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Finger Lakes

  • Blogs

    March 27, 2013

    Empire State of Wine: 10 Great Bottles from the Finger Lakes and Niagara Escarpment

    As spring continued dragging her feet last week, New Yorkers traipsed through snow flurries to drink wine. Nothing new there, except that the second annual NY Drinks NY was in town, offering imbibers a taste of local wines. I focused my efforts on the Finger Lakes and Niagara Escarpment, two regions ... More >>

  • Blogs

    March 26, 2013

    Mario Batali's Restaurant Recommendations -- In Northern Michigan

    Apparently, Mario Batali spends his summers in Leelanau County. That must be in the Finger Lakes or in the Adirondacks, right? Wrong! It's a rather obscure part of northwestern Michigan. Not in the UP (Upper Peninsula) either, but right across Lake Michigan from Green Bay, Wisconsin - to help you fo ... More >>

  • Blogs

    January 28, 2013

    Vermouth Got Awesome and Here's Where to Drink It in New York

    I peered into the liquor closet -- yes, I have a closet devoted to booze, not shoes -- and there it was: A dusty bottle of Martini & Rossi Vermouth that had been opened and left untouched for years. Since I don't drink many martinis at home -- what else was vermouth good for? -- I admit to neglectin ... More >>

  • Blogs

    January 9, 2013

    What's On The Inauguration Luncheon Menu?

    On January 21, 225 guests will arrive at the White House to celebrate President Obama's inauguration... again! As they mingle and slap Barry on the back, thanking him for sharing the White House's beer recipe with the masses, they'll also feast on a menu from Arlington-based catering company Design ... More >>

  • Blogs

    November 12, 2012

    Two Weeks After Sandy, Can Red Hook Winery Be Saved?

    A few weeks ago, I wrote about celebrating the new Brooklyn wine trail. Both Brooklyn Oenology and Brooklyn Winery, featured in the story, were relatively unscathed by Hurricane Sandy. But Red Hook Winery is located right over the water, nearly at the end of Pier 41, and the facility was completely ... More >>

  • Blogs

    August 30, 2012

    What You Need to Know About Wine on Tap

    [See More Unscrewed: 10 Tips for Wine Rookies | 5 Best NY Rosés to Drink Right Now] The practice of serving wine from a keg or cask has long been a tradition in Europe, where what grows together, goes together. Imagine sitting down to a plate of Coq au Vin in a little village in Burgundy and being ... More >>

  • Blogs

    July 16, 2012

    Mormons: Why Are Thousands of Them Gathering in Upstate New York This Week?

    This week, thousands of Mormons are meeting up in Upstate New York for what's called the Hill Cumorah Pageant. Of course, the pageant is getting a little extra attention this year, and not just because 2012 marks the fest's 75th anniversary. G.O.P. presidential contender Mitt Romney is Mormon, an ... More >>

  • Blogs

    February 8, 2012

    Curious About Mead? Head to Vandaag.

    baka_san/Flickr​Mead, that drink you probably associate with Renaissance fairs, is making a comeback, according to an article in the New York Times. The golden-hued alcoholic beverage is made from honey--a lot of it. "One bottle of mead is made from a half-pound of honey," said Mark Beran of ... More >>

  • Blogs

    October 18, 2011

    German Riesling Dries Out; George Washington Peddles Whiskey

    ​German Rieslings are straying from sweet and heading toward dry, which some find disconcerting. [NY Times] Bottles of whiskey from distilleries closed during the 1980s' recession can be a solid investment. [Decanter] Bargains can be had with "second wines" from Bordeaux, like Château Marga ... More >>

  • Blogs

    August 9, 2011

    Summer Wine Books Reviewed; Beer and College Football Go Hand-in-Hand

    ​Eric Asimov reviews four new wine books. He likes Summer in a Glass about the Finger Lakes, An Ideal Wine about Californian wines, and Voodoo Vintners about biodynamics. Less so Naked Wine about natural wines. [NY Times] The Hangar One Vodka blimp, on a six-month promotional tour around the ... More >>

  • Blogs

    July 5, 2011

    New York Drinkers Mourn Two Booze Pioneers; Arkansas Now Distilling, Too

    ​Eric Asimov remembers Ray Deter of d.b.a., who died Sunday following a bike accident on June 27, calling Deter's bar "groundbreaking." [Diner's Journal] Debra Whiting of Red Newt Cellars and Bistro on Seneca Lake in the Finger Lakes, a food and wine pioneer in the region, died in a car crash ... More >>

