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FLX-cellent: Time to Visit the Finger Lakes
In the fall of 2015 I spent an idyllic few October days in upstate New York exploring the Finger Lakes wine region. It’s a beautiful area full of interesting, lively Riesling, cool Cabernet Franc, and lovely Lemberger. (Plus MUCH more.) I revisited the region virtually via the latest episode of the What We’re Tasting podcast. [More]
Finger Lakes Wine Podcast: Meet Five Wineries
I went on an extremely memorable trip to experience Finger Lakes wine in New York in October and put together this podcast that I’m tickled to share with you. As a media guest, I got to visit “Harvest House”. It was my very cool home base chock-full of fellow wine industry brethren. We split up during the day to [More]
Obscure Grapes on the Finger Lakes at Red Tail Ridge Winery
Big thanks to Red Tail Ridge Winery in the Finger Lakes region of New York for sending some intriguing samples my way. Also thanks to Lenn Thompson at the New York Cork Report for putting my name in the hat for this opportunity. I’m pretty excited about experiencing more of what this region has to [More]
Red Tail Ridge Pinot Noir: A First Taste of Finger Lakes Wine
Being all the way on the left coast, we really don’t get a sniff of Finger Lakes wine. I was therefore excited to receive samples from Red Tail Ridge. Their Pinot Noir was light, low in alcohol, and pleasant slightly chilled. I could sure appreciate it as a summer sipper. What I’m even more excited [More]
