Originally published on October 14, 2011.
New York wines hit the big time! Specifically wines from the Finger Lakes region, which got a big Eric Asimov write up in the New York Times this week. And as happened maybe once or twice (or more) before, we already have a few of the mentioned producers in stock. Old favorites like Hermann J Wiemer and Ravines that have been around since I opened, along with more recent finds like Bloomer Creek.
These Finger Lakes wines (FLX for the acronymicly inclined), along with a couple Long Island producers (hello Shinn…another NYT favorite) have colonized enough shelf space that we decided to put together a New York sampler case.
Now this is not a bandwagon thing – we decided to expand the New York state section back in February. And this sampler case has been on the to-do list since, oh….May.
Time flies when you’re selling wine.