US: New York winemakers offer quality products but struggle in home market
US: New York winemakers offer quality products but struggle in home market
Nov 2, 2011 6
(TheDailyStar) - When Billy Joel sang about “a bottle of white, a bottle of red” 40 years ago, the Long Island native probably wasn’t in a New York state of mind.
But the wine universe is growing and changing, and today New York regularly tangles with Washington state in a two-coast tussle to maintain the No. 2 spot behind California for domestic wine production.
And it’s not just about quantity. The Empire State is getting a reputation as a quality maker of Long Island white, Hudson Valley red and hundreds of smaller regional wines besides the traditional Finger Lakes Rieslings that gained prominence in the past decade.
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