TasteNY on Long Island's North Fork Tomorrow Night

By Lenn Thompson, Publisher and Editor-in-Chief

Tomorrow night, I'll be co-hosting, with the folks at Peconic Bay Winery, a tasting of nearly 20 rieslings as a part of the TasteNY project I kicked off several months ago.

I'll be joined by several local winemakers, including Anthony Nappa (Shinn Estate), Juan Micieli-Martinez (Martha Clara Vineyards), Greg Gove (Peconic Bay Winery), Kareem Massoud (Paumanok Vineyards), Kelly Urbanik (Bedell Cellars), Miguel Martin (Palmer Vineyards) and Rich Olsen-Harbich (Raphael). 

Jim Silver from Peconic Bay has pulled together some 'ringer' wines -- well-rated wines from Washington State, Germany, France and Austria -- and several of the winemakers have added their own creations to the 12 Finger Lakes rieslings chosen for the project:

• Heron Hill Winery 2005 Old Vines Riesling
• Ravines Wine Cellars 2006 Riesling
• Red Newt Wine Cellars 2006 Reserve Riesling
• Sheldrake Point 2006 Reserve Riesling
• Atwater Vineyards 2007 Dry Riesling
• Wiemer Vineyards 2007 Dry Riesling
• Dr. Konstantin Frank 2007 Dry Riesling 
• Hazlitt 1852 Vineyards  2008 Homestead Reserve Riesling
• Anthony Road Wine Company  2008 Semi-Dry Riesling
• Billsboro Winery 2008 Riesling   
• Fox Run Vineyards 2008 Riesling 
• Lamoreaux Landing 2008 Red Oak Vineyard Riesling

We'll be asking the tasters to score the wines using the standard American Wine Society 20-point system.

Look for a post with results later in the week.

Comments

[vinny aliperti]

Hi Lenn -

I believe the Billsboro is our semi-dry or medium sweet not the Dry...thanks for including us.

[Lenn Thompson]

Right you are, Vinny. My mistake.

This was the original lists of wines I WANTED to include, but your dry wasn't released yet.

[forklift]

I really love all those listed wines, perfect!

Luigi Hanway