Category Archives: New York

Wednesday wine recommendations, 8/30/2017

Posted on August 30, 2017 by Dave McIntyre

Let’s contrast the Old World and the New this week, with pinot noirs from Burgundy and California’s Central Coast, plus rosés from New York and Spain. And just for good measure, an Australian Riesling. *** = Exceptional, ** = Excellent, … Continue reading →

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Fifty Years of American Winemaking, All in One Hour on October 29

Posted on October 20, 2014 by Dave McIntyre

The Smithsonian Institution’s National Museum of American History is 50 years old this year. As part of the birthday celebrations, the museum’s food and wine history project will host a discussion of “Fifty Years of American Winemaking” on Wednesday, October … Continue reading →

Posted in California, Local Wine, New York, Oregon, Wine | Tagged California Wine, New York Wine, Oregon Wine, Smithsonian, Wine | 1 Comment

Regional Wine Week Begins

Posted on October 5, 2013 by Dave McIntyre

This is Regional Wine Week, October 6-12, the sixth annual celebration of wine made throughout the country, not just on the West Coast. As regular readers of this blog know, Regional Wine Week was started by Jeff Siegel, aka The … Continue reading →

Posted in DrinkLocalWine.com, Eastern US, Jancis, Local Wine, Maryland, New York, Regional Wine Week, Texas, Travel, Uncategorized, Virginia, Wine | Tagged Local Wine, Wine | 1 Comment

Inauguration Whine: Me Donner Un Break!

Posted on January 12, 2013 by Dave McIntyre

Yes, that’s right, “Give me a break!” President Obama is making headlines again in the silly little oenosphere (a word I just made up) because Korbel will be the featured bubbly at the inauguration luncheon at the U.S. Capitol after … Continue reading →

Posted in Champagne, Eastern US, Merlot, New York, Rants, Riesling, Sparkling Wine, Uncategorized, Virginia, Washington Post, Wine | Tagged Bedell, Champagne, France, Inauguration, Korbel, Merlot, Obama, Tierce, Wine | 7 Comments

Steven Spurrier on American wines

Posted on October 18, 2012 by Dave McIntyre

During my interview with Steven Spurrier at the Virginia Wine Summit in Richmond earlier this month, I asked him about his impressions of U.S. wines, 36 years after his famous Paris tasting put California on the world wine map. The … Continue reading →

Posted in California, Local Wine, New York, Oregon, Virginia, Washington, Washington Post, Wine, writers | Tagged Steven Spurrier, Virginia Wine, Wine | 4 Comments

Worth Reading: The Local Wine Edition

Posted on May 18, 2012 by Dave McIntyre

Catching up on the reading, there’s lots out there about local wine: Eric Asimov of the New York Times joins the locavore/locapour debate this week with a well-reasoned piece about the reluctance of consumers to consider local wines even … Continue reading →

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Worth Reading: The Atlantic discovers … the Atlantic

Posted on April 14, 2012 by Dave McIntyre

Some interesting reading in the tangled vines of cyberspace: The Atlantic, long a bastion of intellectual, thought-provoking essays and fiction for the Eastern egghead set, has discovered … wait for it … that wine is actually made along the Atlantic … Continue reading →

Posted in Eastern US, Local Wine, New York, Parker, Spain, Wine, writers | Tagged Local Wine, New York Wine, Robert Parker, Wine | Leave a comment

Revisiting an early call to “Drink Local”

Posted on February 16, 2012 by Dave McIntyre

I wrote this exhortation to “open your mind to local wines” in Dave McIntyre’s WineLine #56, in August 2006. That was more than two years before Jeff Siegel and I created DrinkLocalWine.com. Looking at it now, I’m a bit chagrined … Continue reading →

Posted in DrinkLocalWine.com, Eastern US, Local Wine, New York, Virginia, Weblogs, Wine, writers | Tagged Local Wine, New York Wine, Virginia Wine, Wine | 23 Comments

Worth Reading This Week: China v. US, Better Wine Through Chemistry, Taste Camp

Posted on January 13, 2012 by Dave McIntyre

My weekly highlights of news from the wild, wacky world of wine: Chinese New Year is approaching, and with it comes news that China continues its inexorable path to becoming a wine behemoth by overtaking the United Kingdom in wine … Continue reading →

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La Vida Local: An interview with Christina Findley of The Bottle Shop

Posted on January 12, 2012 by Dave McIntyre

This is the second in my monthly series of interviews with wine retailers throughout the D-M-V. Christina Findley opened The Bottle Shop just over two years ago in the Potomac Woods Plaza shopping center off Seven Locks Road in Rockville. … Continue reading →

Posted in Bargain Wines, Eastern US, Food and Drink, Local Wine, Maryland, New York, Uncategorized, Virginia, Wine | Tagged Wine | 2 Comments