WINE OF THE WEEK

Time to be Transported

In Chile, on the other side of the equator, it’s now fall. Harvest season. Far, far away from Upstate New York, where on top of everything else going on there were a couple of inches of snow this week.

Sure, the grass is getting greener, and buds are peeking out everywhere, but it’s still very early spring. I was in the mood for transportation to the […]

By Dominique DeVito|March 26th, 2020|Wine of the Week|

Keep it Local

When the ever-upbeat editor and content provider Griffin Cooper asked this week if I had suggestions of wine to pair with impending doom, I wanted to laugh and cry. That’s how it feels. I know that liquor stores, like grocery stores, are doing booming business, and thank goodness, as they are small, local businesses, too. But wineries can no longer do tastings or even […]

By Dominique DeVito|March 19th, 2020|Wine of the Week|

If You Can’t Go There, Enjoy It Here

It’s unimaginable that the whole country of Italy is on a COVID19 lock-down. It breaks my heart.

We’re so lucky to have lots of Italian wines available to us in our good old United States of America. One that I enjoyed recently is a fabulous organic Moscato d’Asti from Bera. When I think of Asti I think of too-sweet and under-bubbled champagne-style wines, and I was […]

By Dominique DeVito|March 12th, 2020|Wine of the Week|

The Phoenician

I love choosing wines. But I also love going to events where the wines are pre-selected, and the choices aren’t huge. It forces you to pay attention to what’s really in the bottle. I found myself at such an event last night, and I couldn’t resist trying an Argentinian red wine with a delightful label […]

By Dominique DeVito|March 11th, 2020|Wine of the Week|

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A “Wine of the Week” is brought to you by Dominique DeVito, a founder of the Hudson-Chatham Winery in Ghent, NY, and lifelong food and wine enthusiast. In Vino Veritas!