The grapes harvested in 2010 are now becoming available for sale. 2010 was an especially good year for Riesling in the Finger Lakes due to the warm climate that extended through October. Dr Konstantin Frank, one of the first to treat wine-making as a science, pulled in several gold medals, with special note going to their Rkatsiteli (pro-nounced "ar-kat-suh-tell-ee"). Swedish Hill put in a good showing as well. Most surprising for me was the medal for a Dry Reisling from Geneva's Belhurst Winery, as I find this winery usually puts out slightly weaker wines compared to its sister winery across the highway, White Springs. (Coincidentally, Belhurst Winery uses grapes from White Springs to make its wines.) Even so, hearing of the Belhurst win is especially touching, as Belhurst was the location of our wedding in 2009.
Looks like its time for another trip Upstate, to try the newest Reislings.
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