Getting ready to release the new wines !

A shameful 4 months since the last entry! The bumper harvest came in succesfully. It looked like a lot of fruit hanging in the vineyard but was quite a shock at how rapidly the harvest bins filled in this our first large scale harvest. We cannot put into words our thanks to friends who rolled up their sleeves and got into the vineyard and did the work into the dark with tractor headlights a blazzin ! From the grapes we grew, and the grapes we bought from our growers on Long Island and the Finger Lakes, wow, what a vintage - it just does not get any better than 2007 ! Now we look forward to customers new and old enjoying the results. Of note is the outstanding unoaked Chardonnay which releases in May 2007. We had the chance to visit the Burgundy region of France in December, and was astounded at how similar our unoaked Chardonnay compares to the Grand Crus wines of the Chablis appellation of Burgundy. We took samples of our Chardonnay for our French comrades to try, who were suprised and respectful at our results. We left with great memories of our trip, and respect for the grapegrowers and winemakers of Burgundy who have been hand crafting wines in an admirable and pure tradition for centuries. There are too many new releases to go into detail on. Suffice to say get down to the tasting room ! Round 1 of the new releases starts Jan 15th 2008 with the release of Estate Grown "Reflections", Estate Grown "Mount Zoar Rose", Riesling and Mountain Muscat. To follow in April will be the to die for Unoaked Chardonnay, North & South Mountain, The Three Red Kings, Red Falls Reserve, Multi Berry Infusion. Our new complex lightly oaked Chardonnay will follow mid summer. The vineyard is now calm and sleeping, and we have been busy pruning taking advantage of the snowless winter and occasionally mild temperatures. Our vines are being re-trained to a lower wire to allow better sun positioning and a higher canopy for all the leaves. At last after 6 years of very hard work it is now possible to look back over the vineyard and winery building and savor the start up work behind us and look forward to converting the fruits of each season ahead into delicious wines for our tasting room friends.