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New York State is made up of four different wine regions including the Hudson River Valley, Finger Lakes, Lake Erie region, and Long Island. New York's cool climate makes it suited to produce cool climate dry table wines, sparkling wines as well as some late harvest sweet wines and ice wines. New York had a wine renaissance in the late 1970s, after bureaucratic red tape was rolled back, leading to the explosive growth of small producers, which continues to today. The diversity of producers and grape varietals mean that the range of styles, flavors, and quality is immense. Due to its cool climate the Chardonnays and Rieslings of New York are lean and light, comparing well to their German / Austrian counterparts. New York also produces a moderate amount of red wine, usually Bordeaux varietals that are lean and medium-bodied. Typically from Long Island these wines should be aerated before serving to fully open them up. Finally, New York makes interesting late harvest and ice wines generally from the Riesling grape.
California's wonderful year-round weather is good for their wine Abundant sunshine ensures a consistent and long grape growing season, while the diversity of their terroir supports a multitude of wine grape varieties and surprising flavor variation within them. California's 1,300 kilometers (800 miles) of rugged coastline expose nearby vineyards to natural "air conditioning" in the form of fog and breezes, making for exceptional Chardonnay, Pinot Noir and other cool climate varieties. Warmer interior valleys receive the same cooling effect thanks to rivers, lakes and deltas. Meanwhile, vines planted along our hillsides get a fine mixture of cooling air and bright, unfiltered sun-conditions that Cabernet Sauvignon and Merlot were born to love. Their soils are as diverse as their growing regions. Sand, clay, loam, granite, volcanic ash, seabed soil, river-run gravel: each contributes its own distinct minerality. And their winemakers are no less varied: since the 1700s, immigrants from all over the world have settled in California, bringing their vines and their skills with them. Hard-earned secrets of soil, climate and vine have been passed from generation to generation, providing California wine with its unique legacy and spectacular range.
Kedem Blush Concord 750 ml
