As I've already mentioned, I co-hosted a comparative tasting as a part of PALATE 2009 last week. The tasting was held at Atwater Estate Vineyards, where 12-15 people had the unique opportunity to taste wines made by Atwater's winemaker, Vinny Aliperti, fromi both Atwater and Vinny's own winery, Billsboro Winery.
We should some video of the event and have three clips pieced together, starting with this introduction where you'll not only see yours truly in his LENNDEVOURS video debut, but also see me almost burn myself on the wall-installed heater behind the tasting bar.
I also reveal the true pronunciation of this blog's name.
Check back in a few days for a clip about the 2008 rieslings we tasted and also one about 2007 pinot noir.
Ah, the true blogname pronunciation...I'll endeavor to say it correctly from now on. Or, maybe I'll just stick with LennDev' actually. ;)
Great debut!!
Posted by: Taster B | February 22, 2009 at 03:56 PM
This is nuts. It's Lenn-DEHV-ers. Like endeavours. Lenn, I refuse to pronounce it any other way.
Posted by: Evan Dawson | February 22, 2009 at 04:04 PM
Thanks for the video of this exclusive tasting. We appreciate the time you and Nena took to come up to the Finger Lakes for PALATE.
Posted by: Morgen McLaughlin | February 22, 2009 at 06:14 PM
Evan-you crack me up..seriously
Posted by: Nena Thompson | February 23, 2009 at 08:21 AM
Hmmm...I always thought that the L and the S were silent. You know, like ENNDEVOUR.
Oh, wait. Yeah.
Posted by: Jason Feulner | February 23, 2009 at 09:17 AM
Thanks for posting the video! Sad to miss you while you guys were here, so it was nice to see some footage -We'll have to hook up in the city sometime this spring. Come visit us at the Javits Center for the NY Wine Expo this weekend!
Posted by: Katie | February 23, 2009 at 09:27 AM
Cool Vid.
Nice pronounciation, but I'm going to continue to pronounce the blog like "Lenn d'ouevres" (but like d'oooo-vres)
Posted by: hardywallace | February 23, 2009 at 02:27 PM