  • Blogs

    May 18, 2011

    The House Wine Is Finally Ready at Brooklyn Winery

    jessicamelling/flickrA wine by any other name...​When you start a winery, especially one that makes reds, you have to account for some lag time between launching the business and seeing profit. It takes time for wines to, well, age. Brooklyn Winery, which launched last year, has also been oper ... More >>

  • Blogs

    November 29, 2010

    Small Dairies Thriving Once Again; Food Trucks as Marketing Stunts

    ​Decades after many small dairies were forced to close, new boutique dairies, like Finger Lakes Dexter Creamery and Heamour Farm in Madison, N.Y., are on the rise. [Wall Street Journal] Ever wonder why you overeat around the holidays? Neuroscientists say the stomach and intestines detect the ... More >>

  • Blogs

    November 2, 2010

    Albert Trummer Sued by Apotheke Partner; Bed-Stuy Teens Not Feeling Spike Lee's Brooklyn Absolut Vodka

    ​Albert Trummer's partner at Apotheke is suing him for ignoring orders to stop using booze to light up the bar for his signature pyrotechnic tricks. [NY Daily News] A new study in the U.K. claims that alcohol is more harmful a drug than crack. Of course, the study was authored by Dr. David Nu ... More >>

  • Blogs

    September 24, 2010

    Conor McCormack of Brooklyn Winery Talks Urban Winemaking, the Science in the Glass & Why Winemakers Are So Beer Happy

    photo by Ben KilgustConor McCormack with founders Brian Leventhal (left) and John Stires (right).​Just a few blocks from Brooklyn Brewery is -- wait for it -- Brooklyn Winery. Or rather, Brooklyn Winery Urban Winery Winemaking Center. The bespoke winery is the brainchild of Brian Leventhal a ... More >>

  • Blogs

    September 22, 2010

    The Old-Fashioned Plans to Bring Ice Cream to Ditmas Park

    boliston/FlickrThis is in England, not Brooklyn, but you get the idea.​Even as we bemoan the end of the official ice cream season (though as any six-year-old knows, ice cream has no season), Lisa Eisen and Prairie Rose Free are giving us reason to look forward to next summer. That's when the p ... More >>

  • Blogs

    August 23, 2010

    Eve's Cidery's Bittersweet Cider

    ​It feels like fall out there today, and Eve's Cidery is the ideal beverage to bridge summer and autumn.

  • Blogs

    July 26, 2010

    What's Happening This Week: Mystery Wine; Good Beer

    As you may know, our weekly dining and drinking newsletter features all the coolest epicurean events in the city. Sign up for it here! Mystery Dinner Spina Restaurant Tuesday, July 27 at 7:30 p.m. As part of its Mystery Dinner series, the restaurant will offer a $65 four-course pairing menu featuri ... More >>

  • Blogs

    July 9, 2010

    Scenes From A Mid-Summer Greenmarket

    Tiny, sweet sugar plums from Tree-Licious Orchard out of Port Murray, NJ​Because of our unusually hot spring, most produce is arriving early this summer. That means that the last of the cherries are now overlapping with the very first tomatoes and corn--and it means that today is a very good d ... More >>

  • Blogs

    June 29, 2010

    The Finger Lakes is the 'New Rielsling Kingdom,' Millers & Coors Brewer Says Women Are Better Tasters

    ​According to the French wine magazine, La Vigne, the "new Riesling kingdom" is just a five-hour drive from Manhattan -- in the Finger Lakes. [NY Post] A new study reveals that wine could be good for the eyes. Resveratrol can apparently stop the blood vessels from being damaged, preventing ma ... More >>

  • News

    May 25, 2010

    Summer Guide: Hit the Arts Road!

    Weekend trips to cultured places

  • Blogs

    April 13, 2010

    Carl Paladino: Racist E-mails Prove I'm Human

    ​Being a true Tea Party partisan means never having to say you're sorry, and yesterday Carl Paladino, the Buffalo real estate titan who would be governor, lived up to the code. At a press conference in the Finger Lakes, Paladino refused to disown a torrent of e-mails that a western New York we ... More >>

  • Blogs

    April 7, 2010

    Brandy Library's Ethan Kelley Talks Peat Week, Rare Booze & How Mixologists Can Take the "Joy Out of Drinking"

    drinkingtheworld.comLet Brandy Library's Ethan Kelley school you.​Thousands of brown liquor-loving booze hounds will congregate at Pier 60 in Chelsea Piers today for Whisky Live, a trade show featuring dozens of exhibitors and a heckuva lot of stiff drinks. Brandy Library is celebrating the ev ... More >>

  • Blogs

    December 15, 2009

    Holiday Gifts for Food-Lovers: Envelope, Orange Wine From Channing Daughters Winery

