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2015
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Category: On the Road with the Grape Guy
(August 13-18, 2015) ... I will talk with many people over the next 3-6 months (or so) about my trip to the Wine Bloggers Conference held in the Finger Lakes, New York – and inevitably I will be asked “How were the wines?”
As New York’s neighbor to the North and admittedly more serious wine producing region, Ontario, we have always looked down on New York wines as being too sweet – as someone said to me as explanation (while at the conference) “they’re burgeoning” – but when I was in the Finger Lakes 10-12 years ago and as recently as 7 years ago they held the ‘burgeoning’ moniker at that time too … how long can a region of this size be ‘burgeoning’?
Click here to see the pictorial evidence and some of the reviews from this trip.
28
Aug
2015
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Category: On the Road with the Grape Guy
Not all reviews make the newsletter, there's just so many good wines and not enough space ... so every three months or so I have decided to clear out the backlog ... here are the reviews that were written but till this time have never seen the light of day. (click on the wine name to link to the full review)
Big Head 2014 Pinot Gris, Hunter Vineyard
Big Head 2014 Sauvignon Blanc
Coyote’s Run 2013 Five Mile Red
Coyote’s Run 2013 Merlot, Red Paw
Coyote’s Run 2014 Pinot Gris, Rare Vintage - Late Harvest
G. Marquis 2013 Chardonnay, Silver Line - Single Vineyard
Henry of Pelham 2014 Pink, Sibling Rivalry
Henry of Pelham 2014 Rosé
Hinterland 2014 Whitecap
Honsberger 2013 Riesling
Honsberger 2013 Rosé
Hubbs Creek 2014 Pinot Gris
Hubbs Creek 2012 Pinot Noir, Unfiltered
Huff Estates 2013 Gamay
Karlo Estates 2012 Petit Verdot, The 5th Element
Karlo Estates 2013 Riesling, Lake on the Mountain
Keint-he 2014 Pinot Gris
Keint-he 2014 Melon de Bourgogne
Lighthall Vineyards 2014 The Fence, Sparkling Rosé
Lighthall Vineyards 2013 Pinot Noir, “Les Quatres Diables”
Rosehall Run 2014 Riesling, Righteous Dude
Rosewood 2014 Rosé, Trois Femme
Rosewood 2013 Cabernet Franc, Origin
Rosewood 2013 Riesling, Mima’s Block
Southbrook 2012 Cabernet Sauvignon, Small Lot
Southbrook 2012 Poetica Red
Southbrook Whimsy! The Anniversary
Tawse 2012 Chardonnay, Quarry Road Vineyard
Trail Estate 2013 Gewurztraminer, Reserve
