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Wine was served at the first Thanksgiving.

This was a post I wrote a number of years ago. I’ve updated it to keep it fresh. People look every year for some guidance or validation of their Thanksgiving wine choices. Really, the most important thing is to serve wine you like. There are so many competing flavors during this meal that no one wine will cover all the bases. So, in updating this post…

Meet the People and Places of New England Wine

Subscribers may remember that a few months ago I started working at New England Uncorked,a specialty wine importer and distributor. Our portfolio focuses heavily on wines from the New England states, eastern Canada, and New York state. We just launched our blog in the hopes of giving people more information and education on why New England wines are worth a try. So click the link, check out the…

So, it’ll be another year that I’ll miss the wacky wine hijinks at the annual Finger Lakes Wine Festival. Perhaps you can make it. There’s a lot going on, so plan accordingly.

Held each year at Watkins Glen International Speedway, this event has been selected by the American Bus Association as one of North America’s Top 100 Events several years running. The fun gets underway July 14, 15, and 16. This is the 21st year of the festival, and is sponsored by Yancey’s Fancy Artisan Cheese.

The fun begins with a Launch of the Lakes Toga party where Bacchus blesses the festival and crowns a king and queen.

There will be breakfasts and banquets, sipping and seminars, fireworks and food, as over 90 participating wineries pour their hearts out for your appreciation.

Live music is a big part of the annual Finger Lakes Wine Fest at Watkins Glen International Raceway. The 2017 fest is July 14 to 16.

There is a full slate of live music and performances including a local favorite of mine, Virgil Cain. There will be craft vendors, wines for sale, and you can even take a pace car ride around the famous track! Tickets start at $50, with a special $25 ticket for designated drivers, and are available by calling 866.461.7223 or at www.flwinefest.com.

For more information about the hundreds of things to do, people to see, and places to stay and dine visit my friends at the Finger Lakes Wine Country.

Q & A Red Blend – How well do you know your wine?

How well do you know your wines? How about a wine with wine trivia right on the label? The Ron Rubin Family of Wines has created a good wine in a fun package. Q & A is a California red blend of merlot, ruby cabernet, cabernet sauvignon, and petit syrah. I’m a fan of red blends of all sorts – Bordeaux (duh!), Australian GSM’s and Rhones, blend masters like Dave Phinney’s Orin Swift. I’ve been…

Now bringing you the best wines of the northeast

  WiningWays is up and at it again! Now bringing you the best wines of the northeast!

I’ve been inactive for a while on my blog as well as in my life. I had knee replacement about 18 months ago and it seems I hadn’t gotten myself back in gear. With other health issues setting a number of lifestyle changes in motion, I’ve struggled at how to incorporate my wine life into my new reality. This…

Anna de Codorníu Announces SHARE Partnership

Many casual wine drinkers are unaware of how much the wine world actually does for and gives to charities. I think it is in their nature on several levels. Winemakers are about producing a product that is supposed to enhance an occasion and add a little happiness to your life. They are also at their core farmers, stewards of the land. I believe most take that responsibility very seriously. Many…

Finger Lakes Wine Tour – Day Three

Finger Lakes Wine Tour – Day Three

This was my one solid day to power through the Keuka Lake Wine Trail. I didn’t want to mess around so we started out early. Our first stop was at the place Suzanne was looking forward to the entire trip, Dr. Konstantin Frank Vinifera Wine Cellar. Any serious excursion to the region should include a trip to this vineyard. Very few people alive would dispute that…

Wining For a Good Cause – The Jimmy Fund

  Raise Your Glass for Jimmy presented by the

Jimmy Fund Council of Greater Boston

  Beer and wine tasting event is Friday, Oct. 2

  The sixth annual Raise Your Glass for Jimmy presented by the Jimmy Fund Council of Greater Boston will take place 6-9 p.m. on Friday, Oct. 2at the Battery Wharf Hotel in Boston. All proceeds support adult and pediatric cancer care and research at Dana-Farber…

Finger Lakes – #WBC15

During the third week of August almost 300 wine bloggers from around the U.S. converged on the Finger Lakes region of Upstate New York (what NYC’ers call anything north of the city). They were there for the eighth annual Wine Bloggers Conference. They experienced and learned what I have already known about this gem of the eastern U.S. wine world. The best way to describe it is to say that…

Red Bubbles for Valentine’s Day

Many people believe Valentine’s Day is no more than a Hallmark card holiday, invented by the greeting card and confections industries. There is some real history to the sentiments of the day. The infographic below (attribute: History Channel) lays it out.

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The celebration of love each February 14th we call Valentine’s Day is rooted in both Christian and ancient Roman…