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The Region
Long Island Wine Region
Description of New York’s fine merlot producing region
Daniel Hoey
Publisher, All About The Grape
In the early 1970s, it was widely believed that the European viniferous grapes could not be grown successfully on a commercial basis on the East Coast. Long Island led the way in reversing this mindset after the successful pioneering efforts in Long Island in the middle of that decade. In the decades since the Long Island wine industry has grown from one small vineyard to 3,000 acres of vines and over thirty wineries producing world-class wines.
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The basics of decanting old and young red wines.
Decanting has two purposes: The first is to remove the sediment from a wine, and the second is allowing the wine to breathe. This typically applies to red wines as white wines do not usually need to be decanted.
Learn About the Grape with winemaker Matthew Loso
We were in Walla Walla, Washington right after a harvest that was sped along dramatically by a frost the previous week. I met with Matthew Loso, award-winning Washington state winemaker, and talked with him about harvest – the “crush”.
Top Ten Wine Destinations for 2012
Where people are planning to wine tour and taste in the coming year
A recent survey of U.S. respondents found 48 percent planned to visit a U.S. vineyard in 2012. The top ten planned destinations were:
How to Pair Wine with Chicken
When pairing wine with food, it is much more critical that you think about the sauce than the particular kind of meat. For example, because chicken is a light white meat...