The New York Cork Report Readers' Choice Awards Finalists

By Lenn Thompson, Editor-in-Chief

 Nominations closed last night at midnight for the New York Cork Club 2009 Readers' Choice Awards. All told, over 150 New York wines were nominated by you, our readers and after tallying them up, we have our 5 finalists from the Finger Lakes and 5 from Long Island. Unfortunately, no other region received enough nominations to choose finalists.

The finalist are:

Finger Lakes

• Anthony Road Wine Company 2008 Semi-Dry Riesling
• Hazlitt 1852 Vineyards Red Cat
• Heart & Hands Wine Company 2007 Barrel Select Pinot Noir
• Hermann J. Wiemer 2007 Dry Riesling
• Swedish Hill Winery Svenska Red

Long Island

• Channing Daughters Winery 2007 Meditazione
• Macari Vineyards 2008 Rose
• Paumanok Vineyards 2008 Chenin Blanc
• Shinn Estate Vineyards 2007 Cabernet Franc
• Wolffer Estate Vineyards 2005 Christian's Cuvee Merlot
  
  

Voting will begin tomorrow -- via an online poll that I'm building today -- and will run through the end of the calendar year, closing at midnight on New Year's Eve. Congratulations to the finalists and thank you to each and every one of you who nominated your favorite New York wines!

Comments

[1WineDude]

Congrats to the finalists - some pretty nice selections in that group!

[Steve]

No arguments here. Fun to see some diversity from the editors' group. SG

[Remy]

Congratulations to the finalists, indeed.

Can't say anything against the Long Island selections - almost all my nominations are there! I'm hoping the Finger Lakes finalist wineries will be on our Taste Camp itinerary. Can't wait to discover more about that part of the New York wine world.