Willamette Valley Pinot Noir
Welcome to April – it’s both Jazz Appreciation month and National Poetry month. Nice! Did you know that Robert Louis Stevenson, author of Treasure Island (and […]
Chateau Miraval Cotes de Provence Rose
Here comes Peter Cork-in-Tail! It’s Easter this weekend and thank goodness it doesn’t look like another wacky winter storm will be impacting our area. With pastels […]
Gulp / Hablo Orange Wine
Hooray, it’s officially spring! And yet the forecast is looking, well, wintery. Of course it is – this is the Northeast, after all. And that’s ok. We’ll get […]
19 Crimes Revolutionary Red
With St. Patrick’s Day falling on a Sunday this year, it’s a good weekend to tap into the spirit of the Irish. There aren’t any green-colored wines that […]
Vina Santa Rita Medalla Cabernet Sauvignon
In our neck of the woods, vineyards are being pruned and readied to bear the crop that will be the 2024 vintage, which will be harvested in about 7 […]
Transatlantic Cow-incidence?
A recent visit to the Dutchess County Historical Society has haunted me. In a good way. I was so impressed with the amount of information there about anything and everything Dutchess County, a reservoir of resources dating back over 100 years, that I haven’t stopped thinking about it. While I was there to write about […]
Juggernaut Cabernet Sauvignon
The saying goes that March comes in like a lion, so what better wine to start the month than with the Juggernaut Cabernet Sauvignon? Made with fruit from select hillside vineyards in […]
Stella Rosa Pineapple Chili Wine
One of the wine newsletters I subscribe to led with the headline that the top new wine of 2023 is a Pineapple-Chili wine from Stella Rosa. How fun is that? So for this in-between, still cold, […]
Australian Shiraz
If your Valentine’s celebration left you feeling like any day could be that special, congratulations. It can be, and it should be. Really, all you need is love. But a good bottle of wine doesn’t hurt, either. With the temps […]
Diatom Chardonnay
Like many of my wine discoveries, this one was made because I liked the label. Then I read that it was a Wine Value of the Year from Wine Spectator, so I bought a bottle. (OK, I bought two bottles – […]