by NovaCadamatre | Mar 21, 2016 | Vintage Notes
Here we are again. Standing at the exciting start of another vintage. It is the beginning of spring and while my friends in California are already well underway with budbreak, in the Finger Lakes, we are slowly emerging from one of the mildest winters in recent...
by NovaCadamatre | Jan 25, 2016 | Tasting Notes, Vintage Notes, Wine Styles
This past week, at the culmination of the Master of Wine seminar, the Institute of the Masters of Wine held their annual Bordeaux tasting. This year focused on the 2011 vintage. After the spectacular back to back successes of 2009 and 2010, 2011 brought a...
by NovaCadamatre | Oct 19, 2015 | Vintage Notes
This week marks the end of harvest here in New York for me. We only have a few vineyards left to pick. All of the vinifera was safely in the door week before last and now the tanks are going through fermentation. The photo above is one of the Pumpovers on...
by NovaCadamatre | Oct 5, 2015 | Vintage Notes
Every now and then I like to push myself out of my comfort zone just to keep myself from being too comfortable in any single situation. This trip was so far out of my comfort zone, I wasn’t even in the same ballpark with it anymore. I did not know what to...
by NovaCadamatre | Sep 14, 2015 | Vintage Notes, Winemaking
These past two weeks have been quite hot and dry for this area. Highs around 90 and very few cool nights. We just had rain over the weekend but I can’t speculate how much as of yet. Fall showed up yesterday bringing cloudy skies and blustery winds....
by NovaCadamatre | Aug 24, 2015 | Vintage Notes
It was a year ago today that the earth shook at 3:15 am and I turned to my husband and said “That’s it! I’m ready to go home now.” After seeing twitter light up over a 4.3 or so quake in Oakland last week I’m reminded to be grateful...
