Long Island producers won in nine of 32 classes of wines made from grapes in the New York Wine and Food Classic this month, and McCall Wines was named winery of the year.
His Amarones, a special class of wine made of the same grapes as Valpolicella, dried to make them more concentrated, were powerful yet fresh rather than pumped up and steroidal.
I put a canvas on the grass, turned up the music, poured a class of wine and let myself go free.
Amarone, or Amarone della Valpolicella, to give it its more formal name, is the flag-bearer of a special class of wines that are made from dried grapes.
But just to be contrary, I'm going to suggest a class of wines that blends all of them, called Gemischter Satz, a traditional field blend that originates in Vienna's urban appellation; the wines are glugged down by the gallon in the city's heurige (taverns).
The variations of flavour, sweetness, nose, and other characteristics are the focus of varietal wines, and are by far the most common class of wines available in most markets.
At Astor Wines and Spirits, the proceeds from a tasting class, Elements of Wine, on Jan . 25will be donated to Haiti Earthquake Relief, which will give the money to Doctors Without Borders and the Red Cross.
He said that once, as a treat, he brought a world-class bottle of wine from his store in New York to their regular Friday-night poker game just to show the guys what was what, he said, even though he himself would be having no more than a taste.
Classes on wine investing are taking off.
