Osmote

Pet Nat Cayuga 2023

Louis Martin

9.0

Sweet apple cider flavor profile on its own, became more savory when paired with an oily fluke dish. — a year ago

Eve's Cidery

Darling Creek Sparling Dry Cider 2020

Erik Longabardi

9.3

Never disappoints. — 4 years ago

Michael and Tom liked this

Fossil & Till

Davis Vineyard Petillant Naturel Riesling 2020

S.S. Mandani

9.4

Fascinating pale gold straw color.

A cidery in the nose. Pears, fresh cut cold apple slices, peaches, slight essence of cardamom.

What a refreshing quality of effervescence to add to a tart, mineral, and blade of grass of a wine.

This is just fun, and reinvents this varietal for lovers of Riesling.

Always see the producer around and Simply Wine just added new bottles to their collection, subbing this slot in for Scribe (which is good, known, and kill the branding game, but not always best value).

Plus we got Finger Lakes in the house, which always feels great to support the local-ish wine scene.

Welcome addition. — 5 years ago

Severn, Vanessa and 5 others liked this

Bloomer Creek Vineyard

Tanzen Dame Riesling 2014

A. R.

9.2

This has greatly improved over the past 3 years in bottle. On the nose, funky overripe pears, fresh apple cider and petrol. In the mouth... all kinds of weirdness...in a good way. Pear, wet rock, forest shrubs after a rain (we called them “mountain misery” when I grew up - I don’t know what they are really called). High acid, long finish. This producer is one of the most interesting in the US. — 6 years ago

Ira, Izola and 13 others liked this

Dr. Konstantin Frank

Finger Lakes Dry Riesling 2017

Severn G

8.9

In-House company holiday party...FLX Riesling makes an appearance, thanks Costco! — 8 years ago

Dawn, Somm and 11 others liked this

Tom Casagrande

Costco? Nice!

Ravines Wine Cellars

Meritage Finger Lakes Red Bordeaux Blend 2005

Severn G

9.4

13 October 2018; Private gathering/bottle party at Morten and Lisa Hallgren's victorian house in Penn Yan, NY.

No formal notes. — 8 years ago

Somm, Shawn and 11 others liked this

Pinotman /// Andreas

Nice low alcohol

Ravines Wine Cellars

Dry Rosé Pinot Noir 2017

Michael Piaker

8.9

16 June 2018. Brooklyn Cider House, Brooklyn, NY. — 8 years ago

Dr. Konstantin Frank

Brut Finger Lakes Chardonnay Blend

Tom Kobylarz

9.0

My favorite sparkling producer in the Finger Lakes. Green apple, lemon, lemon skin, whit florals and chalk. Super pro bubble texture, this is the house to buy bubbles from in FLX! — a year ago

Tom liked this

Dr. Konstantin Frank

Finger Lakes Rkatsiteli 2020

Paula Strebig

9.2

Medium body, abundant legs, pale white. Apricot, honeysuckle and apple cider on the nose. Juicy pit fruit on the fore palate, scant sweetness, with a lingering peach compote on the finish. (Bacon wrapped pork tenderloin medallions on a bed of mixed green salad with beets, cucumber, and Gorgonzola, chicken- broccoli Alfredo over pasta rustica on the side) — 4 years ago

with Tim

Lee liked this

Blackduck Cidery

Dry Perry 2019

Josh Morgenthau

9.2

One of the best. Sidra-style perry made in NY, but not faddish at all. John Reynolds, one of my favorite iconoclastic wine/cider-makers, has been doing it this way for decades. Micro production. Loads of VA but flat out delicious; vibrant, textured, rich and soulful. Do yourself a favor and find some of this if you like natural wine. I’d argue this kills almost any high-VA natural wine. Why? There’s a historical precedent for the style, the flavor profile makes sense, it’s clean and well-made. Great stuff. — 6 years ago

Ted, Iwan and 32 others liked this

Erik Longabardi

I’ve had non VA Perry John made; it’s truly revelatory

Josh Morgenthau

@Erik Longabardi Yes, some batches are less sidra style, all really amazing. Just had some sparkling paw paw wine he gave me that blew my mind.

Erik Longabardi

@Josh M Ive ha the cleaner ones and they are truly beautiful. Heard the paw paw one was good too!