WINE OF THE WEEK
Whitecliff Gamay Noir
With the Belmont Stakes at the Saratoga Racetrack on Saturday, it seems fitting to celebrate with a New York wine. I had the opportunity to taste several wines from Whitecliff Vineyard recently. With tasting rooms – and vineyards – in both Gardiner (their home base) and Hudson (just off the Rip Van Winkle Bridge and down the hill from Olana), […]
Seaglass Pinot Noir
Summer, where are you? Memorial Day was beautiful, but now there’s more rain in the forecast. Alas. Luckily there are lots of wines to make any situation more cheerful and, in this case, summery. For this weekend, how about the Seaglass Pinot Noir? Pinot is a wine that goes well with just about any food, from simple sandwiches to big burgers to […]
Erath Pinot Noir
It’s Memorial Day weekend, the unofficial start of summer. It’s light until after 8 now, and the patio beckons. A wine you’ll always want to have on hand when it’s time for food off the grill is a light and lovely red with bright fruit notes, but plenty of juicy acidity. It’s a red that’s tasty when chilled, too. What is it? […]
Freixenet Cordon Negro Cocktail
For those of us who will be tuning in to watch the Preakness Stakes on Saturday, we can feel that much more a part of the scene with a Black-Eyed Susan in our glass. That’s the official cocktail of the Preakness, a drink that reflects that beautiful flower that’s in bloom all over Maryland at this time of year. The cocktail is a […]
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!
