This past Saturday, Ian Barry of Barry Family Cellars hosted a gathering of "small batch" winemakers in his historic tasting room in Burdette, NY.  My wife and I and some friends had an opportunity to visit this well attended gathering. We're written the stories of four of those winemakers. Here's some pictures we took (with... Continue Reading →

Over a fine lunch that her husband Thijs Verschuuren made for us one recent Saturday afternoon in their Victorian-era house in Montour Falls NY, Katie Cook tells us: “When we were thinking about a name, we originally thought about using a family name or a place name, but 'Cook' was already taken and ‘Verschuuren’ is... Continue Reading →