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Jay Miller

Jay Miller
It was nice to see Andrew and Jen at Chambers St. last week. Since they don't travel much these days (though I hear things calm down for them in December) it was good to catch up.

IMO the star of the tasting (and thus of the wines at CSW) was the pinot noir. Quite lovely and if I wasn't on a red buying hiatus I would have gotten it. As it stands I picked up a bottle of the riesling so I could drink it that night.
 
originally posted by Jay Miller:
Eminence RoadIt was nice to see Andrew and Jen at Chambers St. last week. Since they don't travel much these days (though I hear things calm down for them in December) it was good to catch up.

IMO the star of the tasting (and thus of the wines at CSW) was the pinot noir. Quite lovely and if I wasn't on a red buying hiatus I would have gotten it. As it stands I picked up a bottle of the riesling so I could drink it that night.
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I think Pinot should be the focal point of the Finger Lakes.

The Rieslings are ok but they are competing against world class Austrian and German Rieslings that are not much more expensive and to me much better.

The Pinots are ridiculous bargains and unlike anything produced in the U.S. other than maybe a few producers in Oregon.

I will definitely try the Eminence Road Pinot.
 
Never heard of FL Pinots before; food for thought. Or beverage. What other of this category have you liked?

By the way, why are variety names capitalized?
 
I thought Ravines' pinot noir was really impressive. Evan Dawson's book made me excited about Heart & Hands, but did their estate vineyard come online yet?
 
originally posted by Ian Fitzsimmons:
Never heard of FL Pinots before; food for thought. Or beverage. What other of this category have you liked?

By the way, why are variety names capitalized?
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Bloomer Creek, Heart & Hands, Ravines & Silver Thread.
 
originally posted by Robert Dentice:
originally posted by Jay Miller:
Eminence RoadIt was nice to see Andrew and Jen at Chambers St. last week. Since they don't travel much these days (though I hear things calm down for them in December) it was good to catch up.

IMO the star of the tasting (and thus of the wines at CSW) was the pinot noir. Quite lovely and if I wasn't on a red buying hiatus I would have gotten it. As it stands I picked up a bottle of the riesling so I could drink it that night.
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I think Pinot should be the focal point of the Finger Lakes.

The Rieslings are ok but they are competing against world class Austrian and German Rieslings that are not much more expensive and to me much better.

The Pinots are ridiculous bargains and unlike anything produced in the U.S. other than maybe a few producers in Oregon.

I will definitely try the Eminence Road Pinot.
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They are also making some good cabernet franc based wines though in this vintage I thought the pinot noir was superior. In earlier vintages I've preferred the cab franc. The gewurtztraminer (another variety that seems to do very well in the Finger Lakes) is usually one of my favorites but they're all sold out on that.
 
Did anyone else hear the rumor that they will pouring wine in Williamsburg, Brooklyn at Uva next Wednesday, 5/15 and then in Hudson, NY at Hudson Wine Merchant on Friday, 5/17?

There is also a rumor that gewürztraminer production increased 5 fold with the 2012 vintage.
 
originally posted by Kay Bixler:
Did anyone else hear the rumor that they will pouring wine in Williamsburg, Brooklyn at Uva next Wednesday, 5/15 and then in Hudson, NY at Hudson Wine Merchant on Friday, 5/17?

There is also a rumor that gewürztraminer production increased 5 fold with the 2012 vintage.
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Good news indeed! Arnold likes gewürtz.
 
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