Fortified Wines

This week I think a fortified wine is in order. What’s a fortified wine? It’s one to which alcohol (typically brandy) is added so that the alcohol content goes up, the taste becomes more complex, and the wine is stabilized. Best-known fortified wines are ports. And best of […]
By |2024-11-07T09:17:48-05:00November 7th, 2024|Weekly Feature, Wine of the Week|

J. Lohr Estates Los Osos Merlot

Daylight savings time ends this weekend. True, it’s “fall back,” so we gain an hour of sleep, but there’s nothing nice about how dark it gets so early. Well, maybe there’s something nice, after all. For me, it’s the feeling that I can kick back early. Dinner in […]
By |2024-11-07T09:18:36-05:00October 31st, 2024|Wine of the Week|

Finger Lakes Wines

It’s a great time of year to head to the Finger Lakes to taste wine and take in the beauty of the area. Rather than share a specific wine with you this week, I’m sharing this inspiring news from the New York Wine & Grape Foundation, which just announced the […]
By |2024-10-31T13:25:08-04:00October 24th, 2024|Wine of the Week|

Tomasello Raspberry Wine

How exciting to learn that October 18 is National Chocolate Cupcake Day! I say we make a weekend of it and indulge in variations on the theme on Friday, Saturday, and Sunday. Did you know that cupcakes can be traced back to 1796 when a recipe notation of “a cake to be baked in small […]
By |2024-10-28T09:18:34-04:00October 17th, 2024|Wine of the Week|

Landmark Red from Whitecliff Winery

What glorious weather we’ve had! All I can say about this weekend is, “Get thee to a local winery!” Ask about this year’s harvest; the news is good. Learn about what the winery and winemaker take great pride in. Discover a style you may not have tried before. Like the Landmark Red from Whitecliff […]
By |2024-10-17T09:22:03-04:00October 10th, 2024|Wine of the Week|

Hopkins Vineyard Duet

It’s prime apple-picking, pumpkin patch, fall festival time, with farms all around us offering hay rides, cider donuts, and all things fall. A wine to enhance this enjoyment? Something locally grown, locally made, locally offered, and downright delicious. You’ll find all this at Hopkins Vineyard in Warren, Connecticut. The first vines were planted on […]
By |2024-10-10T09:10:21-04:00October 3rd, 2024|Wine of the Week|

Moet & Chandon Rose Imperial

So long, September! You gave us some spectacular days. I’ll raise a toast with a rose sparkling wine so I can enjoy both the deliciousness of the wine and the color of it in the glass, which is so much like the pink hues of dawn and dusk. Since it’s a salute to the […]
By |2024-10-10T09:10:28-04:00September 26th, 2024|Wine of the Week|

Whitecliff Winery Vidal Blanc

We wine lovers can be glad that all things pumpkin spiced haven’t found their way into our beverage of choice – yet! Apple, on the other hand, is a common flavor note in wine that is thoroughly delightful. A grape that grows well in the Hudson Valley and that has lovely notes of golden apple […]

By |2024-09-27T11:27:50-04:00September 19th, 2024|Wine of the Week|

Dr. Konstantin Frank Riesling

Sunshine and blue skies! Let’s linger in summer with a chilled white wine. A semi-dry Riesling is wonderful this time of year. It goes with everything from grilled chicken to apple pie with a slice of melted cheddar on top. New York State is known around the world for producing exceptional Rieslings out of the […]

By |2024-09-23T09:58:34-04:00September 12th, 2024|Wine of the Week|

Hermann J. Wiemer Field Wine

I’m hanging on to summer as long as I can, and white wines help me stay in a summer frame of mind. The other night I opened a bottle of Hermann J. Wiemer Field, a white wine blend from this iconic Finger Lakes winery on the shores of Seneca Lake. Wiemer was a pioneer in […]

By |2024-09-12T09:01:07-04:00September 5th, 2024|Wine of the Week|
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