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Follow Wayward Wine (WSET3) to tour the world's exciting vineyards, breweries, and distilleries, while discovering new drinks.

CLIFF.HANGER

Posted on May 3, 2010 by waywardwine

From Benmarl Winery we drive thirty minutes to Whitecliff Vineyards. Hoping. The road curls over hills, twisting East and away from the tempering humidity of the Hudson. The sandstone and shale crescent of Shawangunk Ridge (from where the wine-region gets … Continue reading →

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MID.LIFE.CRISIS

Posted on April 23, 2010 by waywardwine

Free. We journey south, purging our palates of Stoutridge with water, on route to Benmarl Winery. A sign guides us past suburbia and onto a gravel road. Knotted, older vines twist along a slope to the left. Unassuming barn buildings … Continue reading →

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PREMATURE.AGGRANDIZATION: Stoutridge Winery

Posted on April 15, 2010 by waywardwine

Our wine tour of the Hudson “gunks” off first with Stoutridge Winery. The winery sits at the end of a pit. On the right, a drainage pipe pours into what aspires to be a pond. Small plots of vines run … Continue reading →

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DEGUNKING.SHAWANGUNK

Posted on April 13, 2010 by waywardwine

“Get Gunked” is screen-printed on the Organic Baby Bodysuit ($24.99), the “Classic” Thong ($10.39) and everything from Mugs to the Dog T-Shirt ($22.99). Luckily, nothing actually related to wine bears the Shawangunk Wine Trail’s attempt at shoot its fleeting reputation … Continue reading →

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MYTHMENDING.ENDING

Posted on March 9, 2010 by waywardwine

The final battle nears. Since late January, I have coerced grape juice into wine. Yet if I don’t begin bottling, it all risks ruin. Pumping oxygen out has carried my wine through weeks of racking. Now I must use the … Continue reading →