Assorted bottles of fruit wine from Brookview Station Winery

A Decade of Change

If you’ve ever driven extensively around the Hudson Valley, chances are you hit a GPS dead zone en route to your destination, only to find yourself delighted to be wherever
Read More
Gazebo at Demarest Winery

Demarest Hill Winery & Distillery

Demarest Hill Winery is the largest winery in Warwick, NY, stocking 40 varieties of wine, ports, and ciders. They also make their own vinegars and an impressive array of spirits
Read More
Image of Bridge at Baldwin Vineyard

Baldwin Vineyards

In 1982, the Baldwins purchased a farm which had been the Hardenburgh Estate since 1786. The estate included a stone home and 18,000 square feet of outbuildings situated on 37
Read More
view of Glorie Farm vineyard with barn in background

Quartz Rock Vineyard

Glorie Farm Winery is exactly what lawmakers had in mind when they passed the New York Farm Winery Act of 1976. The new law allowed grape growers in New York
Read More
Man with a hat on holding an apple

Crushed, Fermented, Blended

Like rosé wines, fruit wines often do not get the respect that they deserve. While most fruit wines are enjoyably soft, very fruity, and semi-sweet, there are more “serious” fruit
Read More
Mashing currants in a fermenting tank

Keeping it Currant

New York State was once the leading commercial producer of currants in the U.S., which could be found in everything from jams and preserves to syrup and Cassis wine and
Read More
woman pouring cassis into steel can

Classic Meets Currant at Current Cassis in Catskill, NY

At Current Cassis, Rachel Petach is whipping up a seriously sippable blackcurrant liqueur in Greene County.
Read More