You’re Invited to a Wine Pairing Weekend featuring the NY Finger Lakes (#WinePW)

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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 you visit the Finger Lakes. As a native New Yorker and lifelong Easterner, I like to think of the Finger Lakes as home turf. When I’m longing for nature and wine, the Finger Lakes […]

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Of Israeli wines, long-ago memories, and Harvey’s takeout (#WinePW)

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Ah, the Galilee (Galil) in springtime! Red poppy flowers blanket the hillsides. Red-tiled rooftops dot the landscape. Round a bend and you may catch a glimpse of the glimmering lake (“Kinneret” to Israelis, for its harp-shaped appearance). More than 25 years ago, my family of four traveled throughout this ancient and modern land – from

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Gamay and granite – a Beaujolais love story (#Winophiles)

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Once upon a time (1395, to be exact), the Duke of Burgundy, France, issued a royal decree. He ordered Gamay, a red grape grown on the limestone hillsides of Burgundy, to leave his realm – go south – to make room for the more favored Pinot Noir. And the rest, as they say, is history.

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Revisiting NY Finger Lakes Skin-Contact White Wines (#WinePW)

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Springtime evokes memories of road trips for me. Especially memorable are trips I’ve taken to the stunning Finger Lakes wine region of upstate New York. Four years ago, my travels took me to seven wineries ringing Seneca Lake and my first experience tasting skin-contact white wines – a 2014 Anthony Road Riesling and a 2014

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Coda di Volpe from Campania’s protector of native grapes (#ItalianFWT)

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European winemakers have known their fair share of hardship. First phylloxera, a viral pest, wiped out vineyards throughout Europe in the late 19th century. Then two world wars raged across the continent causing widespread suffering and economic upheaval. After World War II, winemakers worked hard to regain their footing. Sometimes they banded together to form

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