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 later.
The guide also makes the case for our region’s leaner wines, hybrids, and cider as a peer to wine rather than a side stop. We’re glad to be included, and happy to see so many of our neighbors and friends on the list!
A recent article by Robb Report included our 2023 Cabernet Franc Magdalena Vineyard as one of '7 Outstanding American Cabernet Francs to Drink Right Now'. The piece traces the grape from its home in France to the many places it grows today, including right here in...
If you find yourself on a Delta flight looking for something to watch, check out "The Wine Game": a blind wine-tasting show created for Delta Air Lines, with wines selected by Master Sommelier Andrea Immer Robinson. Hosted by Chef José Andrés, the show features...
For us, every time we arrive at Standing Stone, the same thing happens: we exhale. We stop, look out across the vineyard and the lake, and say, “my god, it's beautiful.” Then, we walk into the tasting room and pour wines that somehow carry that same beauty. That...
Our Director of Vineyard Biology and Biodynamic Specialist, Thijs Verschuuren, recently joined the Vineyard Underground podcast to talk biodynamics. The conversation traces the season that changed everything for us, and the slow, deliberate work of building soil that...
We are thrilled to share that Tara Thomas of jancisrobinson.com has named our 2023 HJW Vineyard Riesling a Wine of the Week: "Spontaneously fermented in stainless-steel tanks, there’s nothing to interfere with its expression of nervy Riesling flavour and cool, sunny...