On February 7th, Fred & Maressa attended the Wine Enthusiast Magazine Wine Star Awards ceremony. Fred accepted his Winemaker of the Year Award, and our wines were featured throughout the reception and dinner and the evening honored each of the award recipients. To read a recap of the evening check out the Wine Enthusiast article here.
Phantom Ales: Wild Ferment Finger Lakes: A Low-Intervention Cider & Wine Trail
Phantom Ales recently published a guide to low-intervention cider and wine in the Finger Lakes, covering eight producers across Seneca, Cayuga, and Keuka. It argues that wild ferment didn't arrive here as a rebellion - the practice came first, and the vocabulary came...