Social distancing may mean the end of cocktail hour as we know it, but a virtual “quarantini” hour can cheer you up, reduce stress, and keep you connected while you’re cooped up at home.
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Woman and alcohol haven’t always had the best relationship throughout history, so we’ve made the case for a few local women deserving of their own brand.
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Imagine it. Lounging with friends on a sunny patio, sipping a new beverage that you love. Unfortunately in the days of COVID-19, this daydream is postponed.
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Finding authentic New York cider is a lot easier now, thanks to the State of Cider brand identity project initiated by the New York Cider Association. Celebrate the State of Cider and discover your new favorite local cider at Cider Week NYC.
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Founders Matt Spaccarelli and Casey Erdmann have been forging a path for Fjord since 2013 when they branched out from Benmarl Winery to focus on their passion—to craft world-class wines under their own label.
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There’s something about fall that feels festive, especially in the Hudson Valley. Every weekend, the calendar is crammed with fairs and festivals set among colorful landscapes and cool weather.
Instead of searching several sites for things to do this season, bookmark the Events Page on hvwinemag.com. Make it your go-to resource for wine and craft beverage events all year long. From harvest time to the holidays, we have your weekends covered!
There are more than 75 wine, cider, beer and craft beverage events taking place now through the end of the year. Highlights follow for a few of them. Hope to see you out there this fall!
Time to harvest the grapes means it’s time to celebrate a bountiful season!
Weekends thru Oct 20 | Grape Stomping Brotherhood Winery
Sept 21-22 | Grape Stomping Robibero Winery
Oct 5 | Harvest Bonfire & Chili Fest Hudson-Chatham Winery
Oct 12-13 | Harvest Grape Stomping Benmarl Winery
Oct 13 | Annual Fall Fest Nostrano Vineyards
Fall = apples, so our thoughts naturally turn to hard cider. Here’s where to enjoy it.
Sept 21-Oct 27 | Fall Harvest Festival Weekends Treasury Cider
Oct 5 | Bad Seed Farm Dinner Bad Seed Cider Company
Nov 9-10 | 11th Annual Naked Flock Cider Experience Applewood Winery
Come out to meet the newest makers and products in beer, cider, and spirits.
Sept 29 | Escapemaker’s Applepalooza (NYC)
Oct 12 | 7th Annual Craft: Beer, Spirits & Food Festival at Bethel Woods
Oct 26 | Hops on the Hudson Harvest Beer and Cider Festival
Welcome in winter and the New Year at these festivities.
Nov 2 | Red Wine & Chocolate Whitecliff Vineyard & Winery
Nov 23-24, Dec 7-8, Dec 14-15 | Wreath Fineries at the Wineries Shawangunk Wine Trail wineries
Dec 6 | Annual Tree Lighting Brotherhood Winery
Dec 14 | Jingle & Mingle Nostrano Vineyards
In this Exploring the Wine Glass podcast, Lori Budd, creator of #CabFrancDay, interviews the Hudson Valley’s Cabernet Franc winemakers and winery owners.
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SUMMER PLANS “TBD”? You get 14 weekends this summer to get out and have fun. Where to start? Online, of course.
Continue readingThe partners of Slate Point Meadery started experimenting with mead five gallons at
a time back in 2010.
The Cider Makers at Angry Orchard have been experimenting with apple varieties, ingredients and aging processes to develop hard cider recipes for more than 20 years.
Continue readingThe owners of Palaia Winery are from the Woodstock generation and – as the peace symbol on all their labels attests to – they aren’t afraid to show it. A family run winery with a tasting room in a 200-year-old barn on land once owned by Aaron Burr, Palaia is affectionately known as the Hudson Valley’s “hippie winery.”
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They may have come to the Hudson Valley for its vibrant viticulture, but it’s the people—and the collaborative community—that’s making them stay.
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