The winter is still here, despite the warm weather we've been experiencing, the open areas where the snow has receded, and the nearby river flowing freely toward the sea. The lack of color has me impatient to see the fields in bloom, even though I know the time for such things, is just around th
02.19.2010| Press Notes, Taster, Video | todd
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I'm a romantic at heart and a pragmatist by nature, so the Valentine holiday is something of a conundrum for me, since I am a bit commercialism / market sensitive, and really do not enjoy the holiday expectations...luckily my sweetie is even more vehement about the pink and red sales blitz, so t
02.16.2010| Press Notes, Taster | todd
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Imagine our amazement when our wine making buddy Tony Velturo asked if I had been to the E.C. Kraus wine making supply web site lately...and if we knew my doppleganger was on the front page? What? Sure enough. Now we know that some people are excited about this project we've started, and th
02.12.2010| Media Reviews, Press Notes, Wine Making | todd
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I ask it again...wine from Algeria? A co-worker of mine had remembered enjoying Algerian wines when traveling there during her university years, and had been looking around to see if there were any avaialble in the US. Evetually she did find some through Grand Wine & Liquor, which is an e
02.12.2010| Press Notes, Taster, Video | todd
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This just in from Kevin Iungerman regarding Viculture 2010. Kevin is with the Cornell University Cooperative Extension, coordinating a huge portion of upstate NY, to provide research, education and support for commercial tree fruit and grape programs. The early-bird rates for the conventi
02.12.2010| Press Notes, Wine Making | todd
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Another listserv post just came across the desktop from Lorraine Berkett at UVM. There is going to be a wine clinic sponsored by the Massachusetts Farm Wineries & Growers Association at the Publick House in Sturbridge, MA on February 9th. This must be late breaking news because it is
02.5.2010| Press Notes | todd
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My trusty winemaking partner Tony Velturo got an invite from his son-in-law, to attend a monthly "Knights of the Wine Table" meeting in Providence, Rhode Island. This month it was held at The Capital Grille downtown, and afterwards we stopped to check out the only real wine supply store in t
02.3.2010| Press Notes, Taster, Video, Wine Making | todd
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I'll try to refrain from rambling and keep this on track, since I am still digesting the content of two back-to-back, me...
This past Saturday March 27th Lake Champlain Wines held an afternoon pruning workshop and informal wine tasting at Hid-i...
January gets ready to slip into February, and it's been pretty cold. The sun has been out but the air is so crisp, tha...