    ​ Channing Daughters, widely considered one of the best wineries in New York State, cultivates its vineyards on a wild and windy stretch of Long Island's South Fork. The grapes from the estate--like Tocai Friulano, Muscat Ottonel, Sauvignon Blanc, Chardonnay, Blaufrankisch, Pinot Noir, Dornfel ... More >>

  • Blogs

    December 11, 2009

    Posts of the Week

    It's Friday afternoon, which means it's time for a look back at the week that was in our favorite blog posts: We ranked our 10 Best, Wildly Diverse Brooklyn Bars. Cocoa V's Pamela Blackwell talked about vegan truffles, the nut cheese phenomenon, and fakin' bacon. Crazy expensive Oriol Balaguer ch ... More >>

  • Blogs

    December 10, 2009

    Battle of the Locavoric Wines: Two Finger Lakes Dry Rieslings

    CyclosportThe view from the eastern shore of Seneca Lake, with vineyards in the foreground.​Two wineries on the eastern shore of sylvan and deep Seneca Lake make dry Rieslings. Are they really dry, and which one is better? We set out to make a determination.

  • Blogs

    October 30, 2009

    Our 10 Best Wine Shops in NYC (and NJ)

    ​Some wine shops go crazy with the signage, as with this European vineyard vehicle parked in front of the Seaport's Pasanella & Son. But will it make our top 10? What does Fork in the Road look for in a wine store? A broad selection of wines, from France, Italy, Spain, and California; smaller ... More >>

  • Blogs

    October 26, 2009

    Scenes from Sunday's New Amsterdam Market

    The New Amsterdam Market made an appearance yesterday, transforming South Street into a bustle of shoppers, bags filled with chocolate and kimchi, gourds and cheese, organic meat and New York State wine. The market is now monthly, and the next one will be held on November 22. The big event of the da ... More >>

  • Blogs

    August 4, 2009

    Long Green Eggplants Cause an Uproar

    ​ Looking more like Indian snake squashes (or pods from another planet!) than eggplants, these veggies created a stir at the Friday Union Square farmers market. Eggplants are slow-growing, often taking three months from seed to mature fruit. So, the heyday of the eggplant season tends to be A ... More >>

  • Blogs

    July 6, 2009

    Coup in Review: Senators Work Grueling Three-Minute Days Through Holiday Weekend

    Thank God Paterson made them work through the holiiday! On Saturday and Sunday New York's state senators came in, gaveled, postured, and finished in about three minutes, achieving nothing. But at least they can say they worked, which is more than we bums who pay taxes can say. Casey Seiler of the Al ... More >>

  • Blogs

    May 19, 2009

    Gillibrand Grabs More Way-Early Endorsements, Scares Off Stringer and Suozzi

    We guess it's a new trend, at least for Democratic officeholders whom Obama wants left alone: Since NARAL delivered their endorsement to Kirsten Gillibrand -- who isn't even running until 2010 -- she's been getting more early expression of support. Local Congresspeople Yvette Clark and Michael McMah ... More >>

  • Blogs

    April 6, 2009

    Meet the Maker--Manhattan Meadery's Nathaniel Martin

    Today we debut Meet the Maker, a recurring feature in which we meet a local food or drink producer, farmer or monger of some sort. Because everyone loves a monger. This week, we meet Nathaniel Martin, co-founder of Manhattan Meadery. Nathaniel (pictured left with a tank of his mead) and his brot ... More >>

  • Blogs

    April 3, 2009

    I, Locavore--Awesome Deal on Local Chardonnay

    The crisp chardonnay of Millbrook Vineyards and Winery (click to taste) As a wine enthusiast, you're no doubt familar with the reasonably priced and often good wines of the North Fork of Long Island, and the pricier product of New York's pristine Finger Lakes region. But a lesser known wine reg ... More >>

  • Dining

    April 8, 2008

    Ever Had a Nice Bottle of Greenpoint?

    Bringing the wine to the people: the new generation of urban winemakers

  • Dining

    June 29, 2004

    Love Celery

    Baby 'chokes and pea shoots at new Prospect Heights pizzeria

  • News

    June 6, 2000

    In the Land of Milk and Money

    Lazio Has Made Mortgages Pay Off Big Time for His Campaign

  • News

    February 8, 2000

    Show People

    Behind the Scenes With the Drama Queens

  • News

    September 7, 1999

    Socks in the Long Grass

    Hillary Moves In

  • Film

    August 10, 1999

    Palace Walks

    On the Road With the Theatre Historical Society

  • News

    June 22, 1999

    We're Queer, We're Here

    Lesbian and Gay Immigrants are Changing New York

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