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Finding the World’s Best Wines in the Finger Lakes
Three times on Wine Spectator’s top 100 listing, Ravines have a proven mastery of dry Rieslings. But how do you consistently create high quality Riesling? The Finger Lakes area is New York State’s largest...
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Afternoon Brief, July 21
California Crop Forecast: 4 Million Tons: Speaking at the 64th annual meeting of the Allied Grape Growers last week, Nat DiBuduo told the audience that the 2016 crop "seems to be getting smaller"...
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Afternoon Brief, July 18
Fire Threatens Washington Winery, Vineyard Near Red Mountain: A 4,000-acre wildfire near Red Mountain threatened one winery and smoked a handful of Chardonnay vines before being brought under control...
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Afternoon Brief, July 14
National Storage Tank CEO Envisions Wine Industry “Hub of Suppliers” for Sonoma County: When most people enthuse about a passion for wine, images of sparkling beverages in a glass or acres of vineyards...
Finger Lakes Riesling
Riesling Vines in High Demand
By Randy Agness – Times Wine Columnist You can call, email or visit the two largest producers of Vinifera Riesling grapevines in the Finger Lakes, but the response will be exactly the same: “We are completely...
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Afternoon Brief, March 3
American Oak 'Not Suited to Cabernet': Speaking to the drinks business on a visit to the UK to promote the Abreus distribution in the UK through the Pol Roger Portfolio, Grimes said that American oak imparted...
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Afternoon Brief, January 14
Could Drinking Red Wine Lead to Better Sex? Good news, wine-loving dudes a new study out of Harvard University and the University of East Anglia found that consuming foods and drinks rich in flavonoids,...
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El Nino Brings New Concerns to Finger Lakes Vineyards
By Randy Agness Riesling buds beginning to swell. After two consecutive years of record setting cold temperatures and severe frost conditions during bloom, Finger Lakes vineyard managers were hoping for...
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Afternoon Brief, November 10
Auctioneers at Christie's 'Tried to Sell Fake Wine After Ignoring Experts' Warnings That Burgundy and Bordeaux's Were Cheap Copies': One of Britain's best known auction houses has been caught up in a wine...
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Afternoon Brief, October 20
Uncorking the Chemical Potential of Wine Waste: Italian scientists have devised an innovative and economically feasible biorefinery that can squeeze more chemicals out of the mountains of grape waste produced...