The view from Millbrook's tasting room
This past weekend was the yearly event TasteCamp which is held in a wine region on the Eastern side of the United States every year. I was thrilled when it was announced that they had chosen the Hudson Valley and the date was Columbus Day Weekend, the busiest weekend of the year.
The organizers The New York Cork Report's Lenn Thompson and Drink Local's Michael Michael Wangbickler chose this weekend and at first I thought, the busiest weekend of the year, but then it truly highlighted the best, the Hudson Valley during harvest.
I attended the events on Friday and could only attend Saturday evenings dinner at Tousey. I will go into detail later about each winery and the new things I learned. In the meantime, here are some pictures of the weekend.
The gathering began at Noon in the vineyard at Millbrook Vineyards & Winery
Chardonnay grapes from Long Island at Millbrook
Processing the Chardonnay
Michael & Carlo tasting selections from Millbrook
Tasting Clinton Vineyards sparkling and Seyval
Kristop Brown, winemaker at Robibero Family Vineyards addressing the group
Bad Seed Cider at the grand tasting at Robibero
Benmarl selections at the grand tasting at Robibero
Clearview Vineyards at the grand tasting at Robibero
Frank from Clearview pouring Tiffany from Robibero a tasting
Dinner selections at Whitecliff Vineyards
Beautiful table arrangements at Tousey for dinner
The bloggers gather at Tousey
Tousey's Scarlet Tiger label (wait till you hear the story behind this!)
Bottled just for us
Great presentation of lamb for dinner
Remy and Katie having a great time
Evan presenting Carlo a gift of appreciation
Getting carried away and having fun
Many wines were tasted, new friendships formed and old friends visiting!