franc grew up in France – in the Loire and Bordeaux – but this vinifera grape has found a compatible home up and down the East Coast of the United States. Fans love the grape’s medium-high acidity and occasional whiff of ripe bell pepper. In the cool-climate Finger Lakes, Cab Franc has become one
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