Sunday, August 23, 2009
Saturday, August 22, 2009
Wine Deals with WOOT
Looking for the best buy on wine? Need a better cork screw? Well then here is a great website that offers you deals of the century. Maybe. There is a new item offered every weekday. But you have to act fast because once they sellout you are out of luck. So buy quickly if you like what they are offering. Usually you can buy up to 4 accessories or bulks of wine at a time. That way everybody gets a shot.
I buy a lot of my wine here and you may want to as well.
Here is the site.
http://wine.woot.com/
Two NY Wineries Win Awards
"Two Finger Lakes wineries captured New York's most coveted wine awards Tuesday: A US$14 semi-dry Riesling from Anthony Road Wine Co. was voted best wine, and Sheldrake Point Vineyard took the winery of the year title.
One of America's oldest wine-and-grape regions, the Finger Lakes has garnered a global reputation for its Rieslings during the last decade, and the versatile grape is now the widely grown vinifera variety in west-central New York.
The 2008 Riesling produced at Anthony Road, a family winery on Seneca Lake's western shore, beat out 804 other white, red and sparkling wines to win the Governor's Cup silver chalice at the New York Wine&Food Classic.
Top winery Sheldrake Point, which opened in 1997, is along nearby Cayuga Lake. It won accolades for its 2007 Riesling, 2008 late-harvest Riesling and cider ice wine.
"I think it's 12 years of mostly doing the right things and a good situation" in a fabled microclimate created by deep, slender, hill-framed lakes, said Canadian owner Bob Madill, 62, a native of Ottawa.
The 24-year-old competition, sponsored by the New York Wine&Grape Foundation, is open to all of New York's 260-plus wineries." By Ben Dobbin (CP)
For more visit: www.sheldrakepoint.com
One of America's oldest wine-and-grape regions, the Finger Lakes has garnered a global reputation for its Rieslings during the last decade, and the versatile grape is now the widely grown vinifera variety in west-central New York.
The 2008 Riesling produced at Anthony Road, a family winery on Seneca Lake's western shore, beat out 804 other white, red and sparkling wines to win the Governor's Cup silver chalice at the New York Wine&Food Classic.
Top winery Sheldrake Point, which opened in 1997, is along nearby Cayuga Lake. It won accolades for its 2007 Riesling, 2008 late-harvest Riesling and cider ice wine.
"I think it's 12 years of mostly doing the right things and a good situation" in a fabled microclimate created by deep, slender, hill-framed lakes, said Canadian owner Bob Madill, 62, a native of Ottawa.
The 24-year-old competition, sponsored by the New York Wine&Grape Foundation, is open to all of New York's 260-plus wineries." By Ben Dobbin (CP)
For more visit: www.sheldrakepoint.com
Wine Clubs
Does anyone here belong to a wine club? You know when you receive monthly installments of great wine from California, Austrailia, Italy, etc. I am not currently in one. Although many of my friends belong here: http://www.wine.com/v6/wineclubs/
Tell me what you think. Is it worth it? What club do you use?
Tell me what you think. Is it worth it? What club do you use?
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