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May 21
14 min

Mission Peninsula Focus: Interview with Marie Chantal-Dalese of Chateau Chantal

For many, wine making is a family business, and the wineries that make up Michigan’s Mission Peninsula are no exception. A fine example...

New York Renaissance: Interview with Jim Trezise

Unchartedwines

May 13
17 min

New York Renaissance: Interview with Jim Trezise

In the early 1980’s, the New York wine industry was in a crisis. Consumers were increasingly less interested in the state’s pillars of...

Review: 2016 Red Tail Ridge Sekt Sparkling Riesling

Unchartedwines

Feb 13
1 min

Review: 2016 Red Tail Ridge Sekt Sparkling Riesling

When trends converge. The Finger Lakes, Riesling, and Sekt are all hot right now, and Red Tail combines all three in this bottling. What...

Review: 2018 Sokol Blosser Bluebird Cuvee

Unchartedwines

Feb 11
1 min

Review: 2018 Sokol Blosser Bluebird Cuvee

Sokol Blosser has been making wine for 50 years, with a focus on sustainability (the bluebirds on the label refer to a project the winery...

Unchartedwines

Jan 6
1 min

Review: 2018 Hermann J. Wiemer Riesling

Come for the Lake Seneca ambience, taste the other wines, but stay for the Rieslings at Hermann J. Wiemer. Nearly everything this winery...

Review: Dr. Konstantin Frank 2017 Margrit Riesling

Unchartedwines

Dec 19, 2020
1 min

Review: Dr. Konstantin Frank 2017 Margrit Riesling

Rieslings from the Finger Lakes are transcendent at their best. Few do it better than Dr. Frank. Up and down their line you will find...

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