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Category Archives: Long Island
Roanoke Vineyards 2008 Blend One
2008 marks the last vintage of Roanoke Vineyards Blend One and Blend 2 series. Starting with the 2009 vintage and moving forward you will find one main blend or prime blend now know as Prime Number. Blend 2 is known as the … Continue reading
Posted in 2008, Blended Wine, Long Island, Red Wine, Roanoke Vineyards
Tagged Cabernet Franc, Cabernet Sauvignon, Cassis, Long Island, Merlot, Roanoke Vineyards, Wine
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What Drove My Palate Back To Wine
You all know that I took a break from wine — I talked about it last week. But the real thing that drove me back to wine; the one thing that made me dust off the old tasting notebook. A … Continue reading
Martha Clara Vineyards 2009 Merlot
The 2009 vintage on Long Island had one of the longest growing seasons on record. Thanks in part to an extend spectacular fall that allowed vineyards to hang fruit a bit longer. Most of the white wines I tasted from … Continue reading
Posted in 2009, Long Island, Martha Clara, Merlot
Tagged Long Island, Martha Clara, Martha Clara Vineyards, Merlot, Riverhead, Wine
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Channing Daughters Winery 2010 Scuttlehole Chardonnay
Channing Daughters Winery in Bridgehampton has one of the largest portfolios on Long Island. Their white wine offerings are incredible and some of my favorite on the east end. I noticed the very first sentence on the back of this chardonnay bottle … Continue reading
Posted in 2010, Channing Daughters, Chardonnay, Long Island
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Dusting Off The Tasting Notebook
June 19th was a long time ago. That was the last time I penned a blog post. Who’s to blame? What’s to blame? What were you doing? How Come? Some important questions that may come from once thing and many … Continue reading
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Coffee Pot Cellars 2010 Chardonnay
Coffee Pot Cellars is the personal label of Osprey Dominion‘s winemaker Adam Suprenant. Adam has made wine at Osprey’s Dominion for over a decade. He has been itching to make his own under his own name for some time and … Continue reading
Posted in 2010, Chardonnay, Coffee Pot Cellars, Long Island
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Jamesport Vineyards 2007 “Sidor” Syrah Reserve
I have told many of my friends, that if it were not for Cabernet Franc, I might have been a Syrah fan. Which means that if Syrah were planted more on the North Fork, you might find more Syrah in … Continue reading
Posted in 2007, Jamesport Vineyards, Long Island, Syrah
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A Little Siesta — Back From My Mexican Vacation
For the better part of May, Undertaking Wine was six feet under, pun intended. The early part of May was spent at TasteCamp in Northern Virginia. After that, I was home for less than a week, then off to the … Continue reading
Posted in Long Island, News
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Memories That Will Last Forever From A Bottle of Wine — Remembering Grandpa One Year Later
One year ago today, on Sunday, May 1, 2011, my grandpa, “Charlie” Lorey left us. After a 10 month battle with congestive heart failure and a wonderful Easter Sunday dinner, my grandpa’s heart could not bear the struggle no more. … Continue reading
Posted in Cabernet Franc, Long Island, Roanoke Vineyards, Story, Thoughts, Uncategorized
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Paumanok Vineyards 2011 Sauvignon Blanc
The 2011 vintage could have been one of the wettest ones on record, especially on the back-end of it. After a stellar 2010 growing season, mother nature brought us back to reality. A cooler growing season matches this cool climate … Continue reading
Posted in 2011, Long Island, Paumanok Vineyards, Sauvignon Blanc
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Something Old, Something New — a Peconic Bay Wine Dinner at Jewel
James Silver, Peconic Bay Winery‘s General Manager, hit the nail on the head when he said that this dinner was old meeting new. Jim, was talking about older wine from Peconic Bay Winery meeting a new restaurant, Jewel that is … Continue reading
Posted in Event, Food, Long Island, Peconic Bay Winery, Winery Dinner
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Leo Family Cellars 2007 Red
John Leo has a cult following as a winemaker out on the North Fork. That is my honest opinion. He is a consulting winemaker for Premium Wine Group in Mattituc; the winemaker at Clovis Point Vineyards and now he has … Continue reading
Posted in 2007, Leo Family Cellars, Long Island, Red Wine
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Clovis Point 2007 Vintner’s Select Merlot
Clovis Point is slowly gaining some attention. Their reds have captured my attention since I first visited them on a beautiful summer day back in 2005. They may be under the radar for some, which is a shame. They should … Continue reading
Posted in 2007, Clovis Point, Long Island
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Suhru 2009 Shiraz
Syrah is not planted in every vineyard here on Long Island. Shiraz is even harder to find here on Long Island. That second sentence is just in jest, Shiraz and Syrah are the same grape, it is just called different … Continue reading
Posted in 2009, Long Island, Syrah
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Roanoke Vineyards 2008 Gabby’s Cabernet Franc
There are a handful of single vineyard offerings here on Long Island. Sometimes I wish there would be a few more. It would give people an opportunity to understand terrior and how the slightest slope of the land, how thinning of the … Continue reading
Posted in 2008, Cabernet Franc, Long Island, Roanoke Vineyards
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Wine Blogging Wednesday #74: Palmer Vineyards NV Special Reserve Brut
For those of you not in the know, Wine Blogging Wednesday was started a while back by Lenn Thompson at the New York Cork Report. It is hosted by a blogger who picks a theme that other bloggers around the … Continue reading
Posted in Chardonnay, Long Island, Sparkling Wine, Wine Blogging Wednesday
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