Posts Written OnOctober 28, 2010

TasteCamp 2011: We’re Going to Niagara Wine Country — Both Sides of the Border

  By Lenn Thompson, Executive Editor It is with great excitement that we announce that TasteCamp EAST is becoming TasteCamp NORTH in 2011. We're heading to Niagara wine country, both the Canadian and U.S. sides, May 13-15, 2011. We are still finalizing many of the details, but here's what we know so far, from the press release we issued a few minutes ago: TasteCamp 2011 will be an exploration of Canada's most established and prominent wine region, and one of America’s newest and most dynamic, including everything from the famous wineries of Niagara-on-the-Lake to the terroir-driven wines on the Niagara…

Peconic Bay Vineyards 1986 Cabernet Sauvignon

By Lenn Thompson, Executive Editor This isn't a review, not even close. But, I got to taste this Peconic Bay Vineyards 1986 Cabernet Sauvignon last night, and it was bound to inspire a post of some sort, right? I guess I could have waited until next week's What We Drank post, but sometimes I'm just not that patient. Last night, I was joined by more than a dozen members of the local wine community at a tremendous dinner I helped organize at one of the North Fork's top restaurants, Luce Hawkins. Modeled after a dinner I attended in the Finger…