New York Wine Month 2008
Connoisseurs Hail the Local 2007 Vintage as the Best in 15 Years
The New York Wine Month promotes NY labels in more than 360 local restaurants and wine stores. Sample the wines, then follow the wine trails to the wineries this summer
New world wine lovers take note: April 2008 marks New York Wine Month, with more than 160 fine restaurants and 200 wine stores celebrating all across the state.
New York Wine Month
Restaurants and wine shops participating in the promotion (check the New York Wine Month website for listings) are offering their customers more than 276 New York wines from 92 wineries, including many of the 400 Gold medal winners from national and international wine competitions last year.
The New York Wine Month is also the perfect time to taste the newly unveileded wines from the 2007 vintage, hailed as the best in at least 15 years.
Try a glass of New York wine at one of the restaurants, then purchase it at a nearby wine store. New York wine producers create a broad range of wines to suit every taste and budget: dry, semi-dry and sweet; red, white and rosé.
New York Wine Country
New York State's vineyards and wineries span the state from the Atlantic Ocean to Lake Erie with over 230 wineries in the Long Island, Hudson Valley, Finger Lakes, Thousand Islands, Niagara Escarpment, and Lake Erie regions as well as other parts of the state.
Follow the Wine Trails
According to Jim Trezise, President of the New York Wine & Grape Foundation which is orchestrating the month-long promotion, April is “the onset of the wine country tourist season when consumers start planning their trips to New York’s great wine regions.” Hopefully, then, many diners will also be lured to visit the wineries this summer and fall to taste more of their fine wines.
Finger Lakes Region
Famous for its spectacular scenery, the Finger Lakes Region, which includes the Cayuga Lake Wine Trail, Keuka Lake Wine Trail, Canandaigua Wine Trail and Seneca Lake Wine Trail, specializes in the production of sparkling, Riesling and Pinot Noir. Discover how each wine trail provides their own distinct flavors to be savored through a variety of events featuring dozens of wineries across the Finger Lakes Region.
Long Island Wine Country
Long Island Wine Country is just 70 miles east of New York City, and only a short ferry ride from New England. You can tour more than 30 wineries during the winter with specialties that range from Merlot and Chardonnay, to Cabernet Sauvignon and red blends.
New Yor Wine Country's Ice Wine
In fact, the wineries in these regions offer also a variety of winter events and wines, including ice wine, a unique dessert-style wine made by pressig frozen grapes harvested throughout the winter season. Long Island Wineries offering ice wines include Castello Di Borghese Vineyard & Winery, Corey Creek Vineyards, Jamesport Vineyards, Paumanok Vineyards, Pindar Vineyards, Pugliese Vineyards, Waters Crest Winery and Wölffer Estate.
Cheers!
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