by Christopher AWP | Jun 21, 2009 | Wiemer Archives
by Harvey Reissig – THE GRAPE GURU – for The Finger Lakes Times Rieslings are generally considered best consumed soon after purchase while their fresh fruity characteristics, and lively acidityare at optimum levels. However, Rieslings can be cellared for a number of... by Christopher AWP | Feb 5, 2009 | News & Noteworthy, Wiemer Archives
The small (but hopefully growing) number of consumers out there familiar with Finger Lakes wines is likely familiar with this winery. Though the wines have been absent from Wine Spectators’s official tastings for a few years now, quality has always been high. I was... by Christopher AWP | Dec 31, 2008 | Reviews, Wiemer Archives
Every year, wine offers some thing new to discover. New grape varieties or wine producers become popular. For gotten ones make comebacks. Some areas may have a great vintage flop. Entirely new nations and regions emerge on the global scene. For mortals with normal... by Christopher AWP | Apr 1, 2007 | News & Noteworthy, Reviews, Wiemer Archives
As though clawing their way south toward Pennsylvania, western New York’s Finger Lakes reach out across the site of a 500 million-year-old seabed. When glaciers gouged their way along the riverbeds of this region in the last ice age, deep water, shale and fossil... by Christopher AWP | Jan 27, 2007 | News & Noteworthy, Wiemer Archives
DUNDEE, N.Y. – Hermann Wiemer, a German expatriate, bought an abandoned soybean farm in the hilly Finger Lakes region in 1973 and put his winemaking pedigree to the test. The cool climate and gravelly soil reminded him of the Mosel Valley, where his...