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Mélange de Trois, Jamesport Vineyards, North Fork Long Island, NY 2005

Posted on May 23, 2011 by waywardwine

Sex sells wine and visa versa. Our social insecurities about copulating pair beautifully with our concerns over alcohol. We giggle and titter at both because, although natural and basic, they seem to be taboo, private things. As kids, sex and … Continue reading →

Posted in Cabernet Blend, Long Island, Red, Uncategorized, WINERIES WANDERED | Tagged Alcoholic beverage, Bordeaux, Cabernet Franc, Cabernet Sauvignon, Folie à Deux, Jamesport Vineyards, Long Island, Mélange de Trois, Ménage à Trois, merlot, Oak, wine | Leave a comment

Sauvignon Blanc, Jamesport Vineyards, North Fork Long Island 2009

Posted on May 16, 2011 by waywardwine

I was enamored with Jamesport Vineyards on Long Island. Maybe it was the first winery that morning. Maybe it was the previous day’s mixed results. Maybe we share the same birthdate. Either way, they looked professional. The tasting room was … Continue reading →

Posted in Sauvignon Blanc | Tagged Bordeaux, Cabernet Sauvignon, Hamptons, Jamesport Vineyards, Long Island, New York City, North Fork, Sauvignon blanc, traffic jam, wine, wine tasting, Wine tasting descriptors | 1 Comment

Cabernet Franc Late Harvest, Palmer Vineyards, North Fork Long Island NY 2007

Posted on May 9, 2011 by waywardwine

You get home from a weekend of wine tasting, partially unpack and then collapse. A few months later you find bottles from the trip. But when you open them, annoyingly, you don’t travel through space and time to that ethereal … Continue reading →

Posted in Cabernet Franc, Dessert | Tagged Cabernet Franc, Cold climate wine, dessert wine, Late Harvest, Long Island, New York, New York City, North Fork, Oak, Palmer Vineyards, residual sugar, wine, wine tasting | Leave a comment

North Fork, Long Island, New York: June 2010

Posted on May 2, 2011 by waywardwine

The ferry dropped my wife and I onto a strip of asphalt surrounded by the Atlantic. June sun bounced off the clockwork whitecaps marching in from the horizon. The Buick rumbled into life, aimed West, and we began our wine … Continue reading →

Posted in Long Island, WINERIES WANDERED | Tagged Bordeaux, Buick, Finger Lakes, Long Island, Manhattan, New York, New York City, North Fork, overpriced, Peconic Bay Winery, wine, Winery | Leave a comment

Grenache/Syrah, Clos Chanteduc, Côtes du Rhône, France 2009

Posted on April 25, 2011 by waywardwine

Clos Chanteduc is delicious. Drink it. End of story. Or is it? In 1984, now famous chef Patricia Wells left America to live in Provence. She watched her first harvest from the villa in idle bliss, but was soon shocked. … Continue reading →