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VIGNOLES.REVISITED

Posted on May 30, 2011 by waywardwine

“Although hastily done, guiding my vignoles from the Finger Lakes to finish required the daily attentions of an obsessed parent…Now dad goes on vacation, trusting he has done enough and that his kid won’t wreck the carpet again.” So hopeful. … Continue reading →

Posted in OENOLOGICAL ODYSSEY, VIGNOLES VENTURING | Tagged alcohol, bottle, Finger Lakes, Keuka Lake, New York, racking, residual sugar, riesling, Sparkling wine, Sweetness of wine, vignoles, wine, Wine tasting descriptors, yeast | 4 Comments

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 →