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A visit to Roanoke Vineyards
Have you ever gone past a place along your normal trip to wherever you may be going, and pass the same landmark time and time again, take a look over at it and continue on down the road? Have you …...
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Roanoke Vineyards 203 Blend One Short Sip
On Monday here on Long Island, it was rainy and windy; A perfect day off. My day off consisted of doing laundry. Around 11:30 I noticed a Tweet from Roanoke Vineyards about them having a bottle of...
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Roanoke Vineyards 2006 Blend 2
The last time I had off from work, I really wanted to spend my 4 day weekend in wine country. Visiting vineyards, popping in to tasting rooms, meeting with tasting room personalities and catching up...
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A SMACKDOWN Recap
The other night at Roanoke Vineyards, Melissa and I were 2 of 40 lucky people to join in on a very interesting and fun event. A winemaker’s smackdown. The object was to taste wines from around the...
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Roanoke Vineyards 2006 Blend One
One of Roanoke Vineyards many blends is perfectly called Blend One. This could almost be Cabernet Sauvignon, but it has 80% Cabernet Sauvignon, It would have needed at least 85% to be bottled and...
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Roanoke Vineyards 2006 Gabby’s Cabernet Franc: A Study of Two Franc’s Part 1
I get excited about wine. I get very excited about Cabernet Franc. I got extremely excited last Christmas when I was able to get my hands on a bottle of Roanoke Vineyards 2006 Gabby’s Cabernet Franc...
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Roanoke Vineyards 2007 Gabby’s Cabernet Franc — A Study of Two Franc’s Part 2
In part one of my study of Roanoke Vineyards 2006 Gabby’s Cabernet Franc, I told you a little bit about how I got my hands on the sold out varietal. As some of you who read the post, you may …...
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The People of Wine Country: Getting to Know….Scott Sandell
It’s been a while since I posted a getting to know you, the last two were with winemakers. I wanted to take this in a different direction and include some folk that work behind the scenes and may not...
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Getting Ready For a Smackdown
The very first time Roanoke Vineyards announced a Winemaker‘s Smackdown I was intreguied. To taste wines blind with winemakers to see where their palate is compared to your palate is a treat in and...
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Roanoke Vineyards Smackdown 4 Recap: The Audience Wins!
In the above photo, this is kinda what we were talking about when the first wine was poured at the Roanoke Vineyards 4th Smackdown: “…Ok. There is no question this is a Riesling…” “…It’s young for...
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Roanoke Vineyards 2008 Gabby’s Cabernet Franc
There are a handful of single vineyard offerings here on Long Island. Sometimes I wish there would be a few more. It would give people an opportunity to understand terrior and how the slightest slope...
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Memories That Will Last Forever From A Bottle of Wine — Remembering Grandpa...
One year ago today, on Sunday, May 1, 2011, my grandpa, “Charlie” Lorey left us. After a 10 month battle with congestive heart failure and a wonderful Easter Sunday dinner, my grandpa’s heart could...
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Roanoke Vineyards 2008 Blend One
2008 marks the last vintage of Roanoke Vineyards Blend One and Blend 2 series. Starting with the 2009 vintage and moving forward you will find one main blend or prime blend now know as Prime Number....
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Wine on Tap: Its for Me and will be for you too
Last night, I was at an event at the East Wind in Wading River, for charity, run by the Rocky Point Lions Club. It was called “A Lion’s Taste of Long Island” I am in the early stages of planning an...
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Roanoke Vineyards 2009 De Rosa Rosé
This is the sixth edition of Roanoke Vineyards De Rosa Rosé. And according the vineyard, this is the best to date. While I did find this more enjoyable than the 2008, I honestly can’t say if that...
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Roanoke Vineyards 2006 Cabernet Sauvignon
This past winter here on Long Island has been one cold one. I found myself this winter drinking wines I usually don’t open or even keep in my cellar. I am not sure if it is because of the winter or...
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Smacked Around At The “Smackdown”
One and done. Stumped by a local wine. My head hung low and I walked away with my tail between my legs. Last weekend at Roanoke Vineyards, they held their “March Madness Smackdown Tournament” This...
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