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Showing posts with label Hudson Valley AVA. Show all posts
Showing posts with label Hudson Valley AVA. Show all posts
Monday, December 17, 2012
Wednesday, August 8, 2012
The United Grapes of America - New York - Warwick Valley Winery's Black Dirt Red
Black Dirt Red Overlooking Greenwood Lake |
StarChefs.com: The United Grapes of America |
The wine is composed of 100% Baco Noir, a French-American hybrid grape produced by crossing Folle Blanche, a French wine grape, and an unknown variety of Vitis riparia indigenous to North America. The grape is cold tolerant so does well in the Northeast and Canada - and particularly the Hudson Valley. The wine's name refers to the agriculture area centered in Warwick, New York - the Black Dirt Region. This area is comprised of very fertile black soil, "left over from an ancient glacial lake bottom augmented by decades of past flooding of the Wallkill River".
Doc's Draft Ciders |
Note: the Doc's Draft Ciders are also highly recommended. I tried the Apple, Pear and Sour Cherry - all have great fruit - which produces a fuller flavor profile than most dry ciders.
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