This week, Hermann J. Wiemer Vineyard's 2005 Dry Riesling ($16) defeated 702 other New York wines ... Cellars was named New York's "Winery of the Year" based on the number, and level, of medals its wines won. Sponsored and run by the New York Wine and Grape Foundation (NYWGF), a nonprofit statewide trade organization based in the in newly opened New York Wine and Culinary Center . Howard Goldberg...

After a fine birthday meal last night at Masa, today opened on a far more somber note, with news that Johnny Apple is gone. This was not a huge surprise to those who knew him; he had been in decline after a battle with cancer. But that doesn’t diminish the sense ...

Vineyards Cabernet 2003 Niagara Escarpment, New York ($18) Just last night I decided to open the 2003 ... blend of Cab Sauv and Cab Franc from Eveningside Vineyards, a new winery in that area. So I...

Napa’s Quintessa tries sunblock for grapes.  Biodynamic sunblock. [Decanter] Rain, rain, go away. Fall on Bordeaux some other day. [Decanter] Pete Wells weighs in on his new gig as NYT dining editor: “Blogs are not our competition. What print media do and what bloggers do complement each other; they shouldn’t be competing.” [NYMag via Eater] In Massachusetts...

... as their hospitality was generous. The next time I’m bound for Hector, New York I’ll stop back for sure ... 2003 Standing Stone Vineyards Pinot Noir Finger Lakes $25.99 www.standingstonewines.com When I spent the better part of a day last summer visiting Finger Lakes wineries I had done my research. Days prior to departing my New Hampshire home, I surfed on-line and made a “wish-list” of wineries...

It's been some time since I've written anything about the New York Cork Club here on LENNDEVOURS ... themselves...or through the New York Cork Club. I know that several of you have thought about joining ... there really isn't another club like it. There are some other lesser New York wine clubs out ... with Thai. Now, I'm working with some of New York's best known producers to dig deep into their libraries...

This week over at Hamptons.com, my Corks of the Forks column actually leaves Long Island and its Forks for a trip to Cooperstown, NY, land of baseball...and Belgian beer. Brewery Ommegang has long been on my upstate New York "to visit" list and last weekend I was finally able to cross it off ... (typically cork-and-cage topped 750ml), pick one up. I can't recommend them enough. I bought...

York wines here in (insert your home town/city/state here)."? The New York Cork Club , a joint ... members of the New York Cork Club. Monthly wine costs will be around $40-$60 plus shipping. There is also a quarterly shipping option. This is truly unlike any other New York wine club. Instead ... for the New York Cork Club get a bottle signed by David Page and Barbara Shinn, the couple behind Shinn...

As you might have seen one place or another, I’m changing jobs. Specifically, I left MSNBC.com last Friday after one last column, and after just 10 months back in New York, I’m headed West again. I’ll become the wine editor at the San Francisco Chronicle at the end of the month. For me...

The wine-growers of Virginia bravely grasped the nettle of introducing Virginia wines to the British market by holding their first overseas wine-tasting in London in May 2007. While California , Washington & Oregon and upstate New York are well-known as exporters of U.S. wines, your wine correspondent Lovat Stephen must confess that wine-growing did not rank high in his knowledge of this Mid...