Flatiron Wine Educator Annie Edgerton, DWSET, will take you on a home-state journey through New York’s most exciting (and surprisingly diverse!) regions. From Long Island’s coastal elegance to the Niagara Escarpment’s cool-climate character and the Finger Lakes’ world-class precision, you’ll explore a state that’s no longer an up-and-comer, but a leader. With a history stretching from pre-Prohibition distilling and early hybrid plantings to today’s thriving production, New York’s drinks culture reflects centuries of innovation shaped by both land and legacy. We’ll taste through dynamic wines, ciders, vermouths, and more—a delicious snapshot of New York’s diverse bounty—without leaving Manhattan.
We hope you can join us on Tuesday, February 10 at 6pm on the mezzanine for this special event!
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Spectacular South African Pinot Noir is a Family Affair at Crystallum
Who's Peter Max? And why is his name on a South African Pinot Noir that enthralls anyone who tastes it?
It's actually two guys: Peter and Max are the names of the growers whose fruit went into the first vintage of this wine, a multi-vineyard blend that's meant to encapsulate everything good about South Africa's misty, cold Walker Bay region and its coastal neighbors. There's also Peter as in winemaker Peter-Allen Finlayson, who founded Crystallum in partnership with his brother Andrew.
Good Things Take Time: Drink Joguet's Back-Vintage Chinon Now!
When Rebecca Gibb, MW, tasted Joguet’s single vineyard 2019 Chinons she couldn’t help but wax poetic. They’re the kind of wines that do that to even the most technically adept tasters. They’re also wines that get high points and that can age for decades.
And yet, Chinon (generally) and Joguet (specifically) remain a bit of an insider’s wine. Charles Joguet may be one of the appellation’s benchmark producers, and an early proponent of both single vineyard Chinon as well as organic farming.