... 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 reported in the New York Times , "The wine industry and influential wine periodicals treat the contest as the broadest, most representative index of the quality and styles of New York’s expanding wine...

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 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...

Herman Weimer’s splendiferous riesling takes top slot at NY’s biggest wine competition. To balance things out, Dr. Konstantin Frank’s winery took top winery honors. Everybody wins! Will “Mosel-Saar-Ruwer” become just “Mosel”? Apparently so. Seems the Saar rigidity of riesling structure and the Ruwer ethereality will be subsumed under a two-syllable shortcut.  Thus spake modernity. [Decanter...

Orgasm vs. foodgasm. [Details, via Gawker] The Brits are getting all flustered about the notion that many wines are priced at intentionally higher prices, just so they can be sold more cheaply. Decanter touched on this recently, and now The Guardian weighs in. At least one supplier, Constellation, defends the ...

Filed under: Tastings , Wine , Whisky , East Coast , Spirits This weekend sees East Hampton, New York turned into the 2nd Hamptons Wine and Food Festival . The organisers are promising a treat following last years success with a weekend full of parties, wine and food tasting seminars, cooking ... then there is a 'full menu of culinary entertainment, exploring emerging wine and food trends from around...

Want to buy some of Paris’ wine collection? No, not Parisian collectors — the city of Paris, as in Jacques Chirac’s personal stash when he was mayor. [Decanter] Maria Hines, chef at Seattle’s Earth & Ocean, is departing to start her own place, Tilth. Great news for Maria, sad for E&O, which has overcome its no-longer-quite-so-hip design...

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 ... Springer and winemaker Angelo Pavan who contributes as the consultant wine maker. Our visit ... area. This wine is 57% Franc and 43% Sauv. With its light purple color and silky body it looked...

Watch this Episode! 2004 Di Majo Norante Sangiovese Igt 2004 2004 Falesco Vitiano 2003 Castano Hecula 2002 Renard Tres Ninos 2002 Penfolds Cabernet Bin 707 Today Gary tackles 5 more 90+ scored wines and we await to see how they scored. From the value driven Falesco Vitiano to the classic ...