Upcoming 2007 Cabernet Franc Tasting, NYWCC

Posted by Neil Brody Miller on July 27, 2009

Tomorrow, after a month of planning, winemakers from the Finger Lakes, CNY food and wine writers and bloggers, and regional wine retailers will gather at the New York Wine and Culinary Center in Canandaigua, NY to taste, assess, and discuss 2007 Finger Lakes Cabernet Francs and Cab Francs from several other wine growing regions. The tasting will be led by Evan Dawson, Finger Lakes editor for the New York Cork Report (formerly Lenndevours.com), who along with Peter Becraft, assistant winemaker for the Anthony Road Wine Company, and myself, planned and organized the tasting.

Stay tuned for a full report on the results of the tasting later this week, as well as articles and blog entries from other participating journalists and food and wine writers:

Jennifer Baskerville-Barrows, Cookin’ in the ‘Cuse, Edible Finger Lakes
Don Cazentre, Syracuse Post-Standard
Evan Dawson, New York Cork Report
Holly Howell, RIT, Mountain Home Magazine
Rob Lane, Finger Lakes Weekend Wino, Mountain Home Magazine
Tom Mansell, Ithacork
Thomas Pellechia, VinoFictions
Tom Tucker, Balloon Juice

Many of the 2007 Finger Lakes Cab Francs have been released and are becoming more widely available at wine shops. For the past several months, there also has been a fair amount of buzz about, and a number of good reviews of 2007 Finger Lakes Cab Francs. The 2007 Finger Lakes growing season was unusually long and hot, which allowed the red wine varietals extra hang time to fully ripen. Several winemakers have told me that they consider 2007 the best vintage of their red wine varietals in the past 20 years, or in some cases, since they started making wine.

With all this buzz, it has been hard not to get excited about the 2007 vintage, and especially about the Cabernet Franc, which is generally regarded as the vinifera grape varietal best suited to local growing conditions and most likely to produce world-class red wines. The proof, however, is or will be, in the tasting.

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One Response to “Upcoming 2007 Cabernet Franc Tasting, NYWCC”

1. Andrew Bowman says:

   July 28, 2009 at 9:30 PM

   SO much fun today! Thanks for including me!!!

